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Applicants shall demonstrate that all reasonable efforts have been examined with the intent to avoid and minimize impacts to critical areas. When an alteration to a critical area is proposed, such alterations shall be avoided, minimized, or compensated for in the following sequential order of preference:

A. Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain action or parts of an action;

B. Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action and its implementation, by using appropriate technology, or by taking affirmative steps, such as project redesign, relocation, or timing, to avoid or reduce impacts;

C. Rectifying the impacts to wetlands, critical aquifer recharge areas, and fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected environment to the historical conditions or to conditions of at least the quality of those conditions existing at the time of the initiation of the project;

D. Minimizing or eliminating the hazard by restoring or stabilizing the hazard area through engineered or other methods;

E. Reducing or eliminating the impact or hazard over time by preservation and maintenance operations during the life of the action;

F. Compensating for the impact to wetlands, critical aquifer recharge areas, and fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas by replacing, enhancing, or providing substitute resources or environments of equivalent or better quality; and

G. Monitoring the hazard or other required mitigation to ensure compliance with mitigation performance standards, and taking remedial action when necessary to correct any deficits or unanticipated conditions.

Mitigation for individual actions may include a combination of the above measures so long as there is no net loss of critical area functions, values, or area. (Ord. 1104-15 § 1 (Att. A)).