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Anacortes planners review Shoreline Master Program and prepare to restart 2019 periodic update
Summary
City planning staff gave the planning commission a refresher on the Shoreline Master Program's structure, permit types and environment designations and said the city will reinitiate a periodic update started in 2019; commissioners asked whether prior work will need to be redone and sought clarification about exemptions and mapping.
City planning staff presented a detailed refresher on the Anacortes Shoreline Master Program (SMP) and told the Planning Commission on March 10 that the city plans to reinitiate a periodic update that began in 2019.
The presentation, led by a planning staff member, traced the SMP's legal basis to the state Shoreline Management Act and to Department of Ecology guidance, reviewed the SMP's chapters and environment designations, and walked commissioners through how shoreline permits and administrative exemptions are processed.
The planner said, "The SMP is both a planning and a regulatory document," and explained shoreline jurisdiction covers marine waters, lakes larger than 20 acres and upland areas extending roughly 200 feet from the ordinary high-water mark. The presentation outlined three shoreline review paths under the SMP: shoreline…
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