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KCC 12.28.020 provides that critical drainage areas include “any lands determined by the director to have a high potential for drainage and water quality problems, and/or are sensitive to the effects of construction or development.”
Sometimes, the critical nature of these drainage areas only becomes apparent once some degree of development is planned or has already occurred. In some subdivisions constructed prior to modern stormwater codes, for example, development of infill lots is often severely constrained by the unplanned and piecemeal drainage controls installed over time by individual lot owners. Kitsap County may, therefore, evaluate areas proposed for designation as critical drainage areas and conduct such studies, as necessary, to make such designations.
The areas defined as critical drainage areas in KCC 12.28.020 are divided into three general categories. Each of these critical drainage area categories is discussed in further detail in the following sections.
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