A. The City shall adopt official critical lands maps denoting the above identified areas. The source of data will be available and current GIS data from federal and state agencies. Any mapping not available from these sources will be produced by the City from the best technical data available. Property owners may submit additional engineered data to modify city mapping if approved by the City. Substantial amendments of these maps shall require amendment procedures as required herein.
B. The city will endeavor to complete the critical lands maps as resources become available. Basic critical lands maps are provided in the General Plan as a guide to the City and to Developers. Until new maps are produced and adopted the method used to identify critical lands shall be as specified in Section 10-34-5 item 4. Developers shall use these maps and other publicly available resource maps to determine which critical lands are affected by the proposed development. The Planning Commission may require additional studies by the developer if it judges that additional critical lands are involved.
C. Minor amendments of the maps to correct mapping errors when the amendments are intended to reflect more accurately the mapping criteria contained in this chapter or in the findings of the Council in adopting an official map may be processed following the minor map amendment procedure contained in this ordinance.
D. Map As Reference To Text:
1. The text provisions of this ordinance shall be used to determine whether applications to allow development in Critical Lands are subject to the requirements of this chapter.
2. Applicants are required to provide the decision makers with a delineation of the Critical Lands on the subject property as part of the application. An application shall not be considered complete until this delineation is submitted.
3. An applicant may identify and delineate Critical Lands by gathering and reviewing information other than the Critical Lands Map, such as FEMA maps, aerial photographs, Section 10-34-3 permit delineation, field investigations, and other significant evidence.
4. The specific delineation of the Critical Lands will be determined as part of the permit by the Planning Commission based on the best available data. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)