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Shoreline Master Program Update
An update of goals, policies and regulations that govern land use and activities within the Seattle Shoreline District.
| public engagement |
public review |
final report |
council process |
final decision |
Products, Findings, & Comments
Ordinance and Amended Director's Report
- Shoreline Master Program Update Director's Report
- Mayor's Proposed Ordinance
- Shoreline Mater Program Ordinance Amended by Council
Response to Department of Ecology's Conditional Approval
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities
- Charles Draper
- Dan Kruzich
- Fremont Dock
- Lake Union Liveaboard Association
- Port of Seattle
- SMP Coalition
Washington Department of Ecology Conditional Approval
- Letter to Mayor Murray
- DOE Findings and Conclusions
- Required Changes
- Recommended Changes
- Ordinance 124105
- Staff Draft Ordinance (presented at our June 30 public meeting)
- Staff Draft Ordinance (with our line-in / line-out responses)
- Reader's Guide for the Staff Draft Ordinance
- Letter to Mayor Murray (June 2014)
- DOE Findings and Conclusions (May 2014)
- Required Changes
- Recommended Changes
- Draft Ordinance in Response to Required and Recommended Changes
Seattle Final Recommendations Submited to the Washington Department of Ecology
- Shoreline Master Program Ordinance, Shoreline Master Program Update amendments to the Seattle Comprehensive Plan Amendments and to the Seattle Municipal Code (January 14, 2013)
- Shoreline Environment Redesignation Maps (January 2012)
- Shoreline Master Program Director's Report (August 2012)
- Shoreline Restoration and Enhancement Plan (August 2012)
- Shoreline Restoration and Enhancement Plan Map A (August 2012)
- Shoreline Restoration and Enhancement Plan Map Folio (August 2012)
- Shoreline Characterization Report (January 2010)
- Shoreline Characterization Report Map Folio (January 2010)
Supporting Material for the SMP Update
- Environmentaly Critical Areas Best Available Science Review (August 2005)
- Draft Shoreline Alternative Mitigation Program Director's Rule
- Seattle Shoreline Market Study
- Public Opinion About Seattle Shorelines Telephone Survey
- Shoreline CAC Report (September 2009)
- Shoreline CAC Report Appendix (September 2009)
- Draft Shoreline Characterization Report
- Draft Map Folio (Attachment C of the Shoreline Characterization Report)
Draft SMP and Supporting Materials
Mayor's Final Recommendations Delivered to City Council (August 2012)
- Shoreline Master Program Regulations
- Shoreline Master Program Comprehensive Plan Amendments
- Shoreline Environment Redesignation Maps
- Shoreline Master Program Director's Report (August 2012, same as above)
- Shoreline Restoration and Enhancement Plan (August 2012, same as above)
- Shoreline Restoration and Enhancement Plan Map A (August 2012, same as above)
- Shoreline Restoration and Enhancement Plan Map Folio (August 2012, same as above)
- Other Shoreline Master Program Update Amendments to Seattle Municipal Code
Final SEPA Recommendations (June 2012)
- Shoreline Master Program Ordinance
- Shoreline Master Program Comprehensive Plan
- Shoreline Master Program Director's Report
- Exhibit 1 A, Maps
- Exhibit 1 B, Maps
- Exhibt 2, Repealed Code Sections
- Exhibit 3, Environmentally Critical Areas Code
- SEPA Decision
Draft Restoration Plan (December 2011)
2nd Draft of the Shoreline Master Program Regulations (October 2011)
- Summary of 2nd Draft Revisions (Compared to the 1st Draft)
- Proposed SMP Regulations 2nd Draft
- Proposed SMP Regulations 2nd Draft with Tracked Changes
- Proposed Shoreline Environments Map
Public Comments on 2nd Draft
Below are the comments Seattle DCI received about the second draft of the Shoreline Master Program Update proposal. They have been sorted by subject.
Environmental Quality
FutureWise and People for Puget Sound
Save Seattle Shorelines Comment Cards
Gray Water
Industrial Commercial Lands
- Ash Grove Cement
- Ballard Mill Marina
- CalPortland
- Coalition of Seattle Shipyards
- Commercial Marine Construction
- Commercial Industrial Comments via Email
- Creosote Council
- Dunatos
- Houlihan Law
- Lake Union Association
- North Seattle Industrial Association
- Northwest Marine Trade Association
- Sailor's Union of the Pacific
- Pacific Fisherman, Inc
- Salmon Bay Marina
- Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel
- Vigor Shipyards
- Western Wood Preservers
Living on the Water
- Daniel Allison
- Floating Homes Association
- Gregory Baumann
- Ivar Michelsons
- J Chaney
- Justin Wood
- Mike Sherlock (Holmes Weddle & Barcott)
- Multiple Comments
- Recreational Boating Association of Washington
- Seaview Avenue
- Shilshole Liveaboard
- WardsCove (GordonDerr)
Magnusson
Miscellaneous
Parking
Public Agencies
- Seattle Parks
- Seattle Port
- Sound Transit
- University of Washington
- Washington State Department of Transportation
Realtors
Tribes
1st Draft of the Shoreline Master Program Regulation Documents (February 2011)
- Introduction Letter from the Director
- Shoreline Master Program Proposal Summary
- Repealed Code Section, Attachment A
- Proposed Shoreline Comprehensive Plan Goals
Public Comments on 1st Draft
Below are the comments Seattle DCI received about the Shoreline Master Program Update proposal. They have been sorted by subject.
- Adopt a Strong Shoreline Management Act Cards (20 MB)
- Example of Adopt a Strong Shoreline Management Act Cards
- Community Council Comments
- Economics
- Environmental Quality
- General Multiple Topics
- Industrial Lands (not including the large files below)
- CalPortland Comments (6.86 MB)
- Ferguson Boat Storage Comments (2.73 MB)
- Halvorsen Comments (5.4 MB)
- Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. Comments
- Salmon Bay Marine Center Comments (5.17 MB)
- Vigor Shipyard Comments (2.81 MB)
- Waterways Cruises and Events Comments (2.14 MB)
- Wester Wood Preservers Institute
- Living on the Water
- Magnuson Park
- Response to Magnuson Park Comments
- Nonconforming Uses Public Access Ecological Improvement
- Response to Nonconforming Uses Public Access Ecological Improvement Comments
- Public Agencies
- Rezone
- Tribe Comments
