14.15.040 Applicability.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to an activity requiring a valid development permit and which occurs in a critical area or its buffer or riparian zone subject to this chapter unless otherwise exempt. These activities may include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Removing, excavating, disturbing or dredging soil, sand, gravel, minerals or organic matter of any kind;
(2) Dumping, discharging, or filling with any material;
(3) Constructing, demolishing or altering the size of any structure;
(4) Destroying or altering vegetation through clearing, harvesting, cutting, intentional burning, shading or planting vegetation where these activities would alter the character of a critical area;
(5) Draining or artificial flooding that alters the water table;
(6) Discharges into water that result in adverse changes to a critical area.
All activities subject to a development permit under this chapter shall be coordinated with the requirements of the following permits and approvals: clearing, filling and grading; subdivision or short subdivision; flood control permit; shoreline substantial development; variance, conditional use and other permits leading to the development or alteration of land. If two or more critical areas designations apply to a single plot of land, both or all designations shall apply. (Ord. 433 § 4, 2002)