Exhibit A Amended Ordinance No. 12-025 Snohomish County Shoreline Management Program: Shoreline Environment Designations, Policies and Regulations Snohomish County Planning and Development Services Approved by Washington State Department of Ecology July 13, 2012 Effective Date: July 27, 2012 Snohomish County Shoreline Management Program: Page 2 of 177 Shoreline Environment Designations, Policies and Regulations Approved by Washington State Department of Ecology, effective on July 27, 2012 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT ACT .................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 SNOHOMISH COUNTY’S SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ................................................................... 5 1.2.1 Snohomish County Shoreline Jurisdiction ................................................................................ 5 1.2.1.1 List of Shorelines in Snohomish County ........................................................................................ 6 1.2.2 Shorelines of Statewide Significance ........................................................................................ 9 1.2.2.1 Management Principles and Development Guidelines .............................................................. 10 1.2.3 Components of Snohomish County’s SMP ............................................................................ 11 1.2.4 SMP Elements ............................................................................................................................ 14 1.2.4.1 Conservation and Monitoring Element ......................................................................................... 14 1.2.4.2 Cultural, Archaeological and Historic Element ............................................................................ 16 1.2.5 SMP Updates and Amendments ............................................................................................. 17 2. DESIGNATION OF SHORELINE ENVIRONMENTS ............................................................................ 18 2.1 SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNATION PROCESS .................................................................................. 18 2.1.1 Inventory of Ecological Functions and Conditions ................................................................ 19 2.1.1.1 Restoration of Shoreline Ecological Functions ............................................................................ 20 2.1.2 Land Use Patterns ..................................................................................................................... 20 2.2 ENVIRONMENT-SPECIFIC POLICIES & DESIGNATION CRITERIA ................................................................. 22 2.2.1 Aquatic ........................................................................................................................................ 22 2.2.2 Natural ........................................................................................................................................ 23 2.2.3 Resource .................................................................................................................................... 25 2.2.4 Municipal Watershed Utility ..................................................................................................... 26 2.2.5 Rural Conservancy ................................................................................................................... 27 2.2.6 Urban Conservancy .................................................................................................................. 28 2.2.7 Urban .......................................................................................................................................... 29 2.3 ALTERNATIVE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNATION SYSTEM ............................................................................. 31 2.4 SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNATION MAPS ..................................................................................... 33 2.5 TULALIP INDIAN RESERVATION................................................................................................................ 33 3. SHORELINE GOALS, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS...................................................................... 35 3.1 INTRODUCTION: STATE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................. 35 3.1.1 Shoreline Management Act and Guidelines ........................................................................... 35 3.1.2 Relationship Between the SMA and the GMA ....................................................................... 35 3.1.2.1 Requirements for Critical Area Protection ........................................................................................ 36 3.1.2.2 Application of the Shoreline Science ................................................................................................. 37 3.1.2.3 No Net Loss of Ecological Functions ................................................................................................ 40 3.1.2.4 Snohomish County’s Critical Area Regulations ............................................................................... 41 3.2 SHORELINE GOALS, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.................................................................................... 42 3.2.1 Permit Procedures and Requirements .................................................................................... 42 3.2.1.1 Comply with SMA/SMP standards even when no permit required ........................................... 42 3.2.2 Relationship to other regulatory requirements ....................................................................... 42 3.2.2.1 Comply with Critical Area Regulations ......................................................................................... 42 3.2.2.2 Comply with other applicable regulations .................................................................................... 43 3.2.3 Shoreline Use Element ............................................................................................................. 43 3.2.3.1 Goals and Policies........................................................................................................................... 43 3.2.3.2 Use Regulations .............................................................................................................................. 45 3.2.3.3 Bulk Regulations .............................................................................................................................. 46 3.2.3.4 Non-conforming Uses ..................................................................................................................... 49 3.2.3.5 Signs ................................................................................................................................................. 49 3.2.4 Public Access Element .............................................................................................................. 50 3.2.5 Specific Shoreline Uses & Modifications ................................................................................ 52 3.2.5.1 Agriculture ........................................................................................................................................ 54 3.2.5.2 Aquaculture ...................................................................................................................................... 56 Snohomish County Shoreline Management Program: Page 3 of 177 Shoreline Environment Designations, Policies and Regulations Approved by Washington State Department of Ecology, effective on July 27, 2012 3.2.5.3 Boating Facilities ............................................................................................................................. 58 3.2.5.4 Breakwaters, jetties, groins & other in-water structures ............................................................ 60 3.2.5.5 Commercial ...................................................................................................................................... 61 3.2.5.6 Dredging and dredge spoil disposal ............................................................................................. 62 3.2.5.7 Fill ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 3.2.5.8 Flood Protection Measures ............................................................................................................ 64 3.2.5.9 Forestry ............................................................................................................................................. 66 3.2.5.10 Industry and Ports ........................................................................................................................... 67 3.2.5.11 Institutional Uses ............................................................................................................................. 69 3.2.5.12 Mining ................................................................................................................................................ 70 3.2.5.13 Recreation .......................................................................................................................................