CITY OF DES MOINES SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM

Des Moines Shoreline Master Program
2. Encourage the cooperation of all appropriate levels of government in the planning, designing
and financing of future recreational facilities.
3. Examine potential additional recreational, historical and educational opportunities afforded
by the Marina and identified in the shoreline inventory and characterization.
4. Effective interpretation should be provided at public recreation facilities to raise the quality
of visitor experiences and to provide an understanding of the resource.
5. Shoreline recreational use and development should enhance environmental qualities with
minimal adverse effect on the natural resources.
6. Shoreline recreational areas should be sited and designed to facilitate adequate monitoring of
activity and maintenance.
7. Bicycle path planning should be taken into consideration as opportunities for shoreline
views.
8. The recreation corridor along the shoreline, including the Marina, the Yacht Club, Des
Moines Beach Park, Saltwater State Park, the Redondo area and sea wall and other public
recreation properties as may be added in the future, should be maintained in as-good-as-new
condition.
9. Whenever possible, natural materials should be used in developing shoreline recreational
areas.
10. The development of recreational acquisition plans should give emphasis to the acquisition of
prime recreation lands prior to their being preempted for other uses.
11. The siting of all recreational developments shall enhance the area concerned and protect
neighboring uses.
12. The design of recreational facilities should emphasize structural forms that harmonize with
the topography, reinforce use areas, and minimize damage to natural resources and shoreline
ecological functions.
3.2.4 Circulation Element
Purpose and Intent: This is an element for assessing the location and extent of existing and
proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals and other public facilities, and
correlating those facilities with the shoreline use elements.
GOAL
A. Limit circulation systems in shoreline areas to those which are water- oriented.
POLICIES
1. Motor vehicle traffic in the shoreline area should be confined to existing two-lane roadways.
2. Motorized vehicles should be prohibited on all beaches of the shoreline, except for residential
service access allowed by existing easement.
3. Non-water related parking facilities should be prohibited from locating in the shoreline area.
Department of Ecology approval effective November 1, 2010
22 Adopted by City of Des Moines Ordinance No. 1502