Ordinance 2537-01 - Laserfiche WebLink

20.12.030 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to this chapter: A. "Act" means the Shoreline Management Act of 1971, RCW Chapter 90.58. B. "Development" means a use, consisting of the construction or exterior alteration of structures; dredging; drilling; dumping; filling; removal of any sand, gravel or minerals; bulkheading; driving of piling; placing of obstructions; or any project of a permanent or temporary nature which interferes with the normal public use of the surface of the waters overlying lands subject to the act at any state of water level. C. "Hearings board" means the Shoreline Hearings Board established by the act. D. "Master program" means the Shoreline Master Program for the city, including the regulations together with maps, diagrams, charts or other descriptive material and text, a statement of desired goals and standards developed in accordance with the policies enunciated in Section 2 of the Shoreline Management Act of 1971. E. "Ordinary high water mark" on all lakes, streams, and tidal water is that mark that will be found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil a character distinct from that of the abutting upland, in respect to vegetation as that condition exists on June 1, 1971, as it may naturally change thereafter, or as it may change thereafter in accordance with permits issued by a local government or the department; provided, that in any area where the ordinary high water mark cannot be found, the ordinary high water mark adjoining salt water shall be the line of mean higher high tide and the ordinary high water mark adjoining fresh water shall be the line of mean high water. F. "Within the scope and intent of the original permit" shall be construed to mean that the size value of the authorized project will remain essentially constant or be reduced. Consistent with this design, changes involving no additional environmental impacts may be included. G. "Shoreline permit" means that required by the "Shoreline Management Act for Substantial Development, Conditional Use or Variance on Shorelines," to be issued by the city and subject to review by the Department of Ecology and the Attorney General. H. "Shorelines" means all the water areas of the city and their associated wetlands under jurisdiction of the Shoreline Act, together with the land underlying them, including: 1. That portion of Silver Lake within the corporate limits of the city at least two hundred feet upland from ordinary high-water mark(the associated wetland area); 2. That portion from Weyerhaueser Mill A to the fuel storage tanks at Mukilteo lying between the extreme low tide and the ordinary high-water mark and at least two hundred feet upland from the ordinary high-water mark(and the associated wetland areas). I. "Shorelines of statewide significance" within the city consist of: 1. All of the water area of Port Gardner Bay lying seaward of the line of extreme low tide, out of the city limits in mid-channel; 2. The Snohomish River and its associated wetlands at least two hundred feet upland of ordinary high-water mark. J. "Shorelines of Everett" are the total of all shorelines and shorelines of statewide significance within the city. 2