Erosion hazard area means those areas that, because of natural characteristics including vegetative cover, soil texture, slope gradient, and rainfall patterns, or human-induced changes to such characteristics, are vulnerable to erosion.
Erosion hazard area means those areas that, because of natural
Erosion hazard area means land adjoining a watercourse regulated by this Ordinance, which is deemed by the floodplain administrator to be subject to flood-related erosion losses.
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Erosion hazard area (p 1‐3) Replace as follows per Section 18.20.940 KMC: Erosion hazard areas are those areas identified by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service or identified by a special study as having a “moderate to severe” or “very severe” erosion potential.
Erosion hazard area buffers shall be as recommended in an approved geotechnical report.
Erosion hazard area widths are determined to cater for potential erosion of the dune system over a specified planning period.
More Definitions of Erosion hazard area
Erosion hazard area means those portions of parcels of land having slopes over five percent.
Erosion hazard area means those areas of Monroe containing soils which, according to the USDA Soil Conservation Service, Snohomish County Soil Survey dated 1983, may experience severe to very severe erosion hazard.
Erosion hazard area means an area underlain by soils that is subject to severe erosion when disturbed. These soils include, but are not limited to, those classified as having a severe to very severe erosion hazard according to the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, the 1973 King County Soils Survey or any subsequent revisions or additions by or to these sources such as any occurrence of River Wash (“Rh”) and any of the following when the soils occur on slopes inclined at 15 percent or more:
Erosion hazard area means those areas of Lake Superior’s North Shore where the long-term average annual rate of recession is one foot or greater per year as mapped in the December 1988 version of the North Shore Management Plan.
Erosion hazard area means the lands adjoining a watercourse regulated by this title that are deemed by the Chief Engineer to be subject to flood-related erosion losses. (Ord. 1999 FC-1 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988 FC-2 Art. 4 (part), 1988)
Erosion hazard area means areas likely to become unstable, such as bluffs, steep slopes, and areas with unconsolidated soils. This includes lands or areas underlain by soils identified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service as having "severe" or "very severe" erosion hazards. This includes, but is not limited to, the following groups of soils: Alderwood-Kitsap (AkF) occurring on slopes of fifteen percent or greater.
Erosion hazard area means an area where channel migration can