16.05.450 Shoreline habitat and ecological enhancement.
(1) Beach/Bank Restoration and Enhancement.
(a) Beach restoration and enhancement along Big Soos and Jenkins Creeks shall be subject to the critical areas regulations for shoreline jurisdiction as set forth in CMC 16.05.230(2).
(b) Beach enhancement along Pipe Lake may be permitted when the applicant has demonstrated that the project will not detrimentally interrupt littoral processes; redirect waves, current, or sediment to other shorelines; or adversely affect adjacent properties or habitat.
(2) Natural Beach Restoration/Enhancement.
(a) Design Standards. Natural beach restoration/enhancement shall not:
(i) Extend waterward more than the minimum amount necessary to achieve the desired stabilization;
(ii) Disturb significant amounts of valuable shallow water fish or wildlife habitat without appropriate mitigation of the impacts.
(b) Construction Standards.
(i) The size and/or mix of new materials to be added to a beach shall be as similar as possible to that of the natural beach sediment, but large enough to resist normal current, wake, or wave action at the site.
(ii) The restored beach shall approximate, and may slightly exceed, the natural beach width, height, bulk, or profile, but not so much as to obviously create additional dry land.
(c) Beach enhancement is prohibited within fish and/or wildlife spawning, nesting, or breeding habitat that would be adversely affected by it and also where littoral drift of the enhancement materials would adversely affect adjacent spawning grounds or other areas of biological significance.
(3) Where a shoreline habitat or ecological enhancement project results in a change in the location of the ordinary high water mark and associated shoreline jurisdiction on the subject property and/or adjacent properties, and where application of the provisions of this master program would preclude or interfere with the uses permitted by the underlying zoning, thus presenting a hardship to the project proponent, relief may be granted from the provisions of this master program consistent with the following requirements:
(a) The proposed relief is the minimum necessary to relieve the hardship;
(b) After granting the proposed relief, there is net environmental benefit from the restoration project;
(c) Granting the proposed relief is consistent with the objectives of the shoreline restoration project and with this master program;
(d) The shoreline restoration project does not provide mitigation required to obtain a development permit; and
(e) The application for relief is reviewed and approved by the Department of Ecology. (Ord. 09-19 § 6 (Exh. C))