A. The responsible official shall designate critical areas under the standards of WAC 197-11-908 and shall file maps designating such areas, together with the exemptions from the list in WAC 197-11-908 that are inapplicable in such areas, with the city clerk and the Department of Ecology, Headquarters Office, Olympia, Washington. The critical area designations shall have full force and effect of law as of the date of filing.

B. The city shall treat proposals located wholly or partially within a critical area as other nonexempt proposals under this chapter, making a threshold determination for all such proposals. The city shall not automatically require an EIS for a proposal merely because it is proposed for location in a critical area.

C. Certain exemptions do not apply on lands covered by water, and this remains true regardless of whether or not lands covered by water are mapped. (Ord. 98-20 § 13, 1998; Ord. 92-06 § 1, 1992)