A. General: Maps depicting resources within resource protection overlay (RPO) boundaries shall be maintained and updated as necessary by the city. When a protected area not found on current city or other appropriate maps is identified, it shall become subject to the requirements of this chapter only after an inventory and analysis of the area has been completed and amendment to the comprehensive plan and/or maps accomplished through the process outlined in section 17.02.120 of this title.
B. Removal Of Applicability: Prior to development, an applicant may request that property be exempted from some or all of the RPO standards by demonstrating that the protected resource site(s) no longer meets the resource area definitions contained in this section and no longer meets criteria as a significant resource site. Such application shall be considered through the comprehensive plan amendment process (see section 17.02.120, "Comprehensive Plan Amendments", of this title). In considering this claim, the city council shall determine that the decline in identified resource value did not result from a violation of this chapter or any other provision of this code. (Ord. 2846 § 1, 2008)