1. The City will designate critical areas under the standards of WAC 197-11-908 and file maps of such areas, together with the exemptions from the list in WAC 197-11-908 that are inapplicable in such areas with the Department of Community Trade and Economic Development and the Department of Ecology.

2. The City will treat proposals located wholly or partially within a critical area no differently than other proposals in making threshold determinations. The City will not automatically require an EIS for a proposal merely because it is located in a critical area.

3. Certain exemptions do not apply on lands covered by water, and this remains true regardless of whether or not the lands covered by water are mapped.