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Article IX. Shoreline Modification Policies and Regulations
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(1) Policies.

(a) Allow shoreline modifications if the use or activity is permitted under this Program or where it can be demonstrated that the proposed activities are necessary to support or protect an allowed use or development.

(b) Allow shoreline modifications if the use or activity is permitted under this Program and only when adverse individual and cumulative impacts are avoided, minimized, and mitigated resulting in no net loss of shoreline ecological functions, in accordance with the mitigation sequence of this Program.

(2) Regulations.

(a) Structural shoreline modifications are only allowed where they are demonstrated to be necessary to support or protect an allowed primary structure or a legally existing shoreline use that is in danger of loss or substantial damage, or are necessary for reconfiguration of the shoreline for mitigation or enhancement purposes.

(b) As much as possible, the number and extent of shoreline modifications shall be limited.

(c) Shoreline modifications shall only be approved if they are appropriate to the specific type of shoreline and environmental conditions for which they are proposed.

(d) Assure that shoreline modifications individually and cumulatively do not result in a net loss of ecological functions by giving preference to those types of shoreline modifications that have a lesser impact on ecological functions and requiring application of mitigation sequencing (See Subsection 16.55.250(2)(d)). As shoreline modifications occur, all feasible measures to protect ecological shoreline functions and ecosystem-wide processes shall be incorporated.

(e) Those shoreline modifications that have a lesser impact on ecological functions shall be given preference.

(f) As modifications occur, all feasible measures to protect ecological shoreline functions and ecosystem-wide processes shall be incorporated. (Ord. 16-3 §52, 2016).