CITY OF DES MOINES SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM

Des Moines Shoreline Master Program
CHAPTER 6 – DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND USE REGULATIONS
Shoreline uses and activities are specific common uses and types of development that typically
locate in the shoreline area. Use regulations are implementation tools intended to carry out the
policies of this SMP and the SMA. They represent the major criteria to be used in evaluating
proposed developments and alterations to the shoreline environment with their ultimate
influence, to a large extent, dependent on how well they are enforced.
The following general development standards and use regulations represent the criteria upon
which evaluations of and approvals for proposed shoreline developments shall be based. Use
regulations are to be used in conjunction with the policies for SMP elements and the applicable
environmental designation.
Shoreline uses and activities not specifically identified, and for which policies and specific
regulations have not been developed, shall be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are required
to: (1) meet the intent of the goals and objectives of this SMP; (2) comply with the SMA of 1971
as amended; (3) be consistent with management policies and character of the shoreline
environment in which they propose to locate; and (4) secure a Shoreline Conditional Use Permit.
Table 6-1 lists SMP permitted uses and Table 6-2 lists SMP shoreline modifications within each
shoreline environment designation. In the case that inconsistencies exist between the tables and
the general management policies included within Chapters 3 and 5, the regulations in this chapter
shall govern.
Any shoreline planning areas within the City that have not been mapped and designated within
Figure 5-1 shall be designated Urban Conservancy and will be managed and regulated under the
identified goals, policies, and regulations of the Urban Conservancy designation.
Department of Ecology approval effective November 1, 2010
Adopted by City of Des Moines Ordinance No. 1502 61