Spokane County Shoreline Master Program Effective: January 22, 2013 Table of Contents SECTION 1 TITLE, AUTHORITY, PURPOSE AND INTENT ................................................. 1 1.1 Title ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Authority .......................................................................................... 1 1.3 Purpose and Intent ......................................................................... 1 1.4 Scope and Application .................................................................... 1 1.5 Program Content ............................................................................ 2 SECTION 2 GOALS AND POLICIES FOR SHORELINE ELEMENTS IN SPOKANE COUNTY ...................................................................................... 3 2.0 Elements – Goals and Policies .................................................... 3 2.1 Element 1 – Economic Development ........................................... 3 2.2 Element 2 – Public Access .......................................................... 3 2.3 Element 3 – Circulation ................................................................ 3 2.4 Element 4 – Recreation ............................................................... 4 2.5 Element 5 – Shoreline Use .......................................................... 4 2.6 Element 6 – Conservation ........................................................... 4 2.7 Element 7 – Historical and Cultural ............................................. 5 2.8 Element 8 – Shoreline Restoration and Protection ...................... 5 2.9 Element 9 – Special Flood Hazards ............................................ 7 2.10 Element 10 – Private Property Rights Element ........................... 8 2.11 Element 11 – Education ............................................................... 8 2.12 Element 12 – Shorelines of Statewide Significance – Goals ....... 9 SECTION 3 SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNATIONS AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES ................................................................................ 11 3.1 Designations ................................................................................ 11 3.2 Natural Environment .................................................................... 11 3.2.1 Purpose ......................................................................... 11 3.2.2 Management Policies .................................................... 12 3.3 Rural Conservancy Environment ................................................. 13 3.3.1 Purpose ......................................................................... 13 3.3.2 Management Policies .................................................... 13 3.4 Urban Conservancy Environment ................................................ 14 3.4.1 Purpose ......................................................................... 14 3.4.2 Management Policies .................................................... 14 3.5 Shoreline Residential Environment .............................................. 15 3.5.1 Purpose ......................................................................... 15 3.5.2 Management Policies .................................................... 15 3.5.3 Designation Criteria ....................................................... 16 3.6 Designation Criteria Applicable to all Environments .................... 16 SECTION 4 SHORELINE PROTECTIONS AND RESTORATION ........................................ 17 4.1 Purpose ....................................................................................... 17 4.1.1 Application .................................................................... 17 4.1.2 Mitigation Sequencing ................................................... 18 4.1.3 Compensating and Mitigating Shoreline Ecological Impacts ......................................................................... 18 4.1.4 Authority to Condition .................................................... 20 4.1.5 Monitoring and Compliance .......................................... 21 4.1.6 On-site Inspection Required ......................................... 21 SECTION 5 USE REGULATIONS ......................................................................................... 23 5.1 Authority, Purpose, Application .................................................... 23 5.1.1 Authority ........................................................................ 23 5.1.2 Purpose ......................................................................... 23 5.1.3 Application .................................................................... 23 5.2 General Use Regulations ............................................................. 23 5.2.1 Use Standards .............................................................. 24 5.2.2 Structures and Site Development ................................. 25 5.2.3 Waste Disposal ............................................................. 25 5.2.4 Historic or Archeological Impacts .................................. 25 5.2.5 Protecting Shoreline Ecology and Aesthetics ............... 26 5.2.6 Protecting Channel Migration Zones ............................. 31 5.2.7 Channel Modifications ................................................... 32 5.2.8 Public Access ................................................................ 33 5.3 Use Regulations Specific to Environment Designations .............. 35 5.3.1 Agriculture ..................................................................... 35 5.3.2 Aquaculture ................................................................... 36 5.3.3 Forest Management Practices and Land Clearing Activity ................................................... 36 5.3.4 Commercial Development ............................................. 37 5.3.5 Marinas ......................................................................... 38 5.3.6 Mining ........................................................................... 39 5.3.7 Signs ............................................................................. 39 5.3.8 Residential .................................................................... 40 5.3.9 Utilities .......................................................................... 42 5.3.10 Industry ......................................................................... 44 5.3.11 Solid Waste Disposal .................................................... 44 5.3.12 Roads, Railroads and Bridges ...................................... 45 5.3.13 Archeological Areas and Historic Sites ......................... 46 5.3.14 Recreation ..................................................................... 47 5.3.15 Fill ................................................................................. 47 5.3.16 Dredging ....................................................................... 48 5.3.17 Docks and Buoys .......................................................... 49 5.3.18 Shoreline Modifications ................................................. 52 2 | Page 5.4 Shoreline Use and Development and Buffer, Bulk and Dimensional Matrices ........................................................... 54 Table 5A: Use and Development Matrix ..................................... 55 Table 5B: Buffer, Bulk and Dimensional Matrix .......................... 58 SECTION 6 SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ..................................................... 61 6.0 Shoreline Substantial Development Review ................................ 61 6.1 Application ................................................................................... 61 6.2 Purpose and Intent ...................................................................... 61 6.3 Shoreline Substantial Development (SDP) Permit ....................... 61 6.3.1 SDP Application ............................................................ 61 6.3.2 SDP Determination ....................................................... 61 6.3.3 Authority to Condition .................................................... 62 6.3.4 Department of Ecology Review ..................................... 63 6.3.5 Appeal of a SDP Action ................................................. 63 6.3.6 Record Title Notice ........................................................ 64 6.3.7 Time Requirements for Shoreline Permits .................... 64 6.3.8 Revision of Permits ....................................................... 64 6.4 Uses and Developments which are Exempt from Some or All Of the Requirements of this SMP and RCW 90.58 ...................... 65 6.4.1 Uses and developments exempted from only the Requirement for a substantial development permit shall comply with the goals, policies and use regulations of the SMP .................................................. 65 6.4.2 Uses and developments exempt from the requirement for a substantial development permit ............................ 66 6.4.3 Review and Approval of Uses and Developments Exempted from the Requirement for a Substantial Development Permit ...................................................... 69 6.4.4 Authority to Condition .................................................... 69 6.4.5 Exempt Activities Which Are Subject to Federal Review .......................................................................... 70 6.5 Nonconforming Use and Development ........................................ 70 6.6 Final Permit Decision ................................................................... 74 6.7 Approval Conditions