The following activities are exempt from the requirements of this subchapter:
(A) Actions by a public utility, the city, or any other governmental entity to remove or alleviate an emergency condition, restore utility service, or reopen a public thoroughfare to traffic;
(B) Actions by any other person when the city determines, and documents in writing, that the actions are necessary to remove or alleviate an emergency condition, restore utility service, or reopen a public thoroughfare to traffic;
(C) Construction activities which disturb less than 500 square feet of land surface area, or which consist of the excavation and/or fill of less than 20 cubic yards of material;
(D) Landscape maintenance activities on fully-developed properties necessary to maintain the existing developed landscape; and
(E) Bona fide agricultural and farming operations which constitute the principal use of any lot or tract of ground located within the city and which meet the requirements of the zoning code of the city.
(Prior Code, § 13.24.100) (Ord. 17-2020, passed 5-20-2020)