18.65.200 Building setbacks from critical area buffer.
Buildings and other structures shall be set back a distance of 15 feet from the edges of all critical area buffers or from the edges of all critical areas, if no buffers are required. Except the following is allowed in this building setback:
(1) Landscaping;
(2) Uncovered decks lower than 30 inches in height above existing grade;
(3) Building overhangs if the overhangs do not extend more than 18 inches into the setback area;
(4) Impervious surface areas, such as driveways and patios; but these improvements are required to meet any special drainage provisions specified in public rules adopted for the various critical areas; and
(5) Utility service connections as long as the excavation for installation avoids impacts to the buffer. (Ord. 09-19 § 9 (Exh. D); Ord. 06-17 § 4 (Exh. B))