16.55.310 Regulated activities.
The following activities are regulated if they occur in a regulated wetland or its respective buffer:
A. The removal, excavation, grading, or dredging of soil, sand, gravel, minerals, organic matter, or material of any kind;
B. The dumping, discharge, or filling with any material;
C. The draining, flooding, or disturbing of the water level or water table;
D. The driving of pilings;
E. The placing of obstructions;
F. The construction, reconstruction, demolition, or expansion of any structure;
G. The destruction or alteration of vegetation through clearing, harvesting, shading, intentional burning, concentrated recreational or educational use, or planting of vegetation that would alter the character of a regulated wetland, or respective buffer; provided, that these activities are not part of a forest practice governed under Chapter 76.09 RCW and its rules; or
H. Activities that result in a significant change of water temperature, a significant change of physical or chemical characteristics of water entering a wetland, or respective buffer sources, including quantity and hydroperiod, or the introduction of pollutants, including pesticides and herbicides. [Ord. 2016-02-005 § 22; Ord. 2005-11-092].