Transcript AQUATIC DESIGNATION

Kitsap County Shoreline Master Program Update
Task Force Work Group Meeting
August 16, 2011
OVERVIEW
• Shoreline Stabilization and Armoring: Update
•Mooring Structures
- WAC Guidelines, Management Policies
- Critical Salt and Fresh Water Habitats
- WDFW perspective
- Piers, Docks, and Floats
- Launching Ramps and Railways
- Boat Houses
- Lake standards
- Alternative moorage and Incentives (buoys, joint-use)
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Mooring Structures
WAC GUIDELINES
•New overwater structures only for water-dependent uses, public access or
ecological restoration (no new overwater residences- WAC 173-26-241(j))
• Structure size limited to minimum necessary to support intended use
• Multiple-use over-water facilities encouraged
• Locate, design, and manage to prevent and minimize:
o interference with surface navigation, public views, and unobstructed
passage of fish and wildlife
o degradation of water quality and alteration of natural hydrographic
conditions
o adverse impacts to the ecological functions of critical saltwater and
freshwater habitats (when allowed, must follow mitigation sequencing)
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Mooring Strucutures
WAC GUIDELINES (cont.)
Critical Saltwater and Freshwater Habitats [WAC 173-26-221(2)(c)(iii)]
Critical Saltwater Habitats include:
• Kelp and eelgrass beds
• Forage fish spawning and holding areas
• Shellfish beds (commercial, subsistence and recreational)
• Mudflats
• Intertidal habitats with vascular plants
• Areas with which priority species have a primary association
Critical Freshwater Habitats:
Includes planning for protection, restoration and regulation where appropriate along
the entire length, including migration zones, floodplains and hyporheic zones. This
includes managing stormwater quantity and quality, vegetative cover / impervious
surfaces, and other functions.
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Standards for Critical Saltwater and Freshwater Habitats [WAC
173-26-221(2)(c)(iii)]
•Docks, bulkheads, fill, floats, jetties, utility crossings and other human-made
structures shall not intrude into or over critical salt [and fresh]water habitats except
when certain conditions are met.
• Private, non-commercial docks for individual or community use may be authorized
with certain conditions.
• All over-water and near-shore developments must do an inventory of the site and
adjacent beach sections to assess the presence of critical salt or freshwater habitats
and functions.
•Other standards may include restricting certain uses or modifications, requiring
Conditional Use Permits (Cumulative Impacts), or higher standards
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Agencies Involved
• Kitsap County Department of Community Development
•Army Corps of Engineers
• Washington Department of Natural Resources
• Tribes
• Washington Department of Fish And Wildlife
June 2, 2011
Kitsap County SMP Task Force
Mooring Structures
Issues:
• RGP 6 consistency
• Length, Depth and Location
• Upland Designation Consistency
•Public vs. private standards (incentives/allowances for community docks)
• Cumulative Impacts and Critical Saltwater Habitats
• Incentives (Mooring Buoys and Joint Use)
• Lakes (RGP 3)
Pier, Ramp and Dock
Grounded Recreation Float
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NEXT STEPS
• August 30 – Shoreline “Buffers”
• Additional Meeting- Sept. 13 or 27?
• Re-convene Task Force Mid-October (13th?)
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