18.08.080 Wetlands – Administration.
A. Filing Fees. A wetland regulatory processing fee in an amount established under the city’s development fee ordinance, GHMC Title 3, shall be paid at the time of a request for official determination of whether a proposed use or activity at a site is subject to this chapter. The fee shall be paid prior to administrative review, including environmental review. It shall include all costs of administrative and environmental review, including the preliminary site inspection, and review and approval of a wetland analysis report. It shall be in addition to any other fees for environmental assessment and environmental impact review, provided by the city environmental policy ordinance, Chapter 18.04 GHMC.
B. Notice and Title.
1. Notice. Upon submission of a complete application for a wetland development approval, notice shall be provided in accordance with the city zoning code for site plan review for notification of property owners within 300 feet of the subject property.
2. Notice of Title. The owner of any property with field-verified presence of wetland or wetland buffer on which a development proposal is submitted shall file for record with the Pierce County auditor a notice approved by the department in a form substantially as set forth below. Such notice shall provide notice in the public record of the presence of a wetland or wetland buffer, the application of this chapter to the property, and that limitations on actions in or affecting such wetlands and their buffers may exist. The notice shall be notarized and shall be recorded prior to approval of any development proposal for such site. The notice shall run with the land and shall be in the following form:
WETLAND AND/OR WETLAND BUFFER NOTICE
Legal Description:
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Present Owner:____________________
NOTICE: This property contains wetlands or their buffers as defined by City of Gig Harbor Ordinance. Restrictions on use or alteration of the wetlands or their buffers may exist due to natural conditions of the property and resulting regulations.
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Date Signature Owner
C. Other Laws and Regulations. No approval granted pursuant to this chapter shall remove an obligation to comply with the applicable provisions of any other federal, state or local law or regulation.
D. Atlas. As part of its review, the department shall include the appropriately designated wetland in the Pierce County wetlands atlas or in the city wetland atlas, as may be adopted. (Ord. 1036 § 15, 2006; Ord. 611 § 1, 1991).