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(1) Developments Exempt from Permit Requirements.

(a) Certain developments are exempt from the requirement to obtain a substantial development permit. Developments that are exempt from the requirement for a substantial development permit are identified in WAC 173-27-040, or as subsequently amended. Developments that are exempt from the requirement to obtain a substantial development permit still require a letter of exemption consistent with CMC 16.05.090. Such developments may also still require a variance or conditional use permit, and all development within the shoreline is subject to the substantive standards of this SMP, regardless of whether a substantial development permit is required.

(b) Certain developments that are exempt from all permit requirements under the Shoreline Management Act are identified in WAC 173-27-044, or as subsequently amended. These developments are exempt from the requirement to obtain a substantial development permit, conditional use permit, variance, letter of exemption, or other review conducted by the City of Covington to implement this chapter.

(2) Developments and Lands Not Subject to the Shoreline Management Act. The Shoreline Management Act, and the provisions of this SMP, do not apply to the following:

(a) Developments identified in WAC 173-27-045, or as subsequently amended; and

(b) Areas and uses in those areas that are under exclusive Federal jurisdiction as established through Federal or State statutes. Those nonfederal lands lying within the exterior boundaries of Federal lands and those Federal lands leased to other persons, which fall within the definition of shorelands, shall be subject to the Shoreline Management Act and this SMP. (Ord. 09-19 § 6 (Exh. C))