(1) Only the alterations identified in CMC 18.65.050 are allowed within a steep slope hazard area;

(2) A buffer or setback of 50 feet is required from all edges of the steep slope hazard area. To eliminate or minimize the risk of property damage or injury resulting from slope instability, landsliding, or erosion caused in whole or part by the development, the City shall determine the size of the buffer or setback, which may increase or decrease the buffer, based upon a critical area report prepared by a geotechnical engineer or geologist. If a critical area report is not submitted to the City, the minimum buffer is 50 feet. In no case shall the buffer be less than 15 feet, and the buffer may only be reduced pursuant to the findings of the critical area report that demonstrates that the reduction will not reduce the level of protection to the proposed development and the critical area as provided by the 50-foot buffer. An occupied building shall not be closer than 25 feet (including buffer from the top or the toe of a steep slope (or altered steep slope); and

(3) Unless otherwise provided in CMC 18.65.050 or part of an allowed exemption, removal of any vegetation from a steep slope hazard area or buffer is prohibited. (Ord. 09-19 § 9 (Exh. D); Ord. 06-17 § 4 (Exh. B))