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Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code), habitat conservation plan pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.), or other adopted natural resource protection plan. (f) Any parcel that is designated prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance, as defined pursuant to United States Department of Agriculture land inventory and monitoring criteria, as modified for California, and designated on the maps prepared by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the Department of Conservation, or land zoned or designated for agricultural protection or preservation by a local ballot measure. (g) Any parcel containing wetlands, as defined in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Manual, Part 660 FW 2 (June 21, 1993), that would prevent the development of the parcel. (h) Any parcel within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as determined by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Government Code Section 51178, or within a high or very high fire hazard severity zone as indicated on maps adopted by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4202 of the Public Resources Code. This subsection does not apply to parcels that have been excluded from specific hazard zones by actions of the Town pursuant to Government Code section 51179(b), or parcels that have adopted fire hazard mitigation measures pursuant to existing building standards or state fire mitigation measures applicable to the development. (i) Any parcel with a hazardous waste site that is listed pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 or a hazardous waste site designated by the Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Section 25356 of the Health and Safety Code, unless the State Department of Public Health, State Water Resources Control Board, or Department of Toxic Substances Control has cleared the site for residential use or residential mixed uses. (j) Any parcel within a special flood hazard area subject to inundation by the 1 percent annual chance flood (100 -year flood) as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in any official maps published by the FEMA. However, a subdivision and/or development project may be located on a parcel described in this subsection if (1) the parcel is otherwise eligible for approval under the provisions of this article and (2) the project applicant is able to satisfy all applicable federal qualifying criteria demonstrating either of the following are met: (1) The site has been subject to a Letter of Map Revision prepared by the FEMA and issued to the Town. (2) The site meets FEMA requirements necessary to meet minimum flood plain management criteria of the National Flood Insurance Program pursuant to Part 59 (commencing with Section 59.1) and Part 60 (commencing with Section 60.1) of Subchapter B of Chapter I of Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (k) Any parcel within a regulatory floodway as determined by the FEMA in any official maps published by the FEMA, unless the subdivision and/or development project has Ordinance 598 Page 8