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Planning Commission meeting 7/24/2012. Shoreline Master program update. Update on DOE Comments Review Chapter 4 - Shoreline Use Provisions Questions. purpose. DOE Comments received June 8 Chapter 3: Critical areas (wetlands, habitat areas) Chapter 7: Definitions
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Planning Commission meeting 7/24/2012 Shoreline Master program update
Update on DOE Comments • Review Chapter 4 - Shoreline Use Provisions • Questions purpose
DOE Comments received June 8 • Chapter 3: Critical areas (wetlands, habitat areas) • Chapter 7: Definitions • Overall – moderate amount of comments • Staff working to address • More detailed discussion in Septemberon DOE changes Update on doe comments
Maximum height • Meant to preserve visual access (views) to water. • Generally 35 feet. 55 feet in UMU and Maritime. • View corridor study needed over 35 feet. • Setbacks • 50 feet from OHWM, except 75 in UPF & 100 Conservancy • Bluff – as recommended by geotechnical engineer, no less than 25 feet. • Averaging – yes! Chapter 4: development stds
Use Provisions: • Boating facilities & marinas • Piers, marinas, public boat launches • Location, materials, size, number. • For example, 24% open area for overwater structures. No creosote wood. • Commercial • No new overwater commercial uses, except accessory • Non-water oriented prohibited, except no direct connection to shoreline Chapter 4: shoreline use provisions
Chapter 4: shoreline use provisions • Use Provisions: • Industrial • Water-dependent in Maritime only (ports, boat building, etc.) • Non-water dependent prohibited • Residential • Residential uses are priority under SMA • Proper management of these uses • Avoid stabilization, no overwater residences, conserve vegetation, limit impervious surfaces, discourage septic systems