SMP Appeals and Growth Board Decisions
The County's updated Shoreline Master Program (SMP) became effective on October 30th, 2017. Friends of the San Juan's appealed the SMP to the Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.
Staff Documents
Staff report and Planning Commission recommended SMP ordinance for October 8, 2018, County Council Public Hearing
2018-07-30_DCD_Staff_Rep_Jt_Hearing_CC-PC-2018-08-17signed
Staff Report for Planning Commission and County Council September 21, 2018, at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts
2018-09-07_DCD_Staff_Report_PC_CC_09-21_All Attach_Except_E
2018-09-07_DCD_Staff_Report_PC_CC_09-21_Attach_E
Draft ordinance and staff report for a public hearing on August 17, 2018
2018-07-30_DCD_Staff_Rep_Jt_Hearing_CC-PC-2018-08-17signed
2018-08-01_DCD_Staff_Rep-Jt_Hearing_CC-PC_2018-08-17-Attachment-_F
Staff report on Growth Management Hearings Board (GMHB) decision:
2018-07-02_DCD_SMP_Appeal_Memo_CC-PC_07-20-18_Jt-briefing
Staff Presentation for Joint Planning Commission and County Council meeting on July 20, 2018
2018-07-20_DCD_Kuller_SMP_Pres_PCCC_07-20-2018
Petitions, Briefs, and the Final Decision and Order
The petition for review filed by The Friends of San Juans in December 2017 is available at Friends-Pet-Review
The brief detailing the Friends' concerns is available at Friends-Prehearing-brief
The County's responsive brief is available here: Brief-of-SJC-
The Growth Management Hearings Board, Western Region, Final Decision and Order on Case No. 17-2-0009 is available here: 2018-06-16_GMHB_SMP_Compliance_order
Of the nine issues identified by the Friends of the San Juans, the Growth Management Hearings Board, dismissed six and directed the County to develop provisions to ensure that:
Mitigation efforts take place within the same watershed as a project's anticipated impacts;
Standards applicable to soft shoreline stabilization measures do not contain hard stabilization elements; and
The County has a mechanism for documenting all project review actions within the shoreline and a process for periodically evaluating the cumulative impact of permitted shoreline development.
Public Comments
- 2018-07-18_DOE_Burcar_Comment_60 day review_SMP
- 2018-08-14_PUB_FOSJ_Supplemental_Guidance _Documents for SMP_Compliance_Aug_17_Hrg
- 2018-08-14_PUB_Friends_SMP_comments
- 2018-08-14_PUB_Mueller_Proposed Amendments to the SMP
- 2018-08-15_PUB_Alderton_Help Southern Resident Killer Whales by Protecting San Juan County shorelines
- 2018-08-15_PUB_DOE_Yunge_basins
- 2018-08-15_PUB_DOE_Yunge_geotech
- 2018-08-15_PUB_Hanson_Protect county shorelines
- 2018-08-15_PUB_Severn_Comments for Friday 817 Hearing
- 2018-08-15_PUB_Uhlig_SMP_Comment
- 2018-08-16_MRC_Rot_SMP
- 2018-08-16_PUB_Armon_Amendments to SMP
- 2018-08-16_PUB_Ferm_proposed amendments to the Shoreline Master Program (SMP)
- 2018-08-16_PUB_Lombard_SJCo Marine shorelines
- 2018-08-16_PUB_North_Whales
- 2018-08-16_PUB_Olson_Orca
- 2018-08-16_PUB_Public_Works_Rot
- 2018-08-17_PUB_Bailey_Watersheds
- 2018-08-17_PUB_Bauer_SMP
- 2018-08-17_PUB_Kibble_Whales
- 2018-08-17_PUB_Olson_Whales
- 2018-08-17_PUB_Secunda_SMP
- 2018-08-17_PUB_Wolff_Whales
- 2018-08-20_PUB_Connor_Whales
- 2018-08-20_PUB_DOE_Burcar_PH_notes
- 2018-08-20_PUB_Stillman_Whales
- 2018-09-13_PUB_FOSJ_Anderson_nearshore
- 2018-09-17_PUB_Alderton
- 2018-09-18_PUB_Friends_SMP
- 2018-10-08_PUB_Alderton
- 2018-10-08_PUB_FOSJ_Mapping