2009-2010 Shoreline Management Program Update
Snohomish County’s Shoreline Management Master Program was originally adopted in 1974. The County is updating its Shoreline Management Program (SMP) to reflect changes that have occurred over the last 30 years, including changes to State and Federal laws and statutes.
The shoreline policies that form the basis for the shoreline environment designations and shoreline regulations in the updated SMP were drafted by the Shoreline Advisory Committee (2004-2006) and refined by the Planning Commission (2006). Since 2007 the County has been working with the state Department of Ecology to further refine the format and content of the shoreline plan and to ensure complicance with WAC 173-18, 173-20, 173-22, 173-26 and 173-27. Although reorganized into a new format, the original policy and regulatory guidance provided by the Shoreline Advisory Committee (2004-2006) remains intact and has been used as guidance for ongoing further revisions.
SEPA Comments and Public Hearings