Off-Site Mitigation on Agricultural Lands
The County is proposing an amendment to the Unified Development Code, SCC Title 14. The proposed code change: (1) amends SCC 14.16.400(4)(d), Ag-NRL hearing examiner special uses, to exclude projects involving offsite compensatory mitigation; and (2) adds a definition of “offsite compensatory mitigation” to SCC 14.04.020. The proposed amendments would effectively prohibit the use of agricultural lands for large-scale habitat enhancement projects that involve hydrological modification and/or terraforming as mitigation for environmental impact to non-agricultural land or lands otherwise outside Skagit County. This will help enable the County to ensure major habitat enhancement projects, which involve major modification to diking and drainage infrastructure, are planned and executed in a rational, orderly, and professional manner.
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