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1 . <br /> Exhibit 1 <br /> C. Approach to Private Properties <br /> Restoration is an action, or actions that reestablish or upgrade ecological shoreline <br /> functions through measures that rehabilitate or reestablish physical, chemical, or <br /> biological site characteristics. Examples include revegetation, removal of intrusive <br /> shoreline structures, and removal or treatment of toxic sediments. Restoration does not <br /> imply returning the shoreline area to aboriginal, or pre-European settlement conditions. <br /> Consistent with WAC 173-26-186, the SMP strategy for achieving the restoration <br /> potential on private properties is to require or encourage applicants to include activities <br /> that restore shoreline functions as components of redevelopments to the extent allowed <br /> by constitutional and other legal limits. Many actions that restore shoreline functions on <br /> private property are beyond the City's regulatory powers because they are not sufficiently <br /> related to impacts caused by property development. Therefore, the schedule and extent <br /> of restoration on private properties is a function of timing and other decisions made by <br /> the private sector. <br /> A number of the SMP regulations require actions that restore shoreline functions in <br /> conjunction with development that impacts shoreline functions. The SMP regulations <br /> that promote restoration of shoreline functions are discussed under each of the shoreline <br /> areas in Sections D - J2. The SMP regulations include requirements such as <br /> • restoration of the shoreline where nonwater-dependent uses are proposed; <br /> • provision of buffers and buffer enhancement; <br /> • incentives for gaining restoration of tidally influenced salmonid habitat by allowing <br /> reduced buffers on Smith Island and North Spencer Islands; <br /> • reviewing nontidal mitigation to ensure that opportunities to recover tidal function are <br /> not foreclosed; <br /> • requiring that unnecessary impervious surfaces be removed and buffers be <br /> enhanced/restored as properties redevelop, and. <br /> • provisions for mitigation to occur at or before the time of project construction, <br /> bonding, monitoring and adaptive management. <br /> In order to increase awareness of potential restoration opportunities, the City will provide <br /> this restoration element to property owners owning properties that have been identified as <br /> presenting restoration opportunities. It will also be included in pre-application materials <br /> provided to potential applicants for shoreline permits. <br /> The City also participates in the open space tax program pursuant to Chapter 84.43 RCW. <br /> This program provides the benefits to owners that keep their property undeveloped or in <br /> 2 These regulations have been set forth in other parts of the SMP,but are summarized in this Element to provide a <br /> complete picture of actions that will restore shoreline functions. The specified regulations,rather than the <br /> generalized discussion of restoration in this Section 3.l 1,apply to projects that are being reviewed by the City. Any <br /> changes to shoreline regulations,including those that promote restoration of shoreline functions,would be subject to <br /> public review,adoption by the City council and approval of the Department of Ecology. <br /> Section 3 General Goals, Objectives,Policies and Regulations Page 3-50 <br /> 120 <br />