Title 23
SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Chapters:
23.05 Administrative Procedures
23.30 Shoreline Jurisdiction and Area Designations
23.40 Shorelines of Statewide Significance
23.50 Applicability and Nonconforming Uses
23.60 Shoreline Permits and Exemptions
23.90 General Policies and Regulations
23.100 Shoreline Use Policies and Regulations
Acknowledgements
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Roger Almskaar |
Margaret (Peg) Larson |
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Kathy Berg |
Rebecca O’Brine Willson |
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Elizabeth Daly |
Skip Richards |
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Richard Gilda |
Aubrey Stargell |
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David Haggith |
Wendy Steffensen |
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Lummi Nation – Stacy Fawell, Jeremy Freimund, Alan Chapman |
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Nooksack Tribe – Llyn Doremus, Treva Coe, Ned Currence |
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Small Cities Caucus – Rollin Harper |
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Port of Bellingham – Sylvia Goodwin, Alan Birdsall |
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Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife – Pam Erstad, Dan Penttila, Steve Seymour |
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Washington State Department of Natural Resources – David Roberts, Nancy Joseph |
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Washington State Department of Ecology – Barry Wenger, Stephen Stanley, Susan Meyer |
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Whatcom Conservation District/NRCS – George Boggs |
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Puget Sound Action Team – Hillary Culverwell |
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Whatcom County Watershed Improvement Districts – Henry Bierlink |
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Whatcom County River and Flood Division – Paula Cooper, Paul Pittman |
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Whatcom County Water Resources Division – John Thompson, Erika Stroebel |
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Whatcom County Public Works – Steve Fox |
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Drayton Harbor Shellfish Protection District – Peter Downey |
Amendments
The Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program was originally adopted on May 27, 1976, with subsequent Department of Ecology approval on August 27, 1976. The program was first amended on June 26, 1978. Subsequent amendments and their County Council adoption dates are as follows:
1. January 21, 1982, File No. SPA 1-81: Text amendments in response to proposed Chicago Bridge and Iron development at Cherry Point, Sections 6.5.4.B(2)(a), 6.9.3.B(2), 6.9.5.B(5)(b), and 8.6.2.D.
2. February 5, 1982, File No. SPA 2-81: Text amendments relating to agriculture development, Sections 6.2.3.B.1(d), 6.2.3.B.1(e), 6.2.3.C(1), 6.2.3.C(2), and 6.2.3.C(3).
3. April 3, 1982, File No. SPA 3-81: Text amendments relating to aquaculture developments, Sections 6.3.1.B, 6.3.1.D, 6.3.3.E, and 6.3.4.A(6)(a).
4. January 22, 1983, File No. SPA 1-82: Text amendments relating to stream control works and hydropower development, Sections 6.6 (the entire section), 6.13.2.J, 6.13.5.C(1) and Appendix C definitions of Industrial Development and Stream Control Works.
5. March 2, 1985, File No. SPA 1-84: Map amendment for 660 feet of shoreline in Lummi Bay from “Conservancy” to “Rural.”
6. June 9, 1987, File No. SPA 1-86: “Cherry Point Management Unit,” map and text amendments, Section 23.100.210.
7. November 16, 1989, File No. 89-100 SMP: Text amendment to allow the land application of waste waters used in processing fruits and vegetables as a Conditional Use.
8. April 27, 1993, File No. 01-89 SMP: Program update.
9. July 1, 1997, File No. 05-97 ZT: Text amendments to comply with requirements of the Growth Management Act, Chapter 173-27 WAC, and related changes in terminology.
10. September 23, 1997, File No. 11-97 SMP: Text amendments to allow use of civil penalties.
11. Cherry Point amendments for Gateway Industrial Pier Settlement Agreement.
12. February 27, 2007, File No. 2004-27: Comprehensive text amendments to comply with revised Shoreline Management Guidelines, Chapter 173-26 WAC.