ORDINANCE NO. 183 PACIFIC COUNTY SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM AN ORDINANCE WHICH IMPLEMENTS A MASTER PROGRAM FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THOSE SHORELINES WITHIN PACIFIC COUNTY, INCLUDING A GOAL, POLICIES, REGULATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGNATIONS: PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDMENT OF THE REGULATORY PROGRAM, INCLUDING A PERMIT SYSTEM: PRESCRIBING PENALTIES: AND GENERALLY CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1971 WHEREAS, the Washington Shoreline Management Act (RCW 90.58 referred to herein as SMA) recognizes that shorelines are among the most valuable and fragile resources of the state, and that state and local government must establish a coordinated planning program to address the types and effects of development occurring along shorelines of state-wide significance; and WHEREAS, Pacific County (County) is required to update its Shoreline Master Program (SMP) pursuant to the SMA and WAC 173-26; and WHEREAS, on June 30, 2016, the County’s State Environmental Policy Act responsible official issued a Determination of Non-Significance; and WHEREAS, there was extensive public participation with respect to the SMP update in compliance with the SMP Public Participation Program which was adopted by the Board of Pacific County Commissioners via Resolution 2014-022 on May 27, 2014; and WHEREAS, the Pacific County Planning Commission, after numerous study sessions and public meetings and hearings, recommended approval of the SMP update at its meeting of March 3, 2016; and WHEREAS, the Board of Pacific County Commissioners adopted Resolution 2016-036 at their meeting of September 27, 2016, to adopt the updated SMP, which was transmitted to the Washington State Department of Ecology for review; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Ecology approved the SMP update on September 28, 2017, with required and recommend changes; and WHEREAS, Resolution 2000-039 was adopted by the Board of Pacific County Commissioners on April 11, 2000 and is hereby repealed with the adoption of Ordinance No. 183. NOW, THEREFORE, the County of Pacific does adopt the following: Ordinance No. 183 – Shoreline Master Program 1 Adopted December 12, 2017 PACIFIC COUNTY SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Lisa Olsen, District #1 Frank Wolfe, District #2 Lisa Ayers, District #3 PACIFIC COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Eric deMontigny, Chair Jim Sayce Mike Nichols Bill Kennedy Stan Smith Kelly Rupp PACIFIC COUNTY PLANNING STAFF Tim Crose, Director of Community Development PACIFIC COUNTY SHORELINE PLANNING COMMITTEE Kelly Rupp, Facilitator Adopted December 12, 2017 Funding for this report was provided by Washington State Department of Ecology Grant No. G1400525 Task 10: Final Draft Shoreline Master Program Ordinance No. 183 – Shoreline Master Program 2 Adopted December 12, 2017 PACIFIC COUNTY SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Title ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Applicability .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Authority ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.5 Goals ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.6 Severability ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.7 Relationship to Other Codes and Regulations ................................................................................ 2 1.8 Effective Date ................................................................................................................................. 3 2 Definitions .............................................................................................................................................. 4 3 Shoreline Jurisdiction and Environment Designations ......................................................................... 28 3.1 Shoreline Jurisdiction.................................................................................................................... 28 3.2 Shoreline Environment Designations ........................................................................................... 30 3.3 Environment Designation Interpretation ..................................................................................... 41 3.4 Official Shoreline Maps and Unmapped or Undesignated Shorelines ......................................... 42 4 General Policies and Regulations ......................................................................................................... 44 4.1 Historic/Cultural/Scientific/Educational ....................................................................................... 44 4.2 Environmental Protection and Critical Areas ............................................................................... 45 4.3 Public Access ................................................................................................................................. 49 4.4 Flood Hazard Management .......................................................................................................... 51 4.5 Vegetation Management .............................................................................................................. 54 4.6 Water Quality ............................................................................................................................... 57 5 Shoreline Uses, Development and Modifications ................................................................................ 59 5.1 Use, Development and Modifications Matrix .............................................................................. 59 5.2 General Development Standards ................................................................................................. 67 5.3 General Shoreline Uses................................................................................................................. 69 5.4 Agriculture .................................................................................................................................... 71 5.5 Aquaculture .................................................................................................................................. 73 5.6 Boating Facilities and Mooring Structures ................................................................................... 75 5.7 Breakwaters, Jetties, Groins, and Weirs ....................................................................................... 79 December 2017 i PACIFIC COUNTY SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM 5.8 Commercial Development ............................................................................................................ 80 5.9 Dredging and Dredge Material Disposal ....................................................................................... 81 5.10 Dune Modification ........................................................................................................................ 85 5.11 Fill, Excavation and Grading.......................................................................................................... 88 5.12 Forest Practices ............................................................................................................................ 90 5.13 Industrial Development ................................................................................................................ 91 5.14 Institutional Development ............................................................................................................ 93 5.15 In-Water Structures ...................................................................................................................... 94 5.16 Mining ........................................................................................................................................... 94 5.17 Outdoor Advertising, Signs, and Billboards .................................................................................. 96 5.18 Recreational Development ........................................................................................................... 97 5.19 Residential Development ............................................................................................................. 98 5.20 Restoration and Enhancement ................................................................................................... 101 5.21 Shoreline Stabilization ................................................................................................................ 102 5.22 Transportation and Parking ........................................................................................................ 105 5.23 Utilities ........................................................................................................................................ 106 6 Coastal Ocean Uses and Modifications .............................................................................................