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diameter steel pipe piles installed at the end of the wharf, parallel to the shoreline along the outer edge of the wharf for barges to tie to when docked. All piles will be initially installed with a vibratory driver. The fifteen wharf piles are load bearing and must be proofed with an impact hammer. The Applicant has estimated that it will require between 200 to 400 strikes with an impact hammer to proof one wharf pile and that a maximum of four piles could be installed per day. The eight barge piles are not load bearing and do not require proofing. They will be installed to a final depth with a vibratory driver. (exhibit 4, critical areas report, page 12) 12. In addition to the wharf and staging area, the Applicant is proposing a 9,750 square foot shop for a pre-engineered metal building with a 3,000 square foot office facing the Snohomish River. The height of this building would be 34.1 feet. (exhibit 4, critical areas report, page 12) 13. The project includes review by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). These agencies determine what shading impacts to the estuarine habitat would be caused by the wharf. The City, at the hearing, submitted that the City would require that all the conditions of the Corps and the WDFW be satisfied. In addition to the agencies, the City of Everett frequently requires mitigation for projects that occur within its shoreline jurisdiction. (exhibit 7, application, page 5) 14. The mitigation required by the Corps and WDFW will include wetland creation and buffer enhancement. Because the wharf and the staging area will require excavation of some of the upland estuarine vegetation, an existing bench will be expanded with excavation of the old river dredge spoils.. A wetland construction monitor is being required by the Corps and WDFW to be on-site when the work is done below the ordinary high water mark. (exhibit 7, application, page 8) 15. The review of the proposed application with the policies of the SMP included various elements. (exhibit 1, staff report) The elements that the City deemed relevant to the instant application included: the Shoreline Use Element, the Cultural Resources Element, the Flood Hazard Reduction Element; the Public Access Element and the Conservation Element. In addition, the City considered the Urban Mixed Industrial designation and the Aquatic Conservancy designation and determined that regulations relating to Industry, Parking, Signs, Outdoor Advertising, Transportation Facilities and Piers, Docks and Floats were relevant. (exhibit 1, staff report, pages 2 through 8) 16. The Shoreline Use Element mandates that all exterior lighting, including lighting of signs, be directed downward onto the site and away from other shoreline properties. The City included this requirement as a recommended condition of approval. (exhibit 1, staff report, page 2; testimony of Mr. Ingalsbe) 5