Shoreline variance definition

Shoreline variance is a means to grant relief from the specific bulk, dimensional or performance standards set forth in the City’s Shoreline Master Program and not a means to vary a use of a shoreline.
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Shoreline variance means a modification of the regulations of this chapter when authorized by the Director and approved by the Department of Ecology after a finding that the literal interpretation and strict application of the provisions of this chapter would cause undue and unnecessary hardship in view of specific facts and condi- tions applying to a lot in the Shoreline District.
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Shoreline variance means to grant relief from the specific bulk, dimensional, or performance standards in the local shoreline master program, but not a means to vary a “use” of a shoreline.
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Examples of Shoreline variance in a sentence

  • Discussion of mitigation and vegetation conservation buffers are presented as part of the revised Habitat Assessment and Mitigation Plan (Exhibit 27), and the Shoreline variance criteria (Exhibit 29).

  • Shoreline variance requests based on the applicant's/proponent’s desire to enhance the view from the subject development may be granted where there are no likely detrimental effects to existing or future users, other features or shoreline ecological functions and/or processes, and where reasonable alternatives of equal or greater consistency with this Program are not available.

  • Depending on the proposed physical or mechanical management activity for aquatic invasive species, local jurisdictions (City or County governments) may require a Shoreline Conditional Use permit, or Shoreline variance for activities in or near shorelines of the state under the Shoreline Management Act (Chapter 173-27 WAC).

  • Any gap in the continuity of the timeline can render evidence useless because there is no longer any guarantee that the item was not contaminated in some way, or if it is even the same piece of evidence.When conducting the analyses, your students must sign out the evidence and record the purpose for which it is being used.

  • As with the CUP, a public hearing may be required for a Shoreline variance, potentially ex- tending the processing time to 12 months.


More Definitions of Shoreline variance

Shoreline variance is a means to grant relief from the specific bulk, dimensional or performance standards in the SMP. A shoreline variance is not a means to vary a use of a shoreline.
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Shoreline variance means a procedure to grant relief from the specific bulk, dimensional or performance standards set forth in this master program, and not a means to allow a use not otherwise permitted within a shoreline designation.
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Shoreline variance means a permit for the limited purposes of granting relief to specific bulk, dimensional, or performance standards set forth in the Master Program, where there are extraordinary or unique circumstances relating to the property such that the strict implementation of the Master Program would impose unnecessary hardships on the applicant, or thwart the policies set forth in chapter 90.58 RCW.
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Shoreline variance means a modification of the regulations of this chapter when authorized by the Director and approved by the Department of Ecology after a finding that the literal interpreta- tion and strict application of the provisions of this
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Shoreline variance means a permit for the limited purposes of granting relief to specific bulk, dimensional, or performance standards set forth in the city of Burien shoreline master program. [Ord. 581 § 1 (Exh. A), 2013]
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Related to Shoreline variance

  • Permitted Variance has the meaning given in Section 6.15.

  • Shoreline means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, other than storm and seismic waves, at high tide during the season of the year in which the highest wash of the waves occurs, usually evidenced by the edge of vegetation growth, or the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves.

  • Variance means a grant of relief from the requirements of this chapter which permits construction in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter.

  • Shorelines means all of the water areas of the state, including reservoirs, and their associated shorelands, together with the lands underlying them; except (i) shorelines of statewide significance; (ii) shorelines on segments of streams upstream of a point where the mean annual flow is twenty cubic feet per second or less and the wetlands associated with such upstream segments; and (iii) shorelines on lakes less than twenty acres in size and wetlands associated with such small lakes.

  • Water Surface Elevation (WSE means the height, in relation to NAVD 1988, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.

  • Water surface elevation means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.

  • Airside means, generally, those areas of an Airport which requires a person to pass through a security checkpoint to access. References to "sterile areas" generally mean Airside areas within terminal buildings. References to "Airfield", "Aircraft Operations Area", "AOA", or "Secured areas" generally mean outdoor Airside areas or areas not accessible to passengers.

  • SOFR means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

  • PID means Process and Instrumentation Diagram;

  • townsite in relation to the townsite to be established near the harbour means a townsite (whether or not constituted and defined under section 10 of the Land Act) primarily to facilitate the Company’s operations in and near the harbour and for employees of the Company and in relation to the mining areas means such a townsite or townsites or any other townsite or townsites which is or are established by the Company for the purposes of its operations and employees on or near the mining areas in lieu of a townsite constituted and defined under section 10 of the Land Act;

  • energy storage means, in the electricity system, deferring the final use of electricity to a moment later than when it was generated, or the conversion of electrical energy into a form of energy which can be stored, the storing of such energy, and the subsequent reconversion of such energy into electrical energy or use as another energy carrier;

  • Forest means an area of land defined by the minimum values for area size, tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level, and potential tree height at maturity at the place of growth of the trees as specified for each Member State in Annex II. It includes areas with trees, including groups of growing, young, natural trees, or plantations that have yet to reach the minimum values for tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level or minimum tree height as specified in Annex II, including any area that normally forms part of the forest area but on which there are temporarily no trees as a result of human intervention, such as harvesting, or as a result of natural causes, but which area can be expected to revert to forest;

  • Environmental Site Assessment means a Phase I environmental report meeting the requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials, and, if in accordance with customary industry standards a reasonable lender would require it, a Phase II environmental report, each prepared by a licensed third party professional experienced in environmental matters.

  • Impact surface means an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage by repeated sudden force such as certain parts of door frames.

  • Elevation means the vertical distance of a point or a level, on or affixed to the surface of the earth, measured from mean sea level;

  • Mine drainage means any drainage, and any water pumped or siphoned, from an active mining area or a post-mining area. The abbreviation “ml/l” means milliliters per liter.

  • Airport means public-use airport open to the public without prior permission and without restrictions within the physical capacities of available facilities.

  • Historic building means a building, including its structural components, that is located in this state and that is either individually listed on the national register of historic places under 16 U.S.C. 470a, located in a registered historic district, and certified by the state historic preservation officer as being of historic significance to the district, or is individually listed as an historic landmark designated by a local government certified under 16 U.S.C. 470a(c).

  • Slope means the inclination of a surface expressed as one unit of rise or fall for so many horizontal units;

  • CID means a contiguous geographic area, designated by the Council for the levying of an additional rate on rateable properties within its boundaries to finance improvements and upgrades of the district to be carried out by its management body as contemplated in section 22 of the MPRA, which may be further categorised as a Residential Improvement District, Mixed-Use Improvement District or Business Improvement District;

  • Phase 1 means the phase of the ATP comprised of: (1) improvements to the State Street Substation; (2) construction of the Proposed Line; (3) the rebuilding of NYSEG’s existing Lines 971 and 000 xxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx xx the NYSEG ROW to allow for construction of the Proposed Line as intended; (4) improvements to the Elbridge Substation to accept the Proposed Line; and (5) National Grid’s conveyance to NYSEG of the NYSEG Acquired ROW and such other land interests as contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

  • Pipeline means any pipe, pipes, or pipelines used for the intrastate transportation or transmission of any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, except water.

  • Peak where applicable, has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule 5;

  • Opium poppy means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except the seeds thereof.

  • Phase II means the second part of the tuition incentive assistance program which provides assistance in the third and fourth year of 4-year degree programs.

  • Delta means the positive or negative number that is a measure of the change in market value of an option relative to changes in the value of the underlying interest of the option;