HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2011-06-27 Item 4A - Shoreline Master Program - Ordinance - Attachment A: Cover Page and Table of Contents TUKWILA SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM
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Revised Per Ecoloev Letter March 24. 2011
Prepared by Tukwila Department of Community Development
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This report was funded in part through a grant, G0600234, from the Washington State
Department of Ecology.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ..............................1
1.1 Purpose and Background ..............................1
1.2 Shoreline Jurisdiction 2
2. TUKWILA'S SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM ..............................7
2.1 SMP Components 7
2.2 SMP Elements ..............................7
2.3 History of SMP Planning in Tukwila 8
2.4 Current SMP Update Process 8
2.5 Citizen Review Processes 9
3. DEFINITIONS .............................11
4. SHORELINE INVENTORY AND CHARACTERIZATION SUMMARY ..................21
4.1 Watershed Context and Shoreline Modifications .............................21
4.2 Biological Resources and Shoreline Functions .............................22
4.3 Land Use 23
4.4 Restoration Opportunities and Potential Use Conflicts .............................25
4.5 Conclusions .............................27
5. SHORELINE RESTORATION PLAN SUMMARY .............................31
5.1 Background .............................31
5.2 Assessment of Shoreline Functions .............................31
5.3 Plans, Programs, and Completed Projects .............................33
5.4 Restoration Opportunities .............................33
5.5 Potential Projects and Priorities .............................34
6. SHORELINE GOALS AND POLICIES .............................35
6.1 Shoreline Environment Designations, Comprehensive Plan Goal 5.1 ..................35
6.2 Shoreline Planning and Management, Comprehensive Plan Goal 5.2 ..................37
6.3 Land Development Use and Economic Vitality, Comprehensive Plan
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Goal5.3 .............................38
6.4 Private Property Rights, Comprehensive Plan Goal 5. 4 .............................40
6.5 Shoreline Design Quality, Comprehensive Plan Goal 5. 5 .............................41
6.6 Access and Recreational Use, Comprehensive Plan Goal 5. 6 .............................41
6.7 Transportation within the Shoreline Jurisdiction, Comprehensive Plan
Goal5.7 .............................44
6.8 Historical Resource Use and Archaeological Protection,
Comprehensive Plan Goal 5.8 .............................45
6.9 Natural Environment and Habitat Use, Comprehensive Plan Goal 5.9 .................45
6.10 Water Quality, Surface Water and Flood Control Use, Comprehensive
PlanGoal 5.10 .............................46
6.11 Public Health, Safety and Welfare, Comprehensive Plan Goal 5.11 ....................47
6.12 Shoreline Use Preferences, New Comprehensive Plan Goal 5.12 ........................47
7. SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNATIONS .............................49
7.1 Existing Regulatory Framework .............................49
7.2 Key Findings of the Shoreline Inventory Characterization Report and
RestorationPlan .............................50
7.3 State Environment Designation System .............................51
7.4 Proposed Environment Designations .............................53
7.5 Determination of Shoreline Buffers .............................59
7.6 Shoreline Residential Environment 64
7.7 Urban Conservancy Environment .............................66
7.8 High Intensity Environment .............................70
7.9 Aquatic Environment .............................72
8. SHORELINE USE REGULATIONS .............................73
8.1 General Use Regulations 73
8.2 Interpretation of Use Matrix 73
8.3 Shoreline Use Matrix Error! Bookmark not defined.
8.4 Shoreline Residential Environment Uses .............................78
8.5 Urban Conservancy Environment Uses 80
8.6 High Intensity Environment Uses 82
8.7 Aquatic Environment Uses .............................84
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9. SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS .............................86
9.1 Applicability 86
9.2 Shoreline Residential Development Standards .............................86
9.3 High Intensity, Urban Conservancy and Aquatic Environment
DevelopmentStandards 87
9.4 Surface Water and Water Quality 89
9.5 Flood Hazard Reduction .............................90
9.6 Shoreline Stabilization .............................91
9.7 Archaeological, Cultural and Historical Resources .............................96
9.8 Environmental Impact Mitigation .............................96
9.9 Off Street Parking and Loading Requirements .............................97
9.10 Vegetation Protection And Landscaping .............................98
9.11 Land Altering Activities ............................106
9.12 Marinas, Boat Yards, Dry Docks, Boat Launches, Piers, Docks and
Other Over -water Structures ............................107
9.13 Signs in Shoreline Jurisdiction ..............................III
10. ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS WITHIN THE SHORELINE
JURISDICTION................................................... ............................112
10.1 Purpose ............................112
10.2 Applicability, Maps and Inventories ............................112
10.3 Best Available Science ............................113
10.4 Sensitive Area Studies ............................113
10.5 Procedures ............................118
10.6 Wetland Determinations and Classifications ............................118
10.7 Watercourse Designation and Ratings ............................120
10.8 Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas ............................120
10.9 Wetland Watercourse, and Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation
AreaBuffers ............................121
10.10 Areas of Potential Geologic Instability ............................123
10.11 Sensitive Areas Permitted Uses and Alterations ............................127
10.12 Sensitive Areas Mitigation ............................130
11. PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SHORELINE ............................136
11.1 Applicability ............................137
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11.2 General Standards ............................138
11.3 Requirements for Shoreline Trails ............................139
11.4 Publicly -Owned Shorelines ............................139
11.5 Public Access Incentives ............................140
11.6 Exemptions from Provision of On -Site Public Access ............................141
12. SHORELINE DESIGN GUIDELINES ............................146
12.1 Relationship of Structure to Site ............................146
12.2 Building Design ............................146
12.3 Design of Public Access ............................147
13. SHORELINE RESTORATION ............................150
13.1 Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Not Required ............................150
13.2 Changes in Shoreline Jurisdiction due to Restoration ............................150
14. ADMINISTRATION ............................154
14.1 Applicability of Shoreline Master Program and Substantial
DevelopmentPermit ............................154
14.2 Substantial Development Permit Requirements ............................154
14.3 Shoreline Conditional Use Permit ............................155
14.4 Shoreline Variance Permits ............................156
14.5 Non conforming Development ............................158
15. APPEALS ............................162
16. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES ..........................162
16.1 Violations ............................162
16.2 Enforcement ............................162
16.3 Inspection Access ............................162
16.4 Penalties ............................163
16.5 Remedial Measures Required ............................163
16.6 Injunctive Relief ............................163
16.7 Abatement ............................164
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17. MASTER PROGRAM REVIEW AND AMENDMENTS ............................164
18. LIABILITY ............................164
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Current Tukwila SMP Shoreline Management Zones (1974 SMP; TMC 18.44)...50
Figure 2. Minimum Levee Profile .............................63
Figure 3. Schematic of Shoreline Residential Environment and Buffer .............................66
Figure 4. Schematic of Shoreline Jurisdiction and Buffers for the Urban Conservancy
Environment in Areas without Levees .............................68
Figure 5. Schematic of Buffer Reduction Through Placing of Fill on Levee Back Slope .....69
Figure 6. Schematic of Shoreline Jurisdiction and Buffers for the Urban Conservancy
Environment in Areas with Levees .............................70
Figure 7. Schematic Showing the Proposed Shoreline Jurisdiction and Buffer for the High
IntensityEnvironment .............................72
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. General Restoration Potential within the Shorelines of Tukwila .............................32
Table 2. State Recommended Environment Designation System WAC 173 -26 -211 (5) ....52
Table 3. Summary of Buffer Widths for Land Use Zones and Shoreline Ecological
Conditions............................................................................... 54
Table 4. Tree Replacement Requirements ............................101
Table 5. River Buffer Vegetation Planting Densities ............................105
LIST OF MAPS
Map 1. Potential Annexation Areas and Annexation History 5
Map2. Transition Zone 29
Map 3. Shoreline Environments .............................57
Map 4. Shoreline Armoring
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Map 5. Sensitive Areas in the Shoreline ............................117
Map 6. Shoreline Public Access 145
APPENDICES
A. Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report
B. Shoreline Restoration Plan
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