A. That averaging is necessary to avoid an extraordinary hardship to the applicant caused by circumstances peculiar to the property and there are no feasible alternatives to the site design that could be accomplished without buffer averaging;

B. That width averaging will not adversely impact the wetland functions and values as demonstrated by a wetland report; and

C. That the total area contained within the wetland buffer after averaging is no less than that contained within the standard buffer prior to averaging. In no instance shall the buffer width be reduced by more than twenty-five percent of the standard. (Ord. 1505 §13, 2017; Ord. 912 §1 Sec. 7.1(d), 1991).