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A. Encourage the construction and operation of boating and water access facilities to allow public access for enjoyment of shorelines.

B. Site, design, construct and operate boating and water access facilities to incorporate BMPs and ensure no net loss of shoreline ecological functions.

C. Balance the encouragement of public access and the protection of ecological functions in the expansion of existing or construction of new boating and water access facilities.

D. Minimize the amount of shoreline modification, over-water cover, changes to water circulation and quality and effects to fish and wildlife habitat from boating and water access facilities. The length, width and height of over-water structures should be no greater than that required for safety and feasibility for the primary use.

E. Ensure that boating and water access facilities do not impact the navigability of the water body or adversely affect other water-dependent uses.

F. Plan and coordinate public boating and water access facilities needs regionally. Shorelines particularly suitable for public boat launch facilities are limited and should be identified and reserved on a regional basis.

G. Only allow the construction of new docks and piers for public access or water-dependent uses.

H. Allow recreational floats only where they support public or private recreational uses or in lieu of fixed piers adjacent to a residential land use.

I. Minimize impacts to adjacent uses and users, such as aesthetic or noise-related impacts, impacts to public visual access to the shoreline or off-site impacts caused by public access to the shoreline. If impact avoidance is not feasible, require mitigation.

J. Limit the lighting of boating and water access facilities to the minimum extent necessary.

K. Prohibit new moorage covers, except in limited instances through the shoreline conditional use process.

(Ord. 6611 § 1, Amended, 08/09/2017)