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-�y -�y <br /> ad J <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2707-03 <br /> AN ORDINANCE Amending the Shoreline Master Program to Provide for <br /> Piers and Docks for Transportation Facilities of Statewide Significance in the Aquatic <br /> Conservancy Environment, Amending Ordinance No. 1671-89, as Amended by <br /> Ordinance No. 2600-02 (Chapter 19.33D EMC) <br /> WHEREAS, in April 2002 the City Council approved an updated Shoreline Master Program <br /> (SMP) in Ordinance No. 2600-02; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Washington Department of Ecology approved the SMP, and the update became <br /> effective on May 3, 2002; and <br /> WHEREAS, the regulations and environment designations in the SMP were adopted as part of <br /> the Zoning Code (Shoreline Overlay District), and the goals and policies were adopted as part of <br /> the Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, during the process to update the SMP, the City identified changes to the <br /> Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code that would be required to implement the SMP, including <br /> providing for transportation facilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Port of Everett requested a revision to the Shoreline Master Program <br /> regulations to provide for piers and docks for transportation facilities in the Aquatic Conservancy <br /> shoreline environment; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Shoreline Master Program provides transportation facilities in all shoreline <br /> environments, but only allows piers and docks for public access uses in the Aquatic Conservancy <br /> environment; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Shoreline Master Program does not distinguish between transportation facilities <br /> of statewide significance and other/local transportation facilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City limited the Port's proposed revision to transportation facilities of <br /> statewide significance as defined in other proposed Comprehensive Plan and Zoning revisions; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, a Final Determination of Non-Significance on the proposed revision was issued on <br /> May 5, 2003, based on the requirement for a Shoreline Conditional Use permit that includes <br /> criteria requiring that the proposed use will not cause significant adverse effects to the Shoreline <br /> environment in which it is to be located; and <br />