(1) Protect the public health, safety and welfare by minimizing adverse impacts of development;

(2) Enhance, preserve and protect unique, fragile, and valuable elements of the environment, including ground and surface waters, and fish and wildlife and their habitats through application of best available science, as determined according to WAC 365-195-900 through 365-195-925, and in consultation with state and federal agencies and other qualified professionals;

(3) Direct activities not dependent on stream resources to less ecologically sensitive sites and mitigate unavoidable impacts to these critical areas by regulating alterations in and adjacent to them; and

(4) Implement the goals and policies of the Growth Management Act and the Stanwood Comprehensive Plan, as well as the requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act. (Ord. 1164 § 4, 2004; Ord. 929 Ch. 10(H)(2), 1995).