Item 2: Ordinance on Water Quality Overlay Zone

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4. Construction or replacement of fences located at least 20 feet from THB, provided that they are not constructed with continuous footings or other obstructions to surface drainage; 5. Construction and maintenance of publicly accessible educational/ interpretive facilities including concrete pads for benches with a ground disturbance not to exceed 120 square feet in area; 6. Construction and maintenance of a slatted deck of no more than 120 square feet in area, with no impervious surface, and located at least 20 feet from THB; 7. Construction and maintenance of accessory structures that do not require a building permit such as a garden shed, playhouse or greenhouse of no more than a total of 120 square feet, located at least 20 feet from THB; 8. Installation and maintenance of erosion control measures that have been approved pursuant to EC 6.625 through 6.645; 9. Single family residential composting located outside the channel, and at least 10 feet from THB; 10. City placement and maintenance of fences or woody debris for purposes of habitat or species protection; or 11. Construction of new underground utilities for providing service to an existing lot of record where there is no other alternative location; and (i) Prior Approved Development. Uses, structures, streets and utilities that are explicitly authorized, or that are necessary to carry out the uses or development explicitly authorized, by a city approval of: 1. An application for a development permit that was submitted prior to [the effective date of this ordinance]; or 2. An application for a land use approval that was submitted prior to [the effective date of this ordinance] and was deemed by the city to be complete when first submitted or made complete by the submittal of all requested additional information within 180 days of the application’s submittal date. (3) Uses Subject to Standards Review Within the /WQ Management Area. Unless prohibited by subsection (4), or permitted outright in subsection (2), the following uses are permitted, subject to the standards review process beginning with EC 9.8460. Consistency with the specific standards provided or referenced for each use below shall be used as the criteria for approval. These uses may require additional development permits pursuant to other provisions of this code. (a) Construction of private water quality improvements, including stabilization or reconfiguration of channels and pond banks to improve stability and installation of aeration features. Subject to EC 9.4790 /WQ Water Quality Overlay Zone Development Standards (1) through (3) and (7) through (11); (b) Realignment or reconfiguration of channels and pond banks to accommodate a proposed development: 1. Where, due to the physical constraints of the development area, including, but not limited to, slope/hillsides, natural hazards, natural resources, lot configuration or existing right Ordinance - 9