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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />TUKWILA, WASHINGTON; REPEALING VARIOUS DEFINITIONS <br />AS CODIFIED IN TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE (TMC) CHAPTER <br />18.06, "DEFINITIONS"; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2346 AND <br />2549 §23; REENACTING TMC CHAPTER 18.44, "SHORELINE <br />OVERLAY," TO ESTABLISH NEW REGULATIONS RELATED TO <br />SHORELINE USES; AMENDING VARIOUS ORDINANCES AS <br />CODIFIED IN TMC SECTIONS 18.52.030, 18.60.050 AND <br />18.104.010 TO UPDATE ZONING REGULATIONS RELATED TO <br />SHORELINE USES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND <br />ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, RCW 90.58 finds that shorelines of the state are among the most <br />valuable and fragile of its natural resources and that unrestricted construction on privately <br />and publicly owned shorelines of the state is not in the best public interest; and <br />WHEREAS, RCW 90.58 establishes a hierarchy of preference for uses in shorelines <br />of state-wide significance: recognizing and protecting the state-wide interest over local <br />interest; preserving the natural character of the shoreline; resulting in long term over short <br />term benefit; protecting the resources and ecology of the shoreline; increasing public <br />access to publicly owned areas of the shorelines; increasing recreational opportunities <br />for the public in the shoreline; and providing for any other element as defined in RCW <br />90.58.100 deemed appropriate or necessary; and <br />WHEREAS, RCW 90.58.080 directs local governments to develop and administer <br />local shoreline master programs for regulation of uses on shorelines of the state; and <br />WHEREAS, the Green/Duwamish River, a shoreline of the state regulated under <br />RCW 90.58, runs through the entire length of the City of Tukwila; and <br />WHEREAS, Puget Sound Chinook Salmon and Bull Trout have been listed as <br />Threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act, and the Green/Duwamish River <br />throughout Tukwila is a critical resource for these species, making shoreline habitat <br />protection and restoration crucial, particularly in the Transition Zone portion of the river <br />that extends from the East Marginal Way South bridge through the north City limits; and <br />W: Legislative Development\SMP-Zoning Code changes 2-25-20 <br />MD:bjs Review and analysis by Barbara Saxton Page 1 of 64 <br />