Ordinance 3129-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

5. As sites are redeveloped,unnecessary improvements within shoreline jurisdiction should be removed. Permeable surfaces and buffers along rivers, wetlands, lakes and Port Gardner Bay should be restored to the extent practicable. Buffers and restoration should be provided consistent with EMC I9.33D.360-590 or 19.37, as applicable.. SECTION 9: Policy 15 of Section 3.9 of the Shoreline Master Program, Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600-02, as amended(Section II.I of Chapter 3 Shoreline Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan),which currently reads as follows: 15. The City should monitor and analyze the cumulative impacts of development permitted in shoreline areas, including development exempt from Shoreline Substantial Development Permit requirements. Where impacts are occurring beyond that anticipated, the City should revise the Master program to address the cumulative impacts, and/or revise the conditions of approval of developments as allowed by 19.37 (including buffers, compensation ratios, the detailed design of compensation and restoration projects, etc.)to address the new information. IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS 15. The City should monitor and analyze the cumulative impacts of development permitted in shoreline areas, including development exempt from Shoreline Substantial Development Permit requirements. Where impacts are occurring beyond that anticipated, the City should revise the Master program to address the cumulative impacts, and/or revise the conditions of approval of developments as allowed by 19.33D.360-590 and19.37 (including buffers, compensation ratios, the detailed design of compensation and restoration projects, etc.) to address the new information. SECTION 10: Section 3.9 of the Shoreline Master Program, Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600- 02, as amended (Section II.I of Chapter 3 Shoreline Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan),is amended by the addition of the following policy: 16. Restoration should be encouraged by reducing hardships on property owners caused when a shoreline restoration project shifts shoreline management act jurisdiction into areas that had not previously been regulated under the act or shifts the location of required shoreline buffers. SECTION 11: Regulation 1 of Section 3.9 of the Shoreline Master Program, Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600-02, as amended, (EMC 19.33D.090)which currently reads as follows:: 1. All development activities shall comply with the City's Environmentally Sensitive Area Ordinance, EMC 19.37, in effect on March 21, 2001, and Planning Director Interpretation No. 2-2000, Interim Procedures, Endangered Species Act Listing for Chinook Salmon and Bull Trout, unless more stringent requirements are adopted by City Council subsequent to that date. IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 16