Ordinance 3129-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

proponents will be responsible for providing sufficient scientific information to document the environmental impacts and appropriate mitigation measures for their proposals. The City may deny projects that will result in significant ecological impacts that are not fully mitigated, even though the project is consistent with the use provisions of this SMP. The following goals, objectives,policies and regulations are in addition to those incorporated above. IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Incorporation by Reference Consistent with WAC 173-26-190, and in response to the listing of salmon under the federal Endangered Species Act, the City hereby incorporates the following plans, goals, policies and studies into this Shoreline Master Program only insofar as they apply to areas within shoreline jurisdiction. These documents comprise the substance and procedures for regulating development in critical and sensitive areas within the City of Everett including development within the shoreline jurisdiction. While these documents have broader applications within the City of Everett,they are applied here as an essential element of the regulatory structure to address development proposals within shoreline jurisdiction. These regulations apply to all activities and uses in all environmental designations of the Shoreline Master Plan. For the purposes of this Shoreline Master Plan, EMC 19.33D.360-590, PDI 2-2000, PDI 05-005 and the SEWIP study are the versions in existence on March 21, 2001 unless otherwise noted. EMC 19.37 is the version that became effective on April 28, 2006. The Comprehensive Plan is the version that becomes effective in August 2005. The City's Comprehensive Plan, EMC 19.33D.360 - 590, EMC 19.37, PDI 01-005 and PDI 2-2000 were adopted under the City's general land use authority and police powers. The SEWIP document has not been previously adopted by the City and is incorporated herein as the inventory work that meets the best available science required under RCW 36.70A.172 of the Growth Management Act. In the event the City should subsequently amend these regulations, the City may apply regulations which offer the greatest protection of sensitive shoreline resources even if the regulations are not formally incorporated within the City's Shoreline Master Plan. The City may, at its discretion, submit the amended version(s) of the regulations to the Department of Ecology as an amendment to the Shoreline Master Program consistent with WAC 173.26.190. The plans, regulations,policies and studies incorporated by reference are as follows: • The City's Comprehensive Plan Goals, Objectives and Policies for Critical Areas. These policies provide the basic framework for the protection of sensitive features within the City of Everett and are in compliance with the State's Growth Management Act as well as the Shoreline Management Act. • EMC 19.33.D.360-590 Environmentally Sensitive Areas Ordinance and applicable definitions in EMC 19.04. EMC 19.33.D.360-590 regulates development in sensitive areas including wetlands, streams, rivers, and steep slopes. These regulations prescribe buffers and setbacks, and provide for the protection of"priority species" such as those"Threatened or 13