Exemptions

Are there any exemptions from this Chapter?

Yes, exempted from the requirements of SMC 17D.090 are:

• Commercial agriculture as regulated under chapter 84.34.020 RCW.
• Forest practices regulated under Title 222 WAC, except for Class IV General Forest Practices that are conversions from timber land to other uses.
• Issuance of permits and/or approvals for land divisions, interior improvements to an existing structure, or other approvals for which there is no ground disturbing activity.
  Installation of signs requiring only incidental ground disturbing activity.
• Emergencies-Actions by a public utility or governmental agency to remove or alleviate an emergency condition, restore utility service, or reopen a public thoroughfare to traffic, provided the responsible party exempted under this section cleans and/or removes any erosion and sedimentation after the thoroughfare is reopened, pursuant to the performance standards in SMC 17D.090.180. For all other emergencies, the director may excuse compliance in full or in part because of unavoidable emergency conditions where there is a substantial danger or risk of loss, upon a showing of good faith necessity by the responsible party.
• Planting of tree or other vegetation by hand held tools.