Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Corridors that connect priority habitats and species areas or habitat areas for wildlife species of local importance that meet criteria established by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas: https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Known landslide areas identified by documented history, or areas that have shown significant movement during the last 10,000 years or are underlain by mass wastage debris deposited during this period. See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas: </SPAN><SPAN>https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Wetlands, which are those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. </SPAN><SPAN>See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas: https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Areas which are the riparian watercourse and the riparian management area. The riparian watercourse is the watercourse of Type 2-5 waters defined in WAC 222-16-031 that have fish or wildlife habitat. </SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Areas with indications of past landslide activity, such as landslide headscarps and sidescarps, hummocky terrain, areas with geologic conditions that can promote earth movement, and areas with signs of potential landsliding, such as springs, groundwater seepage, and bowed or backtilted trees. See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas: </SPAN><SPAN>https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Abandoned landfill sites and a surrounding 1000 foot buffer around methane-producing landfills. These sites were identified by the Seattle-King County Health Department in their 1986 Abandoned Landfill Toxicity/Hazard Assessment Project. See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas: </SPAN><SPAN>https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Areas that would likely be covered with or carry water as a result of a one hundred (100) year flood event, or that would have a one percent (1%) or greater chance of being covered with or of carrying water in any givenyear based on current circumstances or maximum development permitted under existing zoning. See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas: </SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Areas with a slope that has an incline of 40% or more within a vertical elevation change of at least 10 feet. See code section number 25.09.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code for a more complete definition of environmentally critical areas: https://www.municode.com/library/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.09REENCRAR_25.09.020ENCRARDE</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>