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Covington adopts updated critical areas code to meet Growth Management Act requirements
Summary
Council voted Dec. 9 to repeal and replace Chapter 18.65 of the Covington Municipal Code, updating critical areas protections (notably stream buffer standards), adopting Ecology model guidance, adding enforcement and restoration standards, and establishing modified review pathways for existing platted properties.
Planner Selena presented a year‑long update to Covington’s critical areas ordinance and explained the city had used a gap analysis with Department of Ecology model guidance to identify required changes. Selena said the largest compliance issue was stream buffer distances and described a no‑net‑loss sequencing (avoid, minimize,…
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