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6. Access to lakesthe Water Through Buffers.Trails may be provided through the buffer to access the trails should be one hundred percent porous to the maximum extent feasible. 4. Docks.This section does not apply to areas under jurisdiction of the Shoreline Master Program. a. Repair and maintenance of an existing dock is permitted provided that: i. There is no expansion in overwater coverage; ii. There is no increase in the size and number of pilings; iii. There is no use of toxic materials, such as creosote, CCA and other treated wood products; iv. There is no new spanning of water between three and thirteen feet deep; and v. There is no new increase in the use of materials creating shade. b. New docks are permitted subject to compliance with any WDFW HPA or U.S.Army Corps of Engineers permit conditions. Piers and docks shall be located, designed and constructed so as to cause minimum interference with public use of the water surface and shoreline;to mitigate the impacts to ecological function and critical areas;to avoid or minimize impacts to views; and to cause no undue harm to adjacent properties. c. New docks shall be a maximum of four feet in width and a maximum walkway width of four feet. Overwater surfaces shall be constructed of unobstructed grating which provides at least fifty percent (50%) of open surface area. Piles,floats or other parts of the structure that come in direct contact with the water shall be approved by applicable federal and state agencies for use in water and shall not be treated or coated with biocides such as paint, or pentachlorophenol. Use of arsenate compounds or creosote treated members is prohibited. d. Only one dock shall be permitted for all lots in any short subdivision or subdivision that occurs after September 1, 2000. Such dock shall be shared between all lot in the short subdivision or subdivision. e. Covered over-water moorage, either fixed or floating, shall be prohibited. f. No dock may be located within 15 feet of an interior lot line, unless shared with the owner of the adjacent lot, in which case no setback is required. g. No single-family lot shall have more than one dock. h. No dock shall exceed four feet in width,25 feet in length or five feet in height above the ordinary high water mark on the landward side. 54B. Reasonable Use Exception. al. This section does not apply to areas within shoreline jurisdiction in the city. Nothing in this chapter is intended to preclude reasonable economic use of property as set forth in this title. If the requirements of this chapter as applied to a specific lot would deny all reasonable economic use of the lot, development will be permitted if the applicant demonstrates all of the following to the satisfaction of the planning director: ia. There is no other reasonable use or feasible alternative to the proposed development with less impact on the critical area; and iib. The proposed development does not pose a threat to the public health, safety and welfare on or off of the subject lot; and iiie. Any alterations permitted subject to the requirements of this chapter shall be the minimum necessary to allow for reasonable use of the property; and iv4. The inability of the applicant to derive reasonable economic use of the property is not the result of actions by the applicant in subdividing the property or adjusting a boundary line, Planning Commission Resolution 19-04 Page 11 Critical Areas March 19, 2019