15.18.020 Purpose.
This section is included in your selections.
The purpose of this critical areas code is to:
A. Protect the functions and values of ecologically sensitive areas while allowing for reasonable use of private property, through the application of the best available science;
B. Implement the Growth Management Act and the goals of the comprehensive plan; and
C. Protect the public from injury and loss due to slope failures, erosion, seismic events, volcanic eruptions, or flooding. [Ord. 492 § 3 (Exh. B § 102), 2007.]