Shorelines - Mason County

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Updating regulations: Some overall CAC principles• Keep Comprehensive Plan vision in mind• Don’t start tfrom scratch, thchange only where needed ddto:• Meet Ecology guidelines• Correct problems in current SMP• Integrate with other more recent regulations• Tailor regulations to local circumstances• Improve efficiency and predictability in regulations• NOTE: CAC interested in• NOTE: CAC interested in“incentive” approaches (would liketo identify more options in SMP)
Context: Mason County Comp Plan visionMason County will remain a primarilyrural county where residents will enjoypeace and quiet, privacy, naturalviews, and rural enterprise. Althoughrural character means different thingsto different people, aspects of itinclude: natural vistas, wildlife, andnatural ecosystems; ; fewer restrictionsand more privacy than in an urbanarea; the easy operation of resourcebased industries such as timber,mining and agriculture; and the closeties of family and community to theland.‐ Mason Co Comprehensive Plan , 2005
Page 1 and 2: Updating Mason County’sShoreline
Page 3 and 4: Shoreline Management Act of 1971“
Page 5 and 6: How it works: State law directs pol
Page 7 and 8: Counties and cities write and imple
Page 9 and 10: Where does the Shoreline Act apply?
Page 11 and 12: Policies: set overall intention and
Page 13 and 14: Regulations: specific, definitive r
Page 15 and 16: Not all activities are regulatedNot
Page 17 and 18: “Substantial development” trigg
Page 19 and 20: “Exemptions” = exempt from perm
Page 21 and 22: Permit decisions appealed to State
Page 23 and 24: Environment designationsPoliciesMas
Page 25 and 26: “Designation table” indicates h
Page 27 and 28: Why update Mason County SMP now?•
Page 29 and 30: Local update processTwo advisory gr
Page 31 and 32: Shorelines in Mason County Type # w
Page 33 and 34: Inventory and Characterization repo
Page 35 and 36: Characterization: Organized by wate
Page 37 and 38: How shorelines were “chunked” i
Page 39 and 40: Proposed new environment designatio
Page 41 and 42: Example of data source used in crit
Page 43: NOTE: Connection to Characterizatio
Page 47 and 48: Vision for Rural AreasNatural resou
Page 49 and 50: Some key issuesAdvisory Committee s
Page 51 and 52: Lots of overlap between shorelines
Page 53 and 54: Piers and docks• Regulations stil
Page 55 and 56: “Grandfathered” structures• C
Page 57 and 58: Restoration plan: currently under r
Page 59 and 60: Local and state adoptionIdentify sh
Page 61 and 62: Ecology approves SMP after County a

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