Chapter 21.01
PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
Sections:
21.01.020 Shoreline master program elements.
21.01.010 Purpose.
The city adopts the goals and principles of the Shoreline Management Act as provided in RCW 90.58.020 and as particularly relevant to Pacific:
A. The shoreline is one of the most valuable and fragile of the city’s natural resources.
B. There is a clear and urgent demand for a planned, rational, and concerted effort, jointly performed by federal, state, and local governments, to prevent the inherent harm in an uncoordinated and piecemeal development of the city’s shoreline jurisdiction.
C. The city’s shoreline policies are intended to protect against adverse effects to the public health, the land and its vegetation and wildlife, and the waters of the state and their aquatic life, while protecting generally public rights of navigation and corollary rights incidental thereto.
D. In the implementation of the shoreline master program, the public’s opportunity to enjoy the physical and aesthetic qualities of natural shorelines shall be preserved to the greatest extent feasible consistent with the overall best interest of the state, the county, and the people generally. To this end, uses shall be preferred which control pollution and prevent damage to the natural environment, or are unique to or dependent upon use of the state’s shoreline. (Ord. 2002 § 4 (Exh. B), 2019).
21.01.020 Shoreline master program elements.
The shoreline master program consists of the following elements which are subject to review and approval by the Washington State Department of Ecology pursuant to RCW 90.58.090:
A. Comprehensive plan policies.
B. Regulations in Chapter 21.20 PMC, General Standards and Use Regulations.
C. Definitions and procedures in PMC Title 16, Land Use and Environmental Procedures; provided, that definitions in WAC 173-26-020, and as it may be amended in the future, prevail over any other definitions.
D. Definitions in Chapter 20.08 PMC; provided, that definitions in WAC 173-26-020, and as it may be amended in the future, prevail over any other definitions.
E. Critical area regulations in PMC Title 23; provided, that definitions in WAC 173-26-020, and as it may be amended in the future, prevail over any other definitions.
F. The shoreline restoration plan of the shoreline master plan, of which one printed copy in book form has heretofore been filed and is now on file in the office of the city clerk and made available for examination by the general public, shall not be considered to contain regulations but shall be utilized as a guideline for capital improvements planning by the city and other jurisdictions undertaking ecological restoration activities within Shoreline Management Act jurisdiction.
G. The official shoreline map illustrates shoreline jurisdiction and shoreline environment designations. One printed copy has heretofore been filed and is on file in the office of the city clerk and made available for examination by the general public, and another printed copy is available at the community development department. An electronic copy may also be posted online at the city’s website. (Ord. 2002 § 4 (Exh. B), 2019).
21.01.030 Applicability.
A. Jurisdiction. Shorelines of the state within the city of Pacific include the White River, a shoreline of statewide significance. This includes an approximately three-quarters-mile portion of the White River. The areas subject to the shoreline master program include the White River and all shorelands and associated wetlands located in the city. The city has opted not to include the entire 100-year floodplain or land necessary for buffers for critical areas within shoreline jurisdiction.
B. Federal Jurisdiction Not Subject to Shoreline Management Act. Areas and uses in those areas that are under exclusive federal jurisdiction as established through federal or state statutes are not subject to Chapter 90.58 RCW, Shoreline Management Act. There are no such federal lands in the city of Pacific.
C. All proposed uses and development occurring within shoreline jurisdiction must conform to Chapter 90.58 RCW, the Shoreline Management Act, and this master program.
D. Some specified activities are excepted from local shoreline review and permitting, or exempted from substantial development permit requirements, as described at PMC 21.50.050 and 21.50.060.
E. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rating Maps (FIRM) do not delineate a floodway boundary within the city of Pacific. Therefore, for the purpose of defining the landward extent of SMP jurisdiction, the city shall consider the waterward edge of flood control (levee) structures as the point from which shoreline jurisdiction extends 200 feet landward along a horizontal line extending in all directions. (Ord. 2002 § 4 (Exh. B), 2019).