21.68.010 Scope and Purposes.
A. Scope and Applicability. The requirements of this chapter apply to uses, activities, and development within Shoreline Jurisdiction as defined in RZC 21.68.020, Shoreline Jurisdiction. All uses, activities, and development within Shoreline Jurisdiction, including those exempt from the requirement to obtain a shoreline permit, shall comply with RCW Chapter 90.58, the Shoreline Management Act, Chapter 173-26 of the Washington Administrative Code or its successor, and the policies and regulations of the Redmond Shoreline Master Program.
B. Purposes. The Redmond Shoreline Master Program has the following purposes:
1. To ensure no net loss of shoreline ecological functions;
2. To protect the waters of the state and the fish and wildlife that depend on those waters from adverse impacts;
3. To protect the public’s right to access and use the surface waters of the state;
4. To protect the aesthetic qualities of the natural shorelines of the state to the greatest extent feasible consistent with the overall best interest of the state and the people generally;
5. To design and carry out allowed uses in a manner that minimizes, as far as practical, damage to the ecology and environment of shoreline areas and the public’s right to access and use the shorelines where public lands and rights-of-way exist;
6. To provide for the restoration of the shorelines, which are among the state’s most valuable and fragile natural resources;
7. To provide for the recovery of fish and wildlife that use the shorelines and that have been federally or state-listed endangered or threatened and that are practical to recover within Redmond;
8. To encourage water-related, water-dependent, and residential uses of the shorelines that are in the best interest of the public;
9. To prepare a concerted and coordinated plan for the shorelines, taking into account local, state, and federal interests to prevent the inherent harm in an uncoordinated and piecemeal development of the state’s shorelines;
10. To carry out the Shoreline Management Act, RCW Chapter 90.58, and implementing regulations adopted by the state;
11. To help fulfill the City’s responsibilities under the Public Trust Doctrine; and
12. To protect the rights of the owners of properties within the Shoreline Jurisdiction.