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A. The policies and goals set forth in this Chapter supplement existing State and County laws of Pierce County.

B. The County may attach conditions to a permit or approval for a proposal provided that:

1. Such conditions are necessary to mitigate specific probable adverse environmental impacts identified in environmental documents prepared pursuant to this Chapter; and

2. Such conditions are in writing; and

3. The mitigation measures included in such conditions are reasonable and capable of being accomplished; and

4. The County has considered whether other local, state, or federal mitigation measures applied to the proposal are sufficient to mitigate the identified impacts; and

5. Such conditions are based on one or more policies in subsection D of this Section and cited in the license or other decision document.

C. The County may deny a permit or approval for a proposal on the basis of SEPA provided that:

1. A finding is made that approval of the proposal would result in probable significant adverse environmental impacts that are identified in a FEIS or final SEIS prepared pursuant to this Chapter; and

2. A finding is made that there are no reasonable mitigation measures capable of being accomplished that are sufficient to mitigate the identified impact; and

3. The denial is based on one or more policies identified in subsection D of this Section and identified in writing in the decision document.

D. The County adopts the following policies as the basis for the County's exercise of authority pursuant to this Section:

1. The County shall use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considera-tions of state policy, to improve and coordinate plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the state and its citizens may:

a. Endeavor to achieve for the people of Pierce County safe, healthful, and aesthetically pleasing surroundings;

b. Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage;

c. Achieve a balance between population and resource use; and

d. Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources.

2. The following Pierce County planning documents as now existing or hereafter amended, shall supplement this Chapter:

a. Title 19A, Pierce County Comprehensive Plan

b. Title 19B, Community Plans

c. Title 19D, Other Comprehensive Planning Documents including but not limited to: Pierce County Coordinated Water System Plan, Pierce County Comprehensive Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan, etc.

d. The Lakes District Comprehensive Plan

e. The Hylebos Basin Drainage Plan

f. The 144th Street Drainage Basin Plan

g. Interim HUD Flood Insurance Study for Pierce County

h. Burley/Minter Drainage Basin Water Quality Plan

i. Lower Puyallup Watershed Action Plan and Phase 1 Report

j. Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Action Plan and Characterization

k. Key Peninsula-Gig Harbor-Islands Watershed Action Plan and Characterization

l. Housing Assistance Plan

m. Transportation Plan and Six Year Transportation Improvement Program

n. Tacoma-Pierce County Solid Waste Management Plan

o. Tacoma-Pierce County Local Hazardous Waste Management Plan

p. Unified Sewer Plan for the Pierce County Wastewater Utility

3. The following Pierce County regulations and codes as now existing or hereafter amended, shall supplement this Chapter:

a. Title 18, Development Regulations – General Provisions

b. Title 18A, Development Regulations – Zoning

c. Title 18B, Development Regulations – Signs

d. Title 18E, Development Regulations – Critical Areas

e. Title 18H, Development Regulations – Forest Practices and Tree Conservation

f. Title 18I, Development Regulations – Natural Resource Lands

g. Title 18J, Development Regulations – Design Standards and Guidelines

h. Title 16, Subdivisions and Platting

i. Title 20, Shoreline Management Use Regulations

j. Title 17A, Construction and Infrastructure Regulations – Site Development and Stormwater Drainage

k. Title 17B, Construction and Infrastructure Regulations – Road and Bridge Design and Construction Standards

l. Title 17C, Construction and Infrastructure Regulations – Building and Fire Codes

m. Pierce County Fair Housing Regulations

n. Noise Pollution Control Regulations

o. Title 8, Pierce County Code, Health and Welfare

p. Chapter 2.88, Pierce County Code, Structures of Historical and Architectural Significance

q. Pierce County Regulations for Proposed Developments Using Local Access Roads

r. Pierce County Flood Damage Prevention Regulations

s. Title 13, Pierce County Code, Public Sanitary Sewer Systems

4. The following State laws, policies, ordinances, resolutions, programs and master site plans as now existing or hereafter amended, shall supplement this Chapter:

a. Chapter 173-308 WAC, Biosolids Management

b. Chapter 173-350, Solid Waste Handling Standards

c. Chapter 173-351, Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

d. Pierce County Utilities Department Sludge Management Program

e. Pierce County Storm Drainage Ordinance

f. The Pierce County Fire Flow Ordinance

g. Interim HUD Flood Insurance Study for Pierce County

h. Pierce County Off-Site Road Improvement Ordinance

i. Chambers Creek Properties Master Site Plan

j. Rocky Bay Shellfish Protection Program

k. Burley Lagoon Shellfish Protection Program

(Ord. 2004-58s § 4 (part), 2004; Ord. 96-19S § 3 (part), 1996)