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11.50.070 Reference maps and materials.
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The city shall maintain reference maps and materials that provide information on the general locations of critical areas. Critical areas data mapping shall be for illustrative, not regulatory, purposes. Since boundaries are generalized, the application of this section and the actual type, extent and boundaries of critical areas shall be determined and governed by the classification section established for each critical area. In the event of any conflict between the critical area location or designation shown on the city's maps and the site-specific conditions, site-specific conditions shall take precedence. Reference maps and inventories shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Wetlands map, based upon U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands;

(2) Fish and wildlife habitat area maps, based on Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife priority habitats and species data;

(3) Soils maps, based upon Yakima County Soils Survey, May, 1985. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS);

(4) Steep slope maps, Yakima County GIS;

(5) United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute Series Topographic Quadrangle Maps;

(6) Aerial photos, Yakima County GIS;

(7) City of Selah Urban Growth Area Comprehensive Plan, January 2005, or as amended;

(8) Yakima County Regional Shorelines Master Program, September 2008, or as amended;

(9) City of Selah critical area maps: aquifer recharge areas, potential wetlands floodplains, and geologically hazardous areas, prepared October 2015 and contained in the Selah comprehensive plan, natural systems element;

(10) The manual and methodology used to identify wetlands in the field, in accordance with the approved federal wetland delineation manual and applicable regional supplements;

(11) Washington State Wetlands Rating System for Eastern Washington – Revised (Publication No. 14-06-030), October 2014, or as amended;

(12) "The Flood Insurance Study for Yakima County, Washington and Incorporated Areas" dated November 18, 2009, and any revisions thereto, with an accompanying flood insurance rate map (FIRM), and any revisions thereto; and

(13) Approved special reports previously completed for a subject property. (Ord. 2124, § 2 (Att.), 2021.)