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Lewis County adopts amended Critical Areas Ordinance but reverts proposed stream buffer increase
Summary
After staff proposed raising NS/NP stream buffers from 75 to 100 feet to align with best available science, commissioners moved to revert the stream-buffer change and adopted Ordinance 13-70 as amended, voting 3-0.
Lewis County commissioners adopted Ordinance 13‑70 on Dec. 9 after amending the proposed Critical Areas Ordinance to retain the existing 75‑foot buffers on NS and NP streams.
Senior long‑range planner Natalie Kamenicki summarized the package as mainly reorganizational with substantive changes including required critical area reports, wetland buffers tied to steep slopes,…
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