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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT 3) Permit opportunities for recreational uses • All submerged lands below the ordinary compatible with agricultural activities. high water mark as designated by the City specifically except the Maulsby Swamp and 4) Maintain existing and potential areas Simpson wetland. having a high capability to support agricultural uses. Shoreline Use Policies. j) Aquatic Environment 1) All uses within the Aquatic Use Definition. Environment shall be in conformance with the The Aquatic Environment consists of all water bodies within the city limits under Management Policies and regulations of the the jurisdiction of the Shoreline Management Shoreline Master Program. Act beyond the limits of the Government Pier 1.12.4 Environmentally Sensitive Areas Head Line where established and beyond the within Shoreline Areas. The most sensitive limits of the Ordinary High Water Mark and valuable ecological resources in the areas (OHWM) in the remaining areas. The aquatic under the jurisdiction of Everett's SMP are environment includes the water surface located in the conservancy, aquatic and rural together with the underlying lands and the use environments. However, there are en- water column of such areas. vironmentally sensitive habitats and features. Purpose. The purpose of this designation is located within urban use environments. Many toof these sensitive features have been modified protect the unique characteristics of the by human activities over the past 100 years. aquatic environment by managing use Some will be further modified by future activities and by assuring compatibility shoreline related uses to enable water between upland and aquatic uses. The dependent and water related urban uses to Aquatic Environment may allow either expand or be established. When such impacts multiple water dependent used or specific occur, the City will require the establishment single dominant water dependent uses in areas and/or enhancement of other environmental of unique conditions. It is designed to resources through mitigation, as provided in promote the wise use of the natural features the SMP policies and regulations for and resources of the Aquatic areas which are environmentally sensitive areas. substantially different in character from those of the adjoining uplands and back shores. a) Where the SMP addresses impacts to sensitive environmental resources in the Criteria for Designation. Aquatic areas in- shoreline area in a different manner than the dude: zoning code regulations for environmentally • All marine water areas seaward of the sensitive areas, the provisions of the SMP shall apply. ordinary high water mark including estuarine channels, sloughs, and associated marshes, b) The city encourages mitigation of impacts bogs and swamps; to wetlands and habitat resulting from urban • All lakes subject to this program below the shoreline development in a comprehensive ordinary high water mark; manner that enhances the overall wetland • All stream ways of rivers designated and/or habitat values of the ecosystem in shorelines of the state; which the impacts occur. This approach would include on-site mitigation, off-site LU-45