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a. Construction will take place within an existing public way, or at the location shown in a plan adopted by the city or another public entity prior to June 10, 2009; b. The public facility is a water dependent structure or use such as a boat ramp, dock, bridge or an accessway to such a structure or use, which by its nature cannot be located anywhere except within the /WQ Management Area; or c. The facility is intended to provide safe public access to the waterway for the purposes of public education or to provide protection of the waterway by managing access; 4. For any public improvement project authorized by (2)(f), the city shall have on file for city projects a certification from the city engineer, and for other public entities a certification from a licensed civil engineer with authority to represent the public entity, that all of the following were addressed in the project’s design: a. Pervious surface materials have been considered for all pathways, bikeways, driveways and parking areas where well draining soils are present as defined by the requirements of the Stormwater Management Manual adopted by administrative rule of the city manager as authorized by EC 9.6790 Stormwater Management Manual; b. Applicable stormwater development standards contained in EC 9.6791 through 9.6795 and erosion control requirements contained in EC 9.6792 and EC 6.625 through EC 6.645 are met; c. For areas located outside the footprint of construction-related impervious surfaces: (1) Soil permeability rates and sheet-flow drainage patterns are restored to pre-construction conditions or improved from preconstruction conditions by increasing soil permeability or enhancing sheet flow patterns; and (2) Plants and vegetation are planted to the following specifications: (a) 80% of the area is covered; (b) Species planted are not Invasive, Non-Native species as defined in EC 9.0500; (c) Species consist of a balance of trees, shrubs and forbs; d. Bio-engineering methods are used to stabilize stream banks and repair areas of erosion, including but not limited to bank failure, bank sloughing, and channel incision, or the city engineer has provided written approval of alternative methods; e. Based on the city’s Water Quality Function Rating System, (see EC 9.4782), the project will result in a water quality function rating equal to or greater than previously existed; and f. For a public improvement project allowed pursuant to (f)2. or (f)3., impervious surfaces are minimized by constructing the facility or infrastructure with as little impervious surface as allowed by city standards and the Americans With Disabilities Act; Ordinance - 7