Ord 2627 - TMC Chapter 18.44 "Shoreline Overlay" - Shoreline Uses and Update Zoning Regulations

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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)(b)(i) using the joint review process with the Department of Ecology; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Public Outreach Plan that incorporated a variety of methods to notify the general public and property owners along the shoreline of the proposed Shoreline Master Program update including an open house, mailings to property owners and tenants, notice in a stormwater bill, postings on the City's web site, creation of a broadcast e-mail group who received updates of the shoreline review process and articles in the City's newsletter "The Hazelnut;" and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed a public review draft Shoreline Master Program, held a public hearing on March 28, 2019, and recommended adoption of a revised Shoreline Master Program to the City Council on April 25, 2019; and WHEREAS, an environmental checklist was prepared for the draft Shoreline Master Program update as recommended by the Planning Commission and a Determination of Non -Significance was issued May 15, 2019; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on June 24, 2019, to review the Planning Commission recommended draft Shoreline Master Program; and WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed written and verbal testimony and approved revisions to the Planning Commission recommended draft Shoreline Master Program to address issues raised by interested parties, individual councilmembers, staff and the Department of Ecology; and WHEREAS, notice has been provided to the Washington State Department of Commerce pursuant to RCW 36.70A.106; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. TMC Chapter 18.06, "Definitions," Amended. Ordinance No. 2347 §8, as codified in Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) Chapter 18.06, "Definitions," under the subparagraph entitled "Development, Shoreline," is hereby amended to read as follows: Development, Shoreline "Development, shoreline" means, when conducted within the Shoreline Jurisdiction on shorelands or shoreland areas as defined herein, a use consisting of the construction or exterior alteration of structures; dredging; drilling; dumping; filling; removal of any sand, gravel, or minerals; construction of bulkheads; driving of piling; placing of obstructions; or any project of a permanent or temporary nature that interferes with the normal public use of the waters overlying lands subject to the Shoreline Management Act at any stage of W: Legislative Development\SMP-Zoning Code changes 2-25-20 MD:bjs Review and analysis by Barbara Saxton Page 2 of 64