Develop general policies and regulations

General policies and regulations are those that will apply to all shoreline uses and modification activities without respect to environment designation. They affect all other more specific policies and regulations and can eliminate redundancy in an SMP.

Ecology guidelines for general policies and regulations

• Archaeological and historic resources
• Critical areas
  • Wetlands
  • Geologically hazardous areas
  • Fish and wildlife habitat areas
    • Saltwater
    • Freshwater
  • Frequently flooded areas
• Public access
• Vegetation conservation
• Water quality

Local examples

• Draft City of Sultan
• Draft City of Sumner

• Link to Legislature's page with all SMP General policies and regulations

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