Article III. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas
16.10.160 Classification.
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife has identified those fish and wildlife resources that are considered a priority for management and conservation. Priority habitats are those with unique or significant value to many fish or wildlife species. Priority species are those which require special efforts to ensure their perpetuation because of their low numbers, sensitivity to habitat alteration, tendency to form vulnerable aggregations or because they hold commercial, recreational, or tribal importance. Electric City shall use the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat and Species Program to classify all fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas within the city and urban growth boundary. The city’s classification criteria are presented in the Electric City comprehensive plan and include:
Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas. Defined as public or privately owned lands adjacent to Banks Lake that presently contain riparian vegetation.
Upland Habitat Conservation Areas. This classification is intended to take into account that upland habitats that support federal or state identified endangered, threatened or sensitive species, or any habitats which are identified as providing a high level of functions and values, must be protected to the extent possible. (Ord. 563 § 1, 2019; Ord. 456 § 1, 2012; Ord. 367 § 2, 2005)