Ord 2626 - Shoreline Master Program (Adopted on 3/2/2020)

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Cl'ty Tul!cwi'l Mn� I Washington Ordinance No. -2,62_� AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2344; REPEALING THE 2011 SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM; APPROVING AND ADOPTING A NEW SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM UPDATE FOR THE CITY OF TUKWILA TO INCORPORATE NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Green/Duwamish River, a shoreline of the state regulated under RCW 90.58, runs through the entire length of the City of Tukwila; and WHEREAS, RCW 90.58 finds that shorelines of the state are among the most valuable and fragile of its natural resources and that unrestricted construction on privately and publicly owned shorelines of the state is not in the best public interest; and WHEREAS, RCW 90.58 establishes a hierarchy of preference for uses in shorelines of state-wide significance: recognizing and protecting the state-wide interest over local interest; preserving the natural character of the shoreline; resulting in long term over short term benefit; protecting the resources and ecology of the shoreline; increasing public access to publicly owned areas of the shorelines; increasing recreational opportunities for the public in the shoreline; and providing for any other element as defined in RCW 90.58.100 deemed appropriate or necessary; and WHEREAS, RCW 90.58.080 directs local governments to develop and administer local shoreline master programs for regulation of uses on shorelines of the state; and WHEREAS, Tukwila's current Shoreline Master Program was adopted in 2009 and revised per Department of Ecology comments in 2011; and WHEREAS, the City is conducting a required periodic update of its Shoreline Master Program per RCW 90.58.080 (4)(a)(i) using the joint review process with the Department of Ecology; and W: Legislative Development\SMP-Adopting update -repeal Ord 2344 8-28-19 MD:bjs Review and analysis by Barbara Saxton Page 1 of 3