Common use of Shoreline Use Clause in Contracts

Shoreline Use. Intent. To consider the general distribution, location, and extent of shoreline uses as well as those uses on adjacent land areas including housing, commerce, transportation, natural resources, recreation, education, public buildings and grounds, and other categories of public and private uses and activities not specified in this SMP. Goal SU1: Preserve or develop shorelines in a manner that results in a balance of shoreline uses with minimal adverse effect on the quality of life and the environment. Strategy SU1-1: Locate uses or activities that are not water-oriented away from the shoreline. Strategy SU1-2: Require uses on adjacent uplands be developed and managed so as not to negatively affect the quality of the city’s shoreline. Strategy SU1-3: Locate more intensive uses unique to or dependent upon a shoreline location in previously-developed areas. Strategy SU1-4: Maintain the natural topography of undeveloped portions of the shoreline to prevent damage to the environment and to public health. Strategy SU1-5: Require shoreline structures be adaptable to natural changes in shorelands over time. Strategy SU1-6: Require shoreline uses and structures be visually compatible with shoreline character. Strategy SU1-7: Ensure shoreline uses do not infringe upon the rights of others or upon the rights of private ownership. Strategy SU1-8: Allow shoreline uses that are compatible with and that help to preserve the natural beach experience. Goal SU2: Establish and implement strategies and regulations for land uses consistent with the requirements of the SMA, the Shoreline Guidelines, the Washington State Growth Management Act🕈 (GMA🕈), and the Ocean Resources Management Act (ORMA), and which promote a mixture of reasonable and suitable shoreline uses that enhance the city’s character, xxxxxx its historic and cultural identity, emphasize its historic connections to visitor-serving and commercial fishing trades, protect environmental resources, and achieve no net loss of shoreline functions and values. Strategy SU2-1: Protect existing public and private views toward the shoreline, dune, and ocean; promote public safety; and avoid adverse impacts to critical areas, the dune complex, and the ocean beach to the extent practicable in the design of new development. Strategy SU2-2: Ensure public safety, enhance public access, and achieve no net loss of shoreline ecological functions by the location, design, and operation/maintenance of shoreline and near-shoreline activities, development, and redevelopment. Strategy SU2-3: For each SED, develop and enforce regulations and development standards protective of shoreline functions. Strategy SU2-4: For each of the city’s shoreline zoning designations, continue to enforce regulations and development standards protective of shoreline functions. Strategy SU2-5: Allow public utilities, if they are located underground and the impacts of their construction and operation are mitigated. Strategy SU-6: Reserve shoreline space for shoreline preferred uses. Strategy SU-7: Planning for limited shoreline uses should consider upland and in-water uses, as well as effects to water quality, navigation, aquatic vegetation, fish and shellfish, critical habitats, aesthetics, public access, views, and the level of public benefit.

Shoreline Use. Intent. To consider the general distribution, location, and extent of shoreline uses as well as those uses on adjacent land areas including housing, commerce, transportation, natural resources, recreation, education, public buildings and grounds, and other categories of public and private uses and activities not specified in this SMP. Goal SU1: Preserve or develop shorelines in a manner that results in a balance of shoreline uses with minimal adverse effect on the quality of life and the environment. Strategy SU1-1: Locate uses or activities that are not water-oriented away from the shoreline. Strategy SU1-2: Require uses on adjacent uplands be developed and managed so as not to negatively affect the quality of the city’s shoreline. Strategy SU1-3: Locate more intensive uses unique to or dependent upon a shoreline location in previously-developed areas. Strategy SU1-4: Maintain the natural topography of undeveloped portions of the shoreline to prevent damage to the environment and to public health. Strategy SU1-5: Require shoreline structures be adaptable to natural changes in shorelands over time. Strategy SU1-6: Require shoreline uses and structures be visually compatible with shoreline character. Strategy SU1-7: Ensure shoreline uses do not infringe upon the rights of others or upon the rights of private ownership. Strategy SU1-8: Allow shoreline uses that are compatible with and that help to preserve the natural beach experience. Goal SU2: Establish and implement strategies and regulations for land uses consistent with the requirements of the SMA, the Shoreline Guidelines, the Washington State Growth Management Act🕈Act (GMAGMA🕈), and the Ocean Resources Management Act (ORMA), and which promote a mixture of reasonable and suitable shoreline uses that enhance the city’s character, xxxxxx its historic and cultural identity, emphasize its historic connections to visitor-serving and commercial fishing trades, protect environmental resources, and achieve no net loss of shoreline functions and values. Strategy SU2-1: Protect existing public and private views toward the shoreline, dune, and ocean; promote public safety; and avoid adverse impacts to critical areas, the dune complex, and the ocean beach to the extent practicable in the design of new development. Strategy SU2-2: Ensure public safety, enhance public access, and achieve no net loss of shoreline ecological functions by the location, design, and operation/maintenance of shoreline and near-shoreline activities, development, and redevelopment. Strategy SU2-3: For each SED, develop and enforce regulations and development standards protective of shoreline functions. Strategy SU2-4: For each of the city’s shoreline zoning designations, continue to enforce regulations and development standards protective of shoreline functions. Strategy SU2-5: Allow public utilities, if they are located underground and the impacts of their construction and operation are mitigated. Strategy SU-6: Reserve shoreline space for shoreline preferred uses. Strategy SU-7: Planning for limited shoreline uses should consider upland and in-water uses, as well as effects to water quality, navigation, aquatic vegetation, fish and shellfish, critical habitats, aesthetics, public access, views, and the level of public benefit.