Shoreline Use Analysis and Environment Designations

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Shoreline Use Analysis and Environment
Designations
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Shoreline Use Analysis Preferred Uses
(WAC 173-26-201 (3)(d)(ii)

• Estimate future demand for shoreline space
• Shipping and ports
• Waterfront restaurants
• Regional and local marina demand
• Waterfront residential demand
• Public recreational demand, etc.
• Identify potential use conflicts (ex
  residential development versus nearshore and
  riparian habitat)

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Characterize Shoreline Use

• Current shoreline use patterns
• - Land use zoning Comp. plan designations
• - public access and recreation
• - Piers, bulkheads, marinas, etc.
• Projected trends
• - Development
• - Community needs

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Future uses must be consistent with prioritized
Preferred Uses in the SMA WAC 173-26-201(2)(d)

• Protection and restoration of ecological function
  
• Water dependent
• Water related
• Water enjoyment
• Single family residencies
• Limit non water oriented uses
• Consistency with environment designations

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Use Analysis relationships to other SMP elements

• Shoreline inventory of fish, wildlife and habitat
  resources, land segregation patterns, channel
  migration zones, etc.
• Analysis of ecosystem wide processes
• Characterization of ecological functions at the
  reach level
• Analysis Preparation

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Use Analysis relationships continued

• Cumulative impacts assessment
• Projecting trends
• Analyze impacts of full build out.
• Comprehensive plan consistency (WAC 365-195-500)
  with development regulations
• Protecting aesthetics of shorelines.

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Environment DesignationsWAC 173-26-211

• Shoreline classification system based on
• ( Physical Biological ) Ecological
  characteristics
• Existing land use patterns
• Community goals and objectives

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Comprehensive Plan Consistency

• Community goals and objectives
• With master programs policies and developmental
  regulations
• Minimize conflict between comprehensive plan
  zoning and shoreline designations
• Use compatibility- Protect preferred uses
• - local governments role to reconcile
  conflicts
• Ecology SMP review process SMA driven

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Environment DesignationsProvisions

• Purpose statement - designation objectives
• Classification criteria Basis for
  classifying/reclassifying
• Management policies Assist in regulation
  interpretation
• Regulations (environment specific)
• - permitted prohibited uses
• - setbacks, buffers, height, bulk density
  limits
• - unclassified conditional uses

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Classification SystemRecommended Environments

• Natural Protect ecologically intact shorelines
  with minimal degraded shoreline functions.
• Rural Conservancy Conserve existing natural
  resources and processes and provide for
  sustainable resource use.
• Aquatic - Protect and manage resources water-ward
  of the ordinary high water mark.

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Classification SystemRecommended Environments

• High Intensity - Provide for water-oriented
  commercial, transportation industrial uses
• Urban Conservancy - Protect ecologically
  sensitive shorelines in urban areas.
• Residential Accommodate residential development
  consistent with SMA.

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Alternative Environment Designations

• The Guidelines rule is very clear that
  alternative shoreline environments are
  appropriate so long as they accomplish the
  purposes and policies of the SMA Emphasis on WAC
  173-26-211
• A local community may adopt specifically tailored
  environment designations
• Parallel Environments

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Alternative Environment Designations continued

• A local community may Retain tailored
  environment designations from the existing SMP
• Retain the environment designations from the
  existing SMP (Natural, Conservancy, Rural,
  Urban),
• Use any combination of the above three approaches
  which is consistent with the purposes and
  policies of the SMA.

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