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Coupeville planning staff to pursue shoreline code tweak to enable resilience work on overwater buildings
Summary
Staff said the town will begin a locally-initiated Shoreline Master Program amendment to reduce local barriers that prevent owners of overwater buildings from pursuing certain flood- and foundation-protection measures; Department of Ecology review will be required and the process may take longer than standard timelines.
Planning staff told the commission the town will pursue a locally initiated amendment to the Shoreline Master Program to better enable resilience work for overwater buildings at the wharf and waterfront.
Why it matters: Many Coupeville pier- and overwater buildings sit on piles and piers whose foundations are affected by erosion and sea-level/flood changes; current shoreline ordinance language restricts “hard armor” shoreline modifications below the ordinary high-water…
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