Community Development DepartmentBarn, loafing shed, farm storage and equipment, produce stands allowed in SUD, W/I, and Airport zones The current square footage limit for structures

Community Development Department 135 E Johnson Ave. P.O. Box 1669 Chelan, Washington, 98816

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DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE SEPA2018-05 SEPA FLEXIBLE THRESHOLDS and

CMC 15.25 INADVERTENT DISCOVERY PLAN ORDINANCE

Description of proposal: Amendments to Chelan Municipal Code 14.06 SEPA THRESHOLDS. The City of Chelan intends to adopt new threshold to limits requiring SEPA checklists as follows: Single-family Residential up to 9 dwelling units; Multi-family up to 60 units limiting Townhomes up to 20 units; Agricultural related structures up to 40,000 sq. ft in the Special Use Districts, Warehouse/industrial, and Airport zones; Commercial/office/school/service/storage up to 20,000 sq. ft. and up to 90 parking spaces in commercial C-HS, warehouse/industrial W/I and special use zones SUD. The city intends to adopt Ordinance 15.25, An Inadvertent Discovery Plan for protecting historic and cultural resources within the city and UGA in the event of unintentional discovery of human remains, and historic and archeological artifacts. Applicant: City of Chelan. 135 E. Johnson Ave. PO BOX 1669 Location of proposal: Applicable to properties within the City of Chelan and unincorporated area of Chelan County within the UGA

Lead Agency: City of Chelan The lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request. There is no comment period for this DNS. This DNS is issued after using the optional DNS process in WAC 197-11-355. There is no further comment period on the DNS. This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 60 days from the date below. Comments must be submitted by August 14, 2018

Responsible official: Craig Gildroy Position/title: Planning Director Address: 135 E. Johnson Avenue/PO Box 1669, Chelan, WA 98816

Date: June 15th, 2018 Signature:

SEPA THRESHOLD UPDATES 2018

CONTENTS

1. Staff Report to Planning Commission • Adopting language for amendments to CMC 14.06 SEPA Threshold Limits • Adopting Language for Inadvertent Discovery Plan CMC 15.25

2. Exhibit A1, A2 Matrix of Environmental Impacts 3. INADVERTENT DISCOVERY PLAN 4. SEPA CHECKLIST 5. DNS

CITY OF CHELAN OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Staff Memo DATE:

TO: Planning Commission FROM: Sarah Schrock BY: SUBJECT: TA2018-06-SEPA Updates –Flexible Thresholds

TA2018-07-CMC15.25 – Inadvertent Discovery Plan

Attachments Exhibit A1: SEPA Matrix of CODES Outline Exhibit A2: SEPA MATRIX Table SUMMARY OF PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS Executive Summary

Background

In 2012, the Washington State Legislature adopted flexible thresholds and new categorical exemptions to SEPA, the State Environmental Policy Act. Following in 2014, the Department of Ecology revised SEPA rules in WAC 197-11-800 reflecting the legislative action and setting forth requirements of jurisdictions to follow upon adoption of the new flexible thresholds.

It is the intent of the City to adopt new flexible thresholds to SEPA that will streamline permitting and increase developer predictability. In adopting new threshold limits, the city has reviewed the 2018 Comprehensive Plan, CMC 25 Development Regulations, CMC 14.10 Critical Areas Regulations, CMC 17.59 Hillside Development Standards, CMC 17 Zoning, and CMC 14 and 15 regarding environmental permitting and construction.

SEPA requires applicants with projects above the threshold to prepare an environmental checklist to assess the potential impacts to the environment by evaluating impacts to a wide range of resources. The lead agency, in this case, the City, then reviews the checklist for potential threats to the environment and prepares a response known as a Determination of Significance, or a Non-Significance. Depending on the determination, an environmental scoping process, assessment, or impact statement is prepared. Project impacts must then be conditioned, mitigated or wholly avoided depending on the scope of the impacts.

The SEPA process was developed prior to the Shoreline Act, Growth Management Act, and Critical Areas requirement of the GMA. These subsequent laws give authority to the city through other tools to address environmental impacts. SEPA mandates open public comment and requires notice of

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application. This process can be cumbersome and somewhat burdensome when developments meet our current development codes and standards, requiring expenses for public notices, delay of processing of permits, and frustration to developers who must already comply with State, Federal, and local regulations.

The flexible thresholds allow municipalities to adopt new SEPA threshold levels up to a certain level or size without SEPA review. In addition, they added some new categorical exemptions for minor construction out right.

Table 1 below displays the current threshold levels, the maximum threshold allowed, and the proposed thresholds to be enacted through amendments to Chelan Municipal Code 14.06. Discussions to each proposal follow.

Discussion of Increased Threshold Limits by Project Type

Single Family Residential: increase to 9 dwelling units

CMC 16.04 regulates provisions for land divisions in Chelan. Short subdivisions are processed as a Type IIB permit subject administrative review. By increasing the threshold to nine units or subdivisions for residential development, it streamlines the permitting process making it consistent with our subdivision code 16.04 as an administrative action.

Multi-family: increase to 60 units and Townhomes: limit to 20 units

CMC 14.06 makes no provision for multi-family units, so the current maximum number of dwelling units follows the provision for residential at 4 dwellings. To encourage development of much needed affordable multi-family developments in Chelan, the maximum threshold amount of 60 units is proposed. However, due to the potential visual impact of townhomes in districts outside the Downtown

Table 1. Proposed SEPA Flexible Limits

Project Type Current threshold per Chelan Municipal Code

Allowed limit for Incorporated UGA Proposed Amendment

Single Family Residential up to 4 dwellings 30 dwelling units 9 dwelling units

Multi-family, Townhomes up to 4 dwellings 60 units 60 units, Townhomes: 20 units

Barn, loafing shed, farm equipment and storage, produce stands 10,000 sqft 40,000 sqft

40,000 in SUD, agricultural related buildings in the SUD, W/I and Airport districts

Commercial, office, school, service, storage

4,000 plus 20 parking spaces

30,000 square feet and 90 parking spaces

20,000 sqft in C-HS, W/I, SUD only, up to 90 parking spaces


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Zones on views of hillsides or the lake views, townhome developments that propose more than twenty (20) units will be subject to SEPA to address concerns for views or other competing impacts.

Barn, loafing shed, farm storage and equipment, produce stands allowed in SUD, W/I, and Airport zones

The current square footage limit for structures in all zones shall remain at 10,000 sqft., excepting agriculturally related structures in the SUD, W/I, or Airport zones where development of agricultural industries is encouraged, consistent with or Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element.

Commercial, office, service, school, or storage in 20,000 sqft in C-HS, W/I, SUD only, up to 90 parking spaces

The increase of the threshold limit is limited to land use zones deemed compatible for the use. In other zones, if allowed by use, potential impacts shall remain subject to the SEPA review.


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Amendments to CMC 14.06

Upon adoption by ordinance, the following text amendments shall enact the proposed flexible thresholds to Chelan Municipal Code 14.06. Text in red denotes changes to the current code, whereas black text is the existing code that shall remain in place.

CMC 14.06.130 Threshold determination – Environmental checklist. A. Filing Environmental Checklist. Except as provided in subsections B and G of this

section, a completed environmental checklist shall be filed at the same time as an application for any permit or other approval not exempted by this chapter. The checklist shall be in the form of WAC 197-11-960 with such additions that may be required by the responsible official in accordance with WAC 197-11-906(4).

CMC 14.06.105 Flexible thresholds for categorical exemptions. A. The following developments up to the limits listed in items 1-6 below are herein exempt

from the SEPA checklist and notice of application as allowed in WAC 197-11-800. The city establishes the following exempt levels from WAC 197-11-800 (1)(d) for minor new construction based on local conditions and the land use zones:

1. For residential, detached dwelling units or land divisions: Up to four nine dwelling units.

2. For multi-family dwelling units: up to sixty units. For multi-family townhome developments: up to twenty units.

3. For agricultural structures, including barns, loafing sheds, storage facilities, or produce stands and/or warehouses in the SUD district, or in relation to agricultural businesses or use in the W/I, and Airport zones: Up to forty thousand square feet. In all other zones, agricultural out-building or structures related to agricultural use are limited to four thousand square feet.

4. For office, school, commercial, recreational, service or storage buildings in WAC 197-11-800(1)(b)(iii): Up to four twenty thousand square feet. Parking lots up to twenty ninety parking spaces shall be exempt in the following zoning districts: C-HS, W/I, SUD.

5. In all other zones not listed in item 3 above, office, commercial, recreational, service, storage facilities shall be exempt up to four thousand square feet and parking spaces up to twenty spaces shall be exempt.

6. For landfills and excavations in WAC 197-11-800(1)(b)(v): Up to 100 250 cubic yards.

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Procedural Process Requirements per WAC 197-11-800, Part Nine Categorical Exemptions

Section 1) Minor Construction – Flexible Thresholds. c) i)

WAC 197-11-800 REQUIREMENT

1) Documentation that requirements for environmental analysis, protection and mitigation for impacts to elements of the environmental checklists are adequately addressed in specific adopted development regulations, and applicable state and federal regulations.

CITY’S RESPONSE

The city must document how environmental impacts are addressed through existing codes, or through State and Federal regulations. To satisfy this requirement, the attached matrix Exhibit A: “SEPA MATRIX” shows what regulatory documents and tools the City has in place to address environmental impacts typically identified through the SEPA checklist. The MATRIX lists the resources identified in SEPA for protection alongside the Chelan Development Codes, Standards, or Plans that adequately address potential impact. The MATRIX shows which codes apply to the potential impact and gives a brief description of regulations to address those impacts.


2) Description in the findings or other appropriate section of the adopting ordinance or resolution of the locally established notice and comment opportunities for the public, affected tribes, and agencies regarding permitting of development projects included in these increased exemption levels.

The City of Chelan finds the following:

• The City of Chelan City Council approved the 2018 Docket for text and Comprehensive Plan which included a proposal proposed amendments to SEPA thresholds on Feb. 27, 2018. (Minutes, City Council of Chelan, Feb. 27, 2018)

• CMC 19 Administration of Development Permits • Notice of Application and SEPA Checklist prepared by planning staff June 15, 2018.


3) Before adopting the ordinance or resolution containing the proposed new exemption levels, the agency shall provide a minimum of sixty days-notice to affected tribes, agencies with expertise, affected jurisdictions, the department of ecology, and the public and provide an opportunity for comment.

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4) The city, town, or county must document how specific adopted development regulations and applicable state and federal laws provide adequate protections for cultural and historic resources when exemption levels are raised. The requirements for notice and opportunity to comment for the public, affected tribes, and agencies in (c)(i) and (ii) of this subsection and the requirements for protection and mitigation in (c)(i) of this subsection must be specifically documented. The local ordinance or resolution shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

City’s RESPONSE

• There are four registered historic structures with the Washington DAHP in the planning area: The Ruby Theater, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Plant, Lord Richard Hinton House. As registered State Historic properties they are protected by Executive Order 05-05.

• Chapter 17.14 establishes the Downtown District Development code with an administrative directive to preserve the historic character in Chelan as set forth in policy “2) To preserve and enhance downtown’s historic resources and character”. To implement this policy, Title 17.14 establishes areas of special review to be considered by the Historic Downtown Association.

• The Washington State DAHP Predictive Model maps most low-lying land near the lake and

foothills as moderate to high probability of archeological findings.

• The City of Chelan Shoreline Master Program has requirements for documenting known sites. Similarly, the Comprehensive Plan and accompanying land use zoning codes were reviewed through SEPA and subject to cultural and tribal consult.

This project proposes to Adopt CMC 15.25 as an Inadvertent Discovery Plan. The Inadvertent Discovery Plan addresses cultural and historic resources protection during construction. This is a document that binds any project proponent to the requirements set forth by the plan. The plan follows State laws that require Stop Actions and Notification chains of command in the event resources are found


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CMC 15.25 – Inadvertent Discovery Plan

Cultural and Historic Resources Protection during Construction

15.25.01 – Adoption by reference

A. Inadvertent Discovery Plan. The City adopts the Washington State Department of Ecology form ECY 07-560 entitled, “Plan and Procedures for the Unanticipated Discovery of Cultural Resources and Human Remains”, as it currently reads. Future amendments to the Inadvertent Discovery Plan by the Department of Ecology are hereby adopted.

B. Inadvertent Discovery of Human Skeletal Remains on Non-Federal and Non-Tribal Land in the

State of Washington are pursuant to RCWs 68.50.645, 27.44.055, and 68.60.055. All construction

projects in the city shall follow this protocol on all construction projects,

1. If ground disturbing activities encounter human skeletal remains during the course of

construction, then all activity will cease that may cause further disturbance to those remains. The

area of the find will be secured and protected from further disturbance until the State provides

notice to proceed.

2.The finding of human skeletal remains will be reported to the county medical

examiner/coroner and local law enforcement in the most expeditious manner possible.

3. The remains will not be touched, moved, or further disturbed.

4. The county medical examiner/coroner will assume jurisdiction over the human skeletal remains

and make a determination of whether those remains are forensic or non-forensic. If the county

medical examiner/coroner determines the remains are non-forensic, then they will report that

finding to the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) who will then take

jurisdiction over the remains.

5.The DAHP will notify any appropriate cemeteries and all affected tribes of the find. The State

Physical Anthropologist will make a determination of whether the remains are Indian or Non-Indian

and report that finding to any appropriate cemeteries and the affected tribes. The DAHP will then

handle all consultation with the affected parties as to the future preservation, excavation, and

disposition of the remains.

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Adoption of an inadvertent discovery plan is to prevent the unintended destruction of important

historic, prehistoric, and archeological artifacts including human remains, to protect those resources

from exploitation, and ensure responsible and culturally appropriate treatment of culturally important

resources.

15.25.03 – Applicability

All applicants for building, subdivision, construction, demolition, shoreline development, shoreline

exemption, and earth moving (excavation, grading, cut/fill) activities above the threshold limits listed

in items 1-4 below, any project that is within 500 feet of known historic or archeological site, or that

may have the potential to unearth cultural, historic, or pre-historic resources or artifacts must submit

the Inadvertent Discovery Plan on ECY Form 07-560, adopted by reference in CMC 15.25.01. The

following activities shall be subject to the Inadvertent Discovery Plan:

1. Any structure, regardless of use, in excess of 10,000 square feet

2. Any development activity where more than 100 cu yards of fill or earth movement occurs

3. Any parking lot in excess of 20 spaces

4. Any trenching, grading, or digging that disturbs more than 1 acre of land

15.25.04 – Administration

1. The City of Chelan community development director or building official shall develop an

administrative procedure that verifies applicants have received and signed the Inadvertent

Discovery Plan as part of any land use or construction permit that meets the criteria for

applicability in section 15.25.0 herein.

2. The City of Chelan shall periodically update the General Contact Information section on the

form ECY 07-500 adopted in CMC 15.25.01.

Exhibit A1. SEPA MATRIX – CODES and REGULATIONS THAT PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR SEPA RESOURCES

I. Natural Environment a. Earth

i. Geology, Soils, Topography 1. Chelan Municipal Code 17.59. Hillside development standards

a. Applicability: regulates and creates design criteria for slope >20 b. Requirement: Slopes > 20 are required to follow Hillside

Development Standards including guidelines for limited grading, clustering of lots and structures, cut/fill minimization, street length limits, design standards for minimal impact to native slopes, vegetation standards,

2. 14.10. Critical Areas 14.10.060 Geologically Hazardous Areas a. Applicability:

i. Slope that are > 30 or identified as Geologically Hazardous areas are. Areas containing soils that have been identified in the Soil Survey of Chelan County, Washington, as “highly erodible land” and “potentially highly erodible land.” And ravines, as defined in 14.10.

ii. Landslide Hazard Areas or Erosion Hazard Areas. Slopes > 15 Including but not limited to: any area potentially unstable as a result of rapid stream incision, stream bank erosion, channel migration, or undercutting by wave action. Slopes that are parallel or sub-parallel to planes of weakness in subsurface materials such as bedding planes, joint systems and fault planes. Areas with slope gradients of forty percent or greater not composed of consolidated rock. These will be of at least ten feet of vertical relief.

b. Requirement: Subject to a Critical Areas Report to include geotechnical assessment or report by a qualified professional at the discretion of administrator after review of all available technical information

3. CMC 17.48 - T-A Zone, and CMC 17.48 17.04.180 Right to Farm a. Applicability:

i. Areas designated through land use zoning in the TA Overlay zone to be important for views and/or protecting surrounding hillsides from overdevelopment and protecting existing orchards and working landscape

b. Requirement:

i. Establishes design standards for roads, clustering, setbacks, vegetation to minimize impact to slopes/ravines

ii. Unique Physical Features 1. 17.59 Hillside Development, Comprehensive Plan Land Use Elements

a. Applicability: i. Applicable to any development as it pertains to the land

use zoning. T-A zone and Downtown Development Districts consider views as guiding criteria for bulk height and clustering requirements

b. Requirement: i. Viewsheds are considered in the 2017 Comprehensive

Plan. Policies direct staff to reserve views of prominent physical features such as the Chelan Butte, the lake, and ridgelines are codified in appropriate zones. Building heights and clustering are examples of controls for view protection.

ii. Axionomic renderings for developments that request height allowance incentives must be provided

iii. Erosion/Enlargement of Land Area (accretion)

CMC 25, Development Standards and 17.59 Hillside Development Standards, and Critical Areas 14.10

a. Applicability: Applicable to single-family residences with more than 5,000 sq. ft impervious surface.

b. Requirement: Stormwater management basic requirements and clearing and grading requires and erosion/sediment control plan during construction. Critical areas slopes classified as Erosion Hazard potential require erosion control plans per 14.10.

c. Air

i. Air Quaility CMC 15.12.05 Dust Control

a. Applicability: All developments that disturb soil b. Requirements: requires a plan for issuance of building permit;

watering, top soil retention, mulching for up to 2 years post construction

ii. Odor CMC 17.44.01 Warehouse Industrial

a. Applicability: All developments in the Warehouse Industrial Zone

b. Requirements: provides that at no time a development in the W/I zone may cause dissemination of dust, smoke, visible gas,

or noxious gases, fumes, noise, vibrations, or odors beyond the boundaries of the site in which such use is conducted;

iii. Climate CMC 17. 46 Special Use District The Special Use District is intended to preserve agricultural lands and open space, mitigating impacts from urban development. CMC 25 Development Standards require multi-modal development of streets and bicycle lanes to decrease auto-dependency.

d. Water i. Surface water movement, quality and quantity

Chelan Shoreline Master Program, Critical Areas Wetlands and Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat Species, storm water management plans a. At no time shall an action be exempt from SEPA if the lands included in a

permit cross water. Storm water plans required for any development >5000 sq. ft impervious surface

ii. Runoff and absorption CMC 25 Development Standards

a. Applicability: Any development or redevelopment > 5,000 sq ft impervious surface, any alteration to surface water discharge, or has the potential to add pollution to surface water, any development within 100 yr flood plain

b. Requirement: Storm drainage plan to include runoff control, water quality protection, detention, overflow requirements,

e. Plants CMC 17.60 Landscaping

1. Applicability: non-residential and multi-family developments 2. Requirements: Landscaped areas are guided by typologies with specific

guidelines

CMC 17.60.35 Landscaping in the Wildland Urban Interface

3. Applicability: primary zone of the WUI areas in high to moderate risk 4. Requirements: plant material selection and prohibition, non-

combustible materials, manage vegetation for spread to other properties

f. Animals: Habitat, numbers, or diversity of species of plants, fish, or other wildlife, unique species, fish and wildlife migration routes

14.10 Critical Areas that are Fish and Wildlife Conservation Areas. a. Applicability: Applicable to development within certain codes b. Requirements: Administrative review of any project requires consultation of Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat Species maps and any other locally designated fish and wildlife Conservation area

g. Energy and natural resources

15.04.02 G. Chelan adopted the 2015 Washington State Energy Code and the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code

a. Applicability: Residential and commercial buildings b. Requirement: insulation, glazing, and construction practices that reduce energy use

and consumption

g. Amount required/rate of use/efficiency i. CMC 17.63

1. Applicability: electric car charging stations allowed in all zones 2. Requirements: standards for locating, number of stalls

h. Nonrenewable resources

II. Built Environment a. Environmental Health

i. Noise CMC 8.31 Public Disturbance Noise Ordinance Applicability: All zones Requirement: 1) construction activity at nonapproved times (7 am-8pm); 2) audio or similar equipment capable of amplifying or broadcasting sounds; 3) portable or motor vehicle audio equipment; or 4) any horn or siren attached to a motor vehicle which is operated at such a volume for nonemergency purposes that it could be clearly heard by a person of normal hearing at a distance of seventy-five feet or more from the source of the sound. CMC 8.34 Lakeshore Marina Applicability: all private and public marinas Requirement: Marina Quiet Time 11pm-6am

ii. Risk of explosion CMC 15.12.020 Building material, moving houses, explosives CMC 8.10 Explosives CMC 17.44 W/I zone Applicability: applies to any activity that would potentially cause explosives Requirement: Prohibits iii. Releases or potential releases to the environment affecting public health, such as toxic or hazardous materials Applicability: Uses that include off-site hazardous waste are limited to warehouse/industrial zone and regulated under RCW 70.105 Requirement: potential release of toxic materials are treated as Aquifer recharge areas per the Critical Areas Ordinance

a. Land and Shoreline Use i. (i) Relationship to existing land use plans and to estimated population

2017 Comprehensive Plan Shoreline Master Program

ii. (ii) Housing Current land capability analysis (2017 Exsiting Trends Analysis, Comprehensive Plan) predicts available space for residential expansion within the UGA.

Applicability: depends on Land Use Zone and Shoreline Jurisdiction 2017 Comprehensive Plan Housing Element emphasizes affordable housing for households at 110% AMI, provides directive for strategies and incentives. Requirement: CMC 17 provides for a variety of housing types in all residential and multi-use districts, including single-family, multi-family, ADUs, cottage housing, and townhomes.

iii. Light and glare CMC 17.62 Outdoor lighting on public and private property

Applicability: 1. Buildings and structures including, but not limited to, overhangs and canopies; 2. Parking lot lighting; 3. Landscape lighting; 4. Lighting on docks and piers; 5. Street lighting. Requirement: CMC 17.62.050 General guidelines address light trespass, up-lighting and glare.

iv. Aesthetics CMC 17.14 Downtown Development District Applicability: all areas designated in the Downtown Area Requirement: strict design standards to maintain small town feel, preserve views, and protect historic character CMC 17.59 Hillside Development Standards Applicability: all homes and structures on slopes greater than twenty degrees Requirements: requires design standards to protect views of the hillsides and downhill of existing development.

v. Recreation PROS Plan 2017 implements the Public Access Element of the Shoreline Access Plan of the SMP

vi. Historic and cultural preservation

Shoreline Master Program Goals 5.1.1, Goal 5.1.2 CMC 17.14 provides for Downtown Historic District review is required if

proposal depart from design standards in Inadvertent Discovery Plan (adoption proposed for 2018)

vii. Agricultural Uses CMC 17.14. Special Use District, 17.04.180 Right to Farm

b. Transportation i. Transportation systems and Vehicular traffic CMC 25. Adopts the City's

Development Standards, Title 10 adopts Washington State Model Traffic Ordinance Applicability: > 20 + Peak Hour trips; when SEPA is triggered, or when >50+ trips on off peak hours among other suspected impacts at the discretion of PW director such as existing problematic traffic patterns in the vicinity Requirement: 5C.020 Traffic Impact Analysis is required by developments involves a TBD or LID, or the LOS is impacted by the proposal

ii. Waterborne, rail, and air traffic

CMC 10 Parking and Moorage regulations, 17.18 Airport District Applicability: applicable to all public streets and marinas and airport Requirement: capacity and building standards uses and occupancy increases. Parking lot design standards are set forth in the downtown development code

iii. Parking Applicability: public streets and developments Requirement: off-street parking requirements are specified in the Development Standards for specific uses

iv. Movement/circulation of people or goods The Transportation Element of 2017 Comprehensive Plan emphasizes multi-modal forms of transportation, Complete Streets Program, and Title 25. Development Standards requires pedestrian improvements requirements

v. Traffic hazards CMC 25 Development Standards Applicability: all developments that include improvement to public right of ways Requirement: CMC 25 set design standards for developments for a graduated typology of streets

c. Public Use and Utilities Public Services, including police, fire, EMS, Schools, Parks, Recreation and Maintenance: Impacts to Public Services and Utilities are generally addressed through the comprehensive planning process and implementing documents such as the SMP, PROS Plan, and Zoning. They are addressed in the CFP of the Comprehensive Plan that anticipates a growth rate of 1.24% over the next 20 years. Each year the CFP can be updated to adjust for impacts resulting from growth increases or stagnation. Impact fees are recommended to pay for growth of parks, recreation, and public transportation.

Resource Impacted by Development

SEPA procedural requirments

Chelan Codes, State or Federal Regulations that addresses impacts to the listed resources as follows:

Applicability Requirements Notes

(1) Natural environment

(a) Earth (i) Geology, ii) soils, iii Topography

17.59 Hillside Development regulates and creates design criteria for slope >20 Slopes > 20 are required to follow Hillside Development Standards.

14.10.Critical Areas 14.10.060 Geolgogically Hazaradous Areas

Slope that are > 30 or identified as Geologically Hazardous areas are. Areas containing soils that have been identified in the Soil Survey of Chelan County, Washington, as “highly erodible land” and “potentially highly erodible land.” iii. Ravines, as defined in this chapter.

Subject to a Critical Areas Report to include geotechnical assessment or report

Landslide Hazard Areas or Erosion Hazard Areas. Including but not limted to: any area potentially unstable as a result of rapid stream incision, stream bank erosion, channel migration, or undercutting by wave action. Slopes that are parallel or sub-parallel to planes of weakness in subsurface materials such as bedding planes, joint systems and fault planes. Areas with slope gradients of forty percent or greater not composed of consolidated rock. These will be of at least ten feet of vertical relief.

slopes > 15%, hillsides intersecting geologic contacts with relatively permeable sediment overlaying relatively impermeable sediment or bedrock; and springs or ground water seepage. In determining whether a critical area study is required for development in a known or potential landslide hazard area, the administrator shall consider the generalized sensitive areas; relevant maps published by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources showing areas designated as quaternary slumps, earthflows, mud flows, lahars, or landslides; and any geotechnical assessment, geotechnical report, hydrogeologic evaluation, channel migration zone study, or other special or detailed study that may identify such areas.

Erosion Hazard Areas. In determining whether a critical area study is required for development in a known or potential erosion hazard area, the administrator shall, at a minimum, consider the generalized sensitive areas map and any geotechnical assessment, geotechnical report, hydrogeologic evaluation, channel migration zone study, or other special or detailed study that may identify such areas.

17.48 - T-A Zone, and 17.48 17.04.180 Right to Farm

Areas designated through land use zoning to be important for views and/or protecting surrounding hillsides from overdevelopment and protecting existing orchards and working landscape

requires design standards for roads, clustering, setbacks, vegetation to minimize impact to slopes/ravines

City of Chelan Environmental Impact Regulations

(iv) Unique physical features

17.59 Hillside Development, Comprehensive Plan Land Use Elements

applicable to any development as it pertains to the land use zoning. T-A zone and Downtown Development Districts consider views as guiding criteria for bulk height and clustering requirements

viewsheds are considered in the 2017 Comprehnsive Plan and land use controls to preserve views of prominent physical features such as the Chelan Butte, the lake, and ridgelines are codified in appropriate zones. Building heights and clustering are examples of controls for view protection.

(v) Erosion/enlargement of land area (accretion)

Development Standards, in addition to above

Applicable to single-family residences with more than 5,000 sq. ft impervious surface. Title 25. Development Standards Stormwater basic requirements (D.) and clearing and grading requires and erosion/sediment control plan during construction

(b) Air

(i) Air quality 15.12.050 Dust control. all developments that disturb the ground requires a plan for issuance of building permit; watering, top soil retention, mulching for up to 2 years post construction

(ii) Odor 17.44.010 provides that at no time a development in the W/I zone may cause Dissemination of dust, smoke, visible gas, or noxious gases, fumes, noise, vibrations, or odors beyond the boundaries of the site in which such use is conducted;

(iii) Climate

(c) Water

(i) Surface water movement/quantity/quality

Shoreline Master Program. Stormwater management plan

At no time shall and action be exempt if the lands included in a permit cross water. Stormwater plans required for any development >5000 sq ft impervious surface

(ii) Runoff/absorption

Title 25. Development Standards Any development or redevelopment > 5,000 sq ft impervious surface, any alteration to suface water discharge, or has the potential to add pollution to surface water, any development within 100 yr flood plain

Storm drainage plan to include runoff control, water quality protection, detention, overflow requirements,

(iii) Floods 15.10 Flood Damage Prevention Floodways, areas within special flood hazard zones. Does not apply in Chelan as FEMA flood zone A does not specify a base flood elevation

no development in floodways

17.59 Hillside development standards any development that might affect slopes > 20 degrees, ravines included

requires design standards to minimize impact to slopes/ravines

Title 25. Development Standards stormwater plans are required in all developments within a floodplain

(iv) Groundwater movement/quantity/quality

14.10 Critical Areas - Auqifer recharge areas

Any surface water body, surface water intake area, or well head protection zone. Or any area identified as by the County SWAP maps

Requires Critial Area Report

Title 25. Development Standards any development > 5000 sq ft impervious surface Drainage plans required on any development in excess of 5000 sqft or has a down spout directly to the ground

(v) Public water supplies

Wellhead protection under 14.10 Mapped wellhead protection zones

(d) Plants and animals

(i) Habitat for and numbers or diversity of species of plants, fish, or other wildlife

14.10 Critical Areas that are Fish and Wildlife Conservaiton Areas

Applicable to development within certain codes Administrative review of any project requires consultation of Washington State Deparment of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat Species maps and any other locally designated fish and wildlife Conservation area

(ii) Unique species 14.10 Fish and Wildlife Conservaiton Areas

Applicable to development within certain codes

(iii) Fish or wildlife migration routes

14.10 Fish and Wildlife Conservaiton Areas


(e) Energy and natural resources


(i) Amount required/rate of use/efficiency



(ii) Source/availability



(iii) Nonrenewable resources

N/A Applicable to development within certain codes

(iv) Conservation and renewable resources

SMP vegetation conservation and mititgation, PROS Plan


(v) Scenic resources

17.59 Hillside Development, Comprehensive Plan Land Use Elements

Applicable to development within certain codes viewsheds are considered in the 2017 Comprehnsive Plan and land use controls to preserve views of prominent physical features such as the Chelan Butte, the lake, and ridgelines are codified in appropriate zones. Building heights and clustering are examples of controls for view protection.

(2) Built environment

(a) Environmental health

(i) Noise 8.31 Public Disturbance Noise ordinance, Lakeshore Marina 8.34

or similar equipment capable of amplifying or broadcasting sounds; (3) portable or motor vehicle audio equipment; or (4) any horn or siren attached to a motor vehicle which is operated at such a volume for

Marina Quiet Time 11pm-6am

(ii) Risk of explosion

15.12.020 Building material, moving houses, explosives, 8.10 Explosives, 17.44 W/I zone

applies to any activity that would potentially cause explosives

Prohibits

(iii) Releases or potential releases to the environment affecting public health, such as toxic or hazardous materials

Uses that include off-site hazardous waste are limited to warehouse/industrial zone and regulated under RCW 70.105

treated as Aquifer recharge areas

(b) Land and shoreline use

(i) Relationship to existing land use plans and to estimated

updated comp plan and SMP

(ii) Housing Title 17 provides for a wide variety of housing types and zones

(iii) Light and glare 17.62 Outdoor lighting on public and private property

(iv) Aesthetics Downtown development code architectural standards

(v) Recreation PROS plan, Public access plan of the SMP

(vi) Historic and cultural preservation

PROS Plan sets policy on cultural and historic resources, SMP

5.1.1: Identify, preserve, and enhance the city's heritage, traditions, and cultural features including historical sites, buildings, artworks, views, and monuments within park sites and historical areas – especially Chelan’s historic downtown. 5.1.2: Identify and incorporate significant historical and cultural lands, sites, artifacts, and facilities into the open space, trail, and park system to preserve these interests and provide a balanced social experience – especially including important Native American, homestead sites, commercial buildings, and other places of interest in the city and adjacent areas.

(vii) Agricultural crops

Special Use District, Right to Farm

(c) Transportation

Title 25. Adopts the City's Development Standards, Title 10 adopts Washington State Model Traffic Ordinence

(i) Transportation systems (ii) Vehicular traffic

Development Standards adopted in Title 25 address traffic impacts from new development.

5C.020 Traffic Impact Analysis is required by develpoments that will trigger > 20 + Peak Hour trips; when SEPA is triggered, or when >50+ trips on off peak hours among other suspected impacts at the discretion of PW director such as existing problematic traffic patterns in the vicinity, it involves a TBD or LID, or the LOS is impacted by the proposal

(iii) Waterborne, rail, and air traffic

Title 10 Parking and Moorage regulationsapplicable to all public streets and marinas

(iv) Parking Off-street parking requirements are specified in the Development Standards for specific uses, non-conforming uses and occupancy increases.

Parking lot design standards are set forth in the downtown development code

(v) Movement/circulation of people or goods

Title 25. Development Standards pedestrian improvements requirements

(vi) Traffic hazards

(d) Public services and utilities

Impacts to Public services and Utilties are generally addressed through the comprehensive planning process. Specifically they are addressed in the CFP of the Comprhensive Plan that anticipates a growth rate of 1.24% over the next 20 years. Each year the CFP can be updated to adjust for impacts resulting from growth increases or stagnation.

(i) Fire

(ii) Police

(iii) Schools

(iv) Parks or other recreational facilities

PROS plan and CFP plan for 6-20 year planning period.

(v) Maintenance

(vi) Communications

(vii) Water/stormwater

Development Standards

(viii) Sewer/solid waste

Sanitary Codes 8.20 all properties in the city The city has the sole authority to collect refuse/garbage. All properties are required to connect to city sewer.

(ix) Other governmental services or utilities

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PLAN AND PROCEDURES FOR THE UNANTICIPATED

DISCOVERY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN

SKELETAL REMAINS1

PROJECT TITLE: [Type text] COUNTY WASHINGTON: [Type text] Section, Township, Range: [Type text]

1. INTRODUCTION The following Inadvertent Discovery Plan (IDP) outlines procedures to perform in the

event of discovering archaeological materials or human remains, in accordance with state

and federal laws.

2. RECOGNIZING CULTURAL RESOURCES

A cultural resource discovery could be prehistoric or historic. Examples include:

a. An accumulation of shell, burned rocks, or other food related materials.

b. Bones or small pieces of bone.

c. An area of charcoal or very dark stained soil with artifacts.

d. Stone tools or waste flakes (i.e. an arrowhead. or stone chips).

e. Clusters of tin cans or bottles, logging or agricultural equipment that appears to be

older than 50 years.

f. Buried railroad tracks, decking, or other industrial materials.

When in doubt, assume the material is a cultural resource.

3. ON-SITE RESPONSIBILITIES STEP 1: Stop Work. If any employee, contractor or subcontractor believes that he or she

has uncovered a cultural resource at any point in the project, all work must stop

immediately. Notify the appropriate party(s). Leave the surrounding area untouched, and

provide a demarcation adequate to provide the total security, protection, and integrity of

the discovery. The discovery location must be secured at all times by a temporary fence or

other onsite security.

STEP 2: Notify Archaeological Monitor or Licensed Archaeologist. If there is an

Archaeological Monitor for the project, notify that person. If there is a monitoring plan in

place, the monitor will follow the outlined procedure.

1 If you need this document in a format for the visually impaired, call Water Quality Reception at Ecology, (360)

407-6600. Persons with hearing loss can call 711 for Washington Relay Service. Persons with a speech disability

can call 877-833-6341.

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STEP 3: Notify the Project Manager of this project and contact the Ecology Staff Project

Manager, or other applicable contacts:

Project Manager:

Name:

Phone:

Email:

Ecology Staff Project Manager

Name:

Phone:

Email:

Assigned Alternates: Assigned Project Manager Alternate:

Name:

Phone:

Email:

Ecology Cultural Resource Specialist

(Alternate):

Name:

Phone:

email:

The Project Manager or applicable staff will make all calls and necessary notifications.

If human remains are encountered, treat them with dignity and respect at all times.

Cover the remains with a tarp or other materials (not soil or rocks) for temporary

protection and to shield them from being photographed. Do not call 911 or speak with

the media. Do not take pictures unless directed to do so by DAHP. See Section 5.

4. FURTHER CONTACTS AND CONSULTATION

A. Project Manager’s Responsibilities:

Protect Find: The Project Manager is responsible for taking appropriate steps to

protect the discovery site. All work will stop immediately in a surrounding area

adequate to provide for the complete security of location, protection, and integrity

of the resource. Vehicles, equipment, and unauthorized personnel will not be

permitted to traverse the discovery site. Work in the immediate area will not

resume until treatment of the discovery has been completed following provisions

for treating archaeological/cultural material as set forth in this document.

Direct Construction Elsewhere on-Site: The Project Manager may direct

construction away from cultural resources to work in other areas prior to

contacting the concerned parties.

Contact Senior Staff: If the Senior Staff person has not yet been contacted, the

Project Manager must do so.

B. Senior Staff Responsibilities:

Identify Find: The Senior Staff (or a delegated Cultural Resource Specialist), will

ensure that a qualified professional archaeologist examines the area to determine if

there is an archaeological find.

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o If it is determined not to be of archaeological, historical, or human

remains, work may proceed with no further delay.

o If it is determined to be an archaeological find, the Senior Staff or

Cultural Resource Specialist will continue with all notifications.

o If the find may be human remains or funerary objects, the Senior

Staff or Cultural Resource Specialist will ensure that a qualified

physical anthropologist examines the find. If it is determined to be

human remains, the procedure described in Section 5 will be

followed.

Notify DAHP: The Senior Staff (or a delegated Cultural Resource Specialist) will

contact the involved federal agencies (if any) and the Washington Department of

Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP).

Notify Tribes: If the discovery may be of interest to Native American Tribes, the

DAHP and Ecology Supervisor or Coordinator will coordinate with the interested

and/or affected tribes.

General Contacts

Federal Agencies: State Agencies:

Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation:

Dr. Allyson Brooks

State Historic Preservation Officer

360-586-3066

Assigned Alternate:

Rob Whitlam, Ph.D.

Staff Archaeologist

360-586-3050

Assigned Alternate:

The DAHP or appropriate Ecology Staff will contact the interested and affected

Tribes for a specific project.

Tribes consulted on this project are:

Tribe Tribe

Name Name

Title Title

Phone Phone

Email Email

Agency:

Name

Title

Number

Email

Agency:

Name

Title

Number

Email

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Tribe Tribe

Name Name

Title Title

Phone Phone

Email Email

Further Activities

Archaeological discoveries will be documented as described in Section 6.

Construction in the discovery area may resume as described in Section 7.

5. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETAL MATERIAL Any human skeletal remains, regardless of antiquity or ethnic origin, will at all times be

treated with dignity and respect. Do not take photographs by any means, unless you are

pre-approved to do so.

If the project occurs on federal lands or receives federal funding (e.g., national forest or

park, military reservation) the provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act of 1990 apply, and the responsible federal agency will follow its

provisions. Note that state highways that cross federal lands are on an easement and are

not owned by the state.

If the project occurs on non-federal lands, the Project Manager will comply with

applicable state and federal laws, and the following procedure:

A. In all cases you must notify a law enforcement agency or Medical

Examiner/Coroner’s Office:

In addition to the actions described in Sections 3 and 4, the Project Manager will

immediately notify the local law enforcement agency or medical examiner/coroner’s

office.

The Medical Examiner/Coroner (with assistance of law enforcement personnel) will

determine if the remains are human, whether the discovery site constitutes a crime

scene, and will then notify DAHP.

Enter contact information below:

[Law Enforcement]

[Non-Emergency phone number]

B. Participate in Consultation:

Per RCW 27.44.055, RCW 68.50, and RCW 68.60, DAHP will have jurisdiction over

non-forensic human remains. Ecology staff will participate in consultation.

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C. Further Activities:

Documentation of human skeletal remains and funerary objects will be agreed

upon through the consultation process described in RCW 27.44.055, RCW

68.50, and RCW 68.60.

When consultation and documentation activities are complete, construction in

the discovery area may resume as described in Section 7.

6. DOCUMENTATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS Archaeological deposits discovered during construction will be assumed eligible for

inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D until a formal

Determination of Eligibility is made.

Project staff will ensure the proper documentation and field assessment will be made of

any discovered cultural resources in cooperation with all parties: the federal agencies (if

any), DAHP, Ecology, affected tribes, and a contracted consultant (if any).

All prehistoric and historic cultural material discovered during project construction will be

recorded by a professional archaeologist on a cultural resource site or isolate form using

standard and approved techniques. Site overviews, features, and artifacts will be

photographed; stratigraphic profiles and soil/sediment descriptions will be prepared for

minimal subsurface exposures. Discovery locations will be documented on scaled site

plans and site location maps.

Cultural features, horizons and artifacts detected in buried sediments may require further

evaluation using hand-dug test units. Units may be dug in controlled fashion to expose

features, collect samples from undisturbed contexts, or to interpret complex stratigraphy.

A test excavation unit or small trench might also be used to determine if an intact

occupation surface is present. Test units will be used only when necessary to gather

information on the nature, extent, and integrity of subsurface cultural deposits to evaluate

the site’s significance. Excavations will be conducted using state-of-the-art techniques for

controlling provenience, and the chronology of ownership, custody and location recorded

with precision.

Spatial information, depth of excavation levels, natural and cultural stratigraphy, presence

or absence of cultural material, and depth to sterile soil, regolith, or bedrock will be

recorded for each probe on a standard form. Test excavation units will be recorded on

unit-level forms, which include plan maps for each excavated level, and material type,

number, and vertical provenience (depth below surface and stratum association where

applicable) for all artifacts recovered from the level. A stratigraphic profile will be drawn

for at least one wall of each test excavation unit.

Sediments excavated for purposes of cultural resources investigation will be screened

through 1/8-inch mesh, unless soil conditions warrant ¼-inch mesh.

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All prehistoric and historic artifacts collected from the surface and from probes and

excavation units will be analyzed, catalogued, and temporarily curated. Ultimate

disposition of cultural materials will be determined in consultation with the federal

agencies (if any), DAHP, Ecology and the affected tribes.

Within 90 days of concluding fieldwork, a technical report describing any and all

monitoring and resultant archaeological excavations will be provided to the Project

Manager, who will forward the report for review and delivery to Ecology, the federal

agencies (if any), DAHP, and the affected tribe(s).

If assessment activity exposes human remains (burials, isolated teeth, or bones), the

process described in Section 5 will be followed.

7. PROCEEDING WITH WORK Work outside the discovery location may continue while documentation and assessment of

the cultural resources proceed. A professional archaeologist must determine the

boundaries of the discovery location. In consultation with Ecology, DAHP and any

affected tribes, the Project Manager will determine the appropriate level of documentation

and treatment of the resource. If there is a federal nexus, Section 106 consultation and

associated federal laws will make the final determinations about treatment and

documentation.

Work may continue at the discovery location only after the process outlined in this plan is

followed and the Project Manager, DAHP, any affected tribes, Ecology (and the federal

agencies, if any) determine that compliance with state and federal law is complete.

8. RECIPIENT/PROJECT PARTNER RESPONSIBILITY The Project Recipient/Project Partner is responsible for developing an IDP. The IDP must

be immediately available onsite, be implemented to address any discovery, and be

available by request by any party. The Project Manager and staff will review the IDP

during a project kickoff or pre-construction meeting.

We recommend that you print images in color for accuracy.

Implement the IDP / UDP if …

You see chipped stone artifacts.

1 Stone Artifacts from Oregon

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• Glass-like material

• Angular

• “Unusual” material for area

• “Unusual” shape

• Regularity of flaking

• Variability of size


You see ground or pecked stone artifacts.

2 Artifacts from Unknown Proveniences

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• Striations or scratching

• Unusual or unnatural shapes

• Unusual stone

• Etching

• Perforations

• Pecking

• Regularity in modifications

• Variability of size, function, and complexity


You see bone or shell artifacts.

3 Bone Awls from Oregon and Bone Wedge from California

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• Often smooth

• Unusual shape

• Carved

• Often pointed if used as a tool

• Often wedge shaped like a “shoehorn”


You see bone or shell artifacts.

4 Tooth Pendant and Bone Pendants from Oregon and Washington

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• Often smooth

• Unusual shape

• Perforated

• Variability of size


5 Artifacts from Mud Bay, Olympia, Washington

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You see fiber or wood artifacts.

• Wet environments needed for preservation

• Variability of size, function, and complexity

• Rare


6 Artifacts from Downtown Seattle, Alaskan Way Viaduct (Upper Left and Lower) and Unknown Site (Upper Right)

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Paragraph head 16 pt. Paragraph head 16 pt. Paragraph head 16 pt.

Paragraph text 14 pt. Paragraph text 14 pt. Paragraph text 14 pt.

You see historic period artifacts.


You see strange, different or interesting looking dirt, rocks, or shells

7 Unknown Sites

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• Human activities leave traces in the ground that may or may not have artifacts associated with them

• “Unusual” accumulations of rock (especially fire-cracked rock)

• “Unusual” shaped accumulations of rock (e.g., similar to a fire ring)

• Charcoal or charcoal-stained soils

• Oxidized or burnt-looking soils

• Accumulations of shell

• Accumulations of bones or artifacts

• Look for the “unusual” or out of place (e.g., rock piles or accumulations in areas with few rock)



8 Site on Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, near WSDOT ROW along SR 164

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• “Unusual” accumulations of rock (especially fire-cracked rock)

• “Unusual” shaped accumulations of rock (e.g., similar to a fire ring)

• Look for the “unusual” or out of place (e.g., rock piles or accumulations in areas with few rock)



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Site located within WSDOT ROW near Anacortes Ferry Terminal 9

Layers of shell midden

• Often have a layered or “layer cake” appearance

• Often associated with black or blackish soil

• Often have very crushed and compacted shells

Historic Debris

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Implement the IDP I UDP if ...

You see historic foundations or buried structures.

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WAC 197-11-960 Environmental checklist.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST Purpose of checklist: The State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), chapter 43.21C RCW, requires all governmental agencies to consider the environmental impacts of a proposal before making decisions. An environmental impact statement (EIS) must be prepared for all proposals with probable significant adverse impacts on the quality of the environment. The purpose of this checklist is to provide information to help you and the agency identify impacts from your proposal (and to reduce or avoid impacts from the proposal, if it can be done) and to help the agency decide whether an EIS is required. Instructions for applicants: This environmental checklist asks you to describe some basic information about your proposal. Governmental agencies use this checklist to determine whether the environmental impacts of your proposal are significant, requiring preparation of an EIS. Answer the questions briefly, with the most precise information known, or give the best description you can. You must answer each question accurately and carefully, to the best of your knowledge. In most cases, you should be able to answer the questions from your own observations or project plans without the need to hire experts. If you really do not know the answer, or if a question does not apply to your proposal, write "do not know" or "does not apply." Complete answers to the questions now may avoid unnecessary delays later. Some questions ask about governmental regulations, such as zoning, shoreline, and landmark designations. Answer these questions if you can. If you have problems, the governmental agencies can assist you. The checklist questions apply to all parts of your proposal, even if you plan to do them over a period of time or on different parcels of land. Attach any additional information that will help describe your proposal or its environmental effects. The agency to which you submit this checklist may ask you to explain your answers or provide additional information reasonably related to determining if there may be significant adverse impact. Use of checklist for nonproject proposals: Complete this checklist for nonproject proposals, even though questions may be answered "does not apply." IN ADDITION, complete the SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET FOR NONPROJECT ACTIONS (part D). For nonproject actions, the references in the checklist to the words "project," "applicant," and "property or site" should be read as "proposal," "proposer," and "affected geographic area," respectively. A. BACKGROUND 1. Name of proposed project, if applicable: Amendments to Chelan Municipal Code 14.06: SEPA flexible thresholds Adoption of Chelan Municipal Code 15.25 Inadvertent Discovery Plan 2. Name of applicant: CITY OF CHELAN 3. Address and phone number of applicant and contact person: Craig Gildroy Planning Director PO BOX 1669, Chelan, WA 98816 (509) 682-8017 4. Date checklist prepared: 5/29/2018 5. Agency requesting checklist: City of Chelan 6. Proposed timing or schedule (including phasing, if applicable): Notice of Application: June 1, 2018

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60-day review period Public Hearing: 7. Do you have any plans for future additions, expansion, or further activity related to or connected with this proposal? If yes, explain. Non-project action

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8. List any environmental information you know about that has been prepared, or will be prepared, directly related to this proposal. This is a non-project action amending Title 14.06 of the Chelan Municipal Code to update the categorical exclusions and adopting flexible thresholds to SEPA as permitted by WAC 197-11-800. To satisfy requirements therein, the City proposes an Ordinance, Title 15.25 for the protection of cultural and historic resources through adoption of an Inadvertent Discovery Plan 9. Do you know whether applications are pending for governmental approvals of other proposals directly affecting the property covered by your proposal? If yes, explain. N/A 10. List any government approvals or permits that will be needed for your proposal, if known. Town Council will be required to adopt two ordinances to amend Title 14.06 and establish Title 15.25 of the Chelan Municipal Code. 11. Give brief, complete description of your proposal, including the proposed uses and the size of the project and site. There are several questions later in this checklist that ask you to describe certain aspects of your proposal. You do not need to repeat those answers on this page. (Lead agencies may modify this form to include additional specific information on project description.) This is a non-project action, amending flexible thresholds to Title 14.06 SEPA of the Chelan Municipal Code, as allowed by Washington State RCW. Projects that will be subject to new thresholds will no longer be subject to the SEPA checklist. The following thresholds are being proposed:

Text Amendments shall read as follows: CMC 14.06.130 Threshold determination – Environmental checklist. A. Filing Environmental Checklist. Except as provided in subsections B and G of

this section, a completed environmental checklist shall be filed at the same time as an application for any permit or other approval not exempted

Table 1. Proposed SEPA Flexible Limits

Project Type Current threshold per Chelan Municipal Code

Allowed limit for Incorporated UGA Proposed Amendment

Single Family Residential up to 4 dwellings 30 dwelling units 9 dwelling units

Multi-family, Townhomes up to 4 dwellings 60 units

60 units, Townhomes: 20 units

Barn, loafing shed, farm equipment and storage, produce stands 10,000 sqft 40,000 sqft

40,000 in SUD, agricultural related buildins in the SUD, W/I and Airport districts

Commercial, office, school, service, storage

4,000 plus 20 parking spaces

30,000 square feet and 90 parking spaces

20,000 sqft in C-HS, W/I, SUD only, up to 90 parking spaces

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by this chapter. The checklist shall be in the form of WAC 197-11-960 with such additions that may be required by the responsible official in accordance with WAC 197-11-906(4).

CMC 14.06.105 Flexible thresholds for categorical exemptions.

A. The following developments up to the limits listed in items 1-6 below are

herein exempt from the SEPA checklist and notice of application as allowed

in WAC 197-11-800. The city establishes the following exempt levels from

WAC 197-11-800 (1)(d) for minor new construction based on local conditions

and the land use zones:

1. For residential, detached dwelling units or land divisions: Up to four nine

dwelling units.

2. For multi-family dwelling units: up to sixty units. For multi-family townhome

developments: up to twenty units.

3. For agricultural structures, including barns, loafing sheds, storage

facilities, or produce stands and/or warehouses in the SUD district, or in

relation to agricultural businesses or use in the W/I, and Airport zones:

Up to forty thousand square feet. In all other zones, agricultural out-

building or structures related to agricultural use are limited to four

thousand square feet.

4. For office, school, commercial, recreational, service or storage buildings in

WAC 197-11-800(1)(b)(iii): Up to four twenty thousand square feet. Parking

lots up to twenty ninety parking spaces shall be exempt in the following

zoning districts: C-HS, W/I, SUD.

5. In all other zones not listed in item 3 above, office, commercial,

recreational, service, storage facilities shall be exempt up to four

thousand square feet and parking spaces up to twenty spaces shall be

exempt.

6. For landfills and excavations in WAC 197-11-800(1)(b)(v): Up to 100 250 cubic

yards.

12. Location of the proposal. Give sufficient information for a person to understand the precise location of your proposed project, including a street address, if any, and section, township, and range, if known. If a proposal would occur over a range of area, provide the range or boundaries of the site(s). Provide a legal description, site plan, vicinity map, and topographic map, if reasonably available. While you should submit any plans required by the agency, you are not required to duplicate maps or detailed plans submitted with any permit applications related to this checklist.



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This non-project action will affect all lands within the incorporated boundary of the City of Chelan and delineated Urban Growth Area in Chelan County. Appendix A1 and A2 and accompanying staff reports detail Chelan codes, State or Federal regulations that potential impacts that may result from adoption of new thresholds.

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TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY B. ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS 1. Earth

a. General description of the site (circle one): Flat, rolling, hilly, steep slopes, mountainous, other . . . . . .

The planning area subject to this code amendment includes the entire City of Chelan and UGA. The terrain is

varied, though generally characterized by steep slopes descending to the valley floor where more gentle terrain flanks the lake and developed portions of the city center. Topography includes benches of relief at mid-slopes.

b. What is the steepest slope on the site (approximate percent slope)? n/a as a non-project action slopes will vary across sites c. What general types of soils are found on the site (for example, clay, sand, gravel, peat, muck)? If you know the

classification of agricultural soils, specify them and note any prime farmland. variable, though soils across Chelan are generally sandy to rocky, well drained and alluvial deposited. Rock

outcrops of volcanic intrusions occur. d. Are there surface indications or history of unstable soils in the immediate vicinity? If so, describe. Settlement patterns that have resulted in carving into toe-slopes experience continued erosion and instability in

some areas. e. Describe the purpose, type, and approximate quantities of any filling or grading proposed. Indicate source of fill. N/A However, the proposal increases the threshold limit of 100 cu yards of fill to 250 cubic feet of fill f. Could erosion occur as a result of clearing, construction, or use? If so, generally describe. N/A Hillside Development Standards and Critical Area Regulations address this area of concern g. About what percent of the site will be covered with impervious surfaces after project construction (for example,

asphalt or buildings)? N/A New multi-family or commercial projects will be allowed up 90 parking spaces without SEPA, however Title 25

Development Standards require compliance with Eastern Washington Stormwater Management Plan h. Proposed measures to reduce or control erosion, or other impacts to the earth, if any:

N/A Development regulations control for this impact a. Air a. What types of emissions to the air would result from the proposal (i.e., dust, automobile, odors, industrial wood

smoke) during construction and when the project is completed? If any, generally describe and give approximate quantities if known.

N/A

b. Are there any off-site sources of emissions or odor that may affect your proposal? If so, generally describe.

N/A

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TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY c. Proposed measures to reduce or control emissions or other impacts to air, if any: N/A 3. Water a. Surface:

1) Is there any surface water body on or in the immediate vicinity of the site (including year-round and seasonal streams, saltwater, lakes, ponds, wetlands)? If yes, describe type and provide names. If appropriate, state what stream or river it flows into. Lake Chelan, a waterbody of statewide significance per the Shoreline Management Act

2) Will the project require any work over, in, or adjacent to (within 200 feet) the described waters? If yes, please describe and attach available plans. N/A

3) Estimate the amount of fill and dredge material that would be placed in or removed from surface water or wetlands and indicate the area of the site that would be affected. Indicate the source of fill material. N/A

4) Will the proposal require surface water withdrawals or diversions? Give general description, purpose, and approximate quantities if known. N/A

5) Does the proposal lie within a 100-year floodplain? If so, note location on the site plan. N/A

6) Does the proposal involve any discharges of waste materials to surface waters? If so, describe the type of waste and anticipated volume of discharge. N/A

b. Ground:

1) Will ground water be withdrawn, or will water be discharged to ground water? Give general description, purpose, and approximate quantities if known. N/A

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TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY

2) Describe waste material that will be discharged into the ground from septic tanks or other sources, if any (for example: Domestic sewage; industrial, containing the following chemicals. . . ; agricultural; etc.). Describe the general size of the system, the number of such systems, the number of houses to be served (if applicable), or the number of animals or humans the system(s) are expected to serve. N/A

c. Water runoff (including stormwater):

1) Describe the source of runoff (including storm water) and method of collection and disposal, if any (include quantities, if known). Where will this water flow? Will this water flow into other waters? If so, describe.

N/A

2) Could waste materials enter ground or surface waters? If so, generally describe. N/A

d. Proposed measures to reduce or control surface, ground, and runoff water impacts, if any: N/A

4. Plants a. Check or circle types of vegetation found on the site: x deciduous tree: alder, maple, aspen, other x evergreen tree: fir, cedar, pine, other x shrubs x grass x pasture x crop or grain x wet soil plants: cattail, buttercup, bullrush, skunk cabbage, other x water plants: water lily, eelgrass, milfoil, other x other types of vegetation b. What kind and amount of vegetation will be removed or altered?

N/A c. List threatened or endangered species known to be on or near the site.

N/A d. Proposed landscaping, use of native plants, or other measures to preserve or enhance vegetation on the site, if any:

N/A

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TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY 5. Animals a. Circle any birds and animals which have been observed on or near the site or are known to be on or near the site: birds: hawk, heron, eagle, songbirds, other: mammals: deer, bear, elk, beaver, other: fish: bass, salmon, trout, herring, shellfish, other:

N/A b. List any threatened or endangered species known to be on or near the site.

N/A c. Is the site part of a migration route? If so, explain.

N/A d. Proposed measures to preserve or enhance wildlife, if any:

N/A 6. Energy and natural resources a. What kinds of energy (electric, natural gas, oil, wood stove, solar) will be used to meet the completed project's energy

needs? Describe whether it will be used for heating, manufacturing, etc. N/A

b. Would your project affect the potential use of solar energy by adjacent properties? If so, generally describe.

N/A c. What kinds of energy conservation features are included in the plans of this proposal? List other proposed measures

to reduce or control energy impacts, if any: N/A

7. Environmental health a. Are there any environmental health hazards, including exposure to toxic chemicals, risk of fire and explosion, spill, or

hazardous waste, that could occur as a result of this proposal? If so, describe.

N/A 1) Describe special emergency services that might be required.

N/A 2) Proposed measures to reduce or control environmental health hazards, if any:

N/A TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY b. Noise

1) What types of noise exist in the area which may affect your project (for example: traffic, equipment, operation, other)? N/A

2) What types and levels of noise would be created by or associated with the project on a short-term or a long-term basis (for example: traffic, construction, operation, other)? Indicate what hours noise would come from the site. N/A

3) Proposed measures to reduce or control noise impacts, if any: N/A

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8. Land and shoreline use a. What is the current use of the site and adjacent properties? b. N/A b. Has the site been used for agriculture? If so, describe.

N/A c. Describe any structures on the site.

N/A d. Will any structures be demolished? If so, what?

N/A e. What is the current zoning classification of the site?

The new thresholds are applied to land use zone in accordance to the intent of the zone. f. What is the current comprehensive plan designation of the site?

N/A The amendments apply to all land use designations g. If applicable, what is the current shoreline master program designation of the site? N/A h. Has any part of the site been classified as an "environmentally sensitive" area? If so, specify. Critical Areas are defined by the City’s Generalize Critical Areas Maps i. Approximately how many people would reside or work in the completed project? N/A

TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY j. Approximately how many people would the completed project displace? N/A k. Proposed measures to avoid or reduce displacement impacts, if any: N/A l. Proposed measures to ensure the proposal is compatible with existing and projected land uses and plans, if any:

N/A 9. Housing a. Approximately how many units would be provided, if any? Indicate whether high, middle, or low-income housing. N/A b. Approximately how many units, if any, would be eliminated? Indicate whether high, middle, or low-income housing. N/A c. Proposed measures to reduce or control housing impacts, if any: N/A 10. Aesthetics a. What is the tallest height of any proposed structure(s), not including antennas; what is the principal exterior building

material(s) proposed? N/A b. What views in the immediate vicinity would be altered or obstructed? N/A c. Proposed measures to reduce or control aesthetic impacts, if any: N/A 11. Light and glare

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a. What type of light or glare will the proposal produce? What time of day would it mainly occur? N/A b. Could light or glare from the finished project be a safety hazard or interfere with views? N/A c. What existing off-site sources of light or glare may affect your proposal? N/A d. Proposed measures to reduce or control light and glare impacts, if any: TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY 12. Recreation a. What designated and informal recreational opportunities are in the immediate vicinity? N/A b. Would the proposed project displace any existing recreational uses? If so, describe. N/A c. Proposed measures to reduce or control impacts on recreation, including recreation opportunities to be provided by

the project or applicant, if any: N/A 13. Historic and cultural preservation a. Are there any places or objects listed on, or proposed for, national, state, or local preservation registers known to be

on or next to the site? If so, generally describe. There are four registered historic structures with the Washington DAHP in the planning area: The Ruby Theater, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Plant, Lord Richard Hinton House. As registered State Historic properties they are protected by Executive Order 05-05. b. Generally, describe any landmarks or evidence of historic, archaeological, scientific, or cultural importance known to

be on or next to the site. DAHP maps the area in and around Lake Chelan as an area of high probability of prehistoric use.

c. Proposed measures to reduce or control impacts, if any: This proposal adopts and Inadvertent Discovery Plan to address the protect the unintended discovery of historic and archeological resources in the planning area in Chelan Municipal Code 15.25 as follows:

CMC 15.25 – Inadvertent Discovery Plan

Cultural and Historic Resources Protection during Construction

15.25.01 – Adoption by reference

A. Inadvertent Discovery Plan. The City adopts the Washington State Department of Ecology form ECY 07-560 entitled, “Plan and Procedures for the Unanticipated Discovery of Cultural Resources and Human Remains”, as it currently reads. Future amendments to the Inadvertent Discovery Plan by the Department of Ecology are hereby adopted.

B. Inadvertent Discovery of Human Skeletal Remains on Non-Federal and Non-Tribal Land

in the State of Washington are pursuant to RCWs 68.50.645, 27.44.055, and 68.60.055.

All construction projects in the city shall follow this protocol on all construction

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projects,

1. If ground disturbing activities encounter human skeletal remains during the course

of construction, then all activity will cease that may cause further disturbance to

those remains. The area of the find will be secured and protected from further

disturbance until the State provides notice to proceed.

2.The finding of human skeletal remains will be reported to the county medical

examiner/coroner and local law enforcement in the most expeditious manner possible.

3. The remains will not be touched, moved, or further disturbed.

4. The county medical examiner/coroner will assume jurisdiction over the human skeletal

remains and make a determination of whether those remains are forensic or non-

forensic. If the county medical examiner/coroner determines the remains are non-

forensic, then they will report that finding to the Department of Archaeology and

Historic Preservation (DAHP) who will then take jurisdiction over the remains.

5.The DAHP will notify any appropriate cemeteries and all affected tribes of the find.

The State Physical Anthropologist will make a determination of whether the remains are

Indian or Non-Indian and report that finding to any appropriate cemeteries and the

affected tribes. The DAHP will then handle all consultation with the affected parties

as to the future preservation, excavation, and disposition of the remains.

15.25.02 - Intent

Adoption of an inadvertent discovery plan is to prevent the unintended destruction of

important historic, prehistoric, and archeological artifacts including human remains, to

protect those resources from exploitation, and ensure responsible and culturally

appropriate treatment of culturally important resources.

15.25.03 – Applicability

All applicants for building, subdivision, construction, demolition, shoreline

development, shoreline exemption, and earth moving (excavation, grading, cut/fill)

activities above the threshold limits listed in items 1-4 below, any project that is

within 500 feet of known historic or archeological site, or that may have the potential

to unearth cultural, historic, or pre-historic resources or artifacts must submit the

Inadvertent Discovery Plan on ECY Form 07-560, adopted by reference in CMC 15.25.01. The

following activities shall be subject to the Inadvertent Discovery Plan:

1. Any structure, regardless of use, in excess of 10,000 square feet

2. Any development activity where more than 100 cu yards of fill or earth movement

occurs

3. Any parking lot in excess of 20 spaces

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4. Any trenching, grading, or digging that disturbs more than 1 acre of land

15.25.04 – Administration

1. The City of Chelan community development director or building official shall

develop an administrative procedure that verifies applicants have received and signed

the Inadvertent Discovery Plan as part of any land use or construction permit that

meets the criteria for applicability in section 15.25.0 herein.

2. The City of Chelan shall periodically update the General Contact Information

section on the form ECY 07-500 adopted in CMC 15.25.01.

14. Transportation

N/A a. Identify public streets and highways serving the site, and describe proposed access to the existing street system.

Show on site plans, if any. N/A

b. Is site currently served by public transit? If not, what is the approximate distance to the nearest transit stop? N/A

c. How many parking spaces would the completed project have? How many would the project eliminate? N/A

d. Will the proposal require any new roads or streets, or improvements to existing roads or streets, not including driveways? If so, generally describe (indicate whether public or private).

N/A TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR

AGENCY USE ONLY e. Will the project use (or occur in the immediate vicinity of) water, rail, or air transportation? If so, generally describe.

N/A f. How many vehicular trips per day would be generated by the completed project? If known, indicate when peak

volumes would occur. N/A

g. Proposed measures to reduce or control transportation impacts, if any: N/A

15. Public services a. Would the project result in an increased need for public services (for example: fire protection, police protection,

health care, schools, other)? If so, generally describe. N/A

b. Proposed measures to reduce or control direct impacts on public services, if any. N/A

16. Utilities a. Circle utilities currently available at the site: electricity, natural gas, water, refuse service, telephone, sanitary sewer,

septic system, other. N/A

b. Describe the utilities that are proposed for the project, the utility providing the service, and the general construction activities on the site or in the immediate vicinity which might be needed.

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N/A C. SIGNATURE The above answers are true and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that the lead agency is relying on them to make its decision. Signature: ................................................................................................................................................................................ Date Submitted: ......................................................................................................................................................................

Place Where Signed: …………………………, WA

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TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY D. SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET FOR NONPROJECT ACTIONS (do not use this sheet for project actions) Because these questions are very general, it may be helpful to read them in conjunction with the list of the

elements of the environment. When answering these questions, be aware of the extent the proposal, or the types of activities likely to result

from the proposal, would affect the item at a greater intensity or at a faster rate than if the proposal were not implemented. Respond briefly and in general terms.

1. How would the proposal be likely to increase discharge to water; emissions to air; production, storage, or release of

toxic or hazardous substances; or production of noise? N/A Proposed measures to avoid or reduce such increases are: 2. How would the proposal be likely to affect plants, animals, fish, or marine life? N/A Proposed measures to protect or conserve plants, animals, fish, or marine life are: 3. How would the proposal be likely to deplete energy or natural resources? N/A Proposed measures to protect or conserve energy and natural resources are: 4. How would the proposal be likely to use or affect environmentally sensitive areas or areas designated (or eligible or

under study) for governmental protection; such as parks, wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, threatened or endangered species habitat, historic or cultural sites, wetlands, floodplains, or prime farmlands?

N/A Proposed measures to protect such resources or to avoid or reduce impacts are:

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TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT EVALUATION FOR AGENCY USE ONLY 5. How would the proposal be likely to affect land and shoreline use, including whether it would allow or encourage

land or shoreline uses incompatible with existing plans? N/A

Proposed measures to avoid or reduce shoreline and land use impacts are: 6. How would the proposal be likely to increase demands on transportation or public services and utilities? N/A Proposed measures to reduce or respond to such demand(s) are: 7. Identify, if possible, whether the proposal may conflict with local, state, or federal laws or requirements for the

protection of the environment. The proposal is intended to streamline environmental permitting requirements. Much care has been taken to ensure current codes and requirements are adequate to increase threshold levels.

Documents

Community Development DepartmentBarn, loafing shed, farm storage and equipment, produce stands allowed in SUD, W/I, and Airport zones The current square footage limit for structures