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Lacey Shoreline Master Program: Comprehensive Update  

On September 29, 2011, the Department of Ecology approved the City of Lacey’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP) comprehensive update. The comprehensive update revises the existing shoreline program, including the goals, policies, regulations, shoreline environment designations, and administrative procedures and definitions.

On September 15, 2011, the Department of Ecology conditionally approved the update and provided Lacey with required and recommended changes. The required and recommended changes were sent to the City for its review and response, and the City has agreed to those changes.

This is the first major update to Lacey’s shoreline program since 1990. In its Urban Growth Area and shoreline planning areas, Lacey has over three miles of marine and riverine shorelines and shares 950 acres of lake with neighboring jurisdictions. These shorelines and lakes are an extremely valuable resource to Lacey, to the watersheds in which they're located, and the greater Puget Sound community. Lacey’s shoreline program provides for the continuation of existing residential development along the shoreline while protecting and improving water quality and shoreline vegetation, and ensuring public access to public shores and waters.

Documents related to approval

Note: All documents are PDF

• Ecology's September 29, 1011 final approval letter (89 KB)
• City of Lacey's September 16, 2011 acceptance of required changes letter (349 KB)
• City of Lacey's September 28, 2011 acceptance of recommended changes letter (48 KB)
• Director of Ecology's September 15, 2011 letter (141 KB)
  • Attachment A: Findings and Conclusions for Proposed Amendment (317 KB)
  • Attachment B: Required Changes (398 KB)
  • Attachment C: Recommended Changes (2.79 MB)
  • Attachment D: Ecology issues response letter, April 7, 2011 (245 KB)
• Locally approved Shoreline Master Program (2.18 MB)
  • Appendix 1: Public access plan (1.79 MB)
  • Appendix 2: Green landscaping - examples and guidelines (498 KB)
  • Appendix 3: Restoration plan (343 KB)
  • Appendix 4: Shoreline inventory and characterization report (4.17 MB)
    • Appendix to the shoreline inventory (5.74 MB)
  • Appendix 5: Cumulative impacts analysis (459 KB)
  • Appendix 6: Shoreline environment designations and map (863 KB)
  • Shoreline analysis and characterization report (1.96 MB)
  • Resolution 967 (115 KB)

Staff contact

Chrissy Bailey
Washington State Department of Ecology, Southwest Regional Office
PO Box 47775, Olympia, WA 98504-7775
chrissy.bailey@ecy.wa.gov
(360) 407-0290

For more information

• News Release - Ecology approves Lacey's comprehensive shoreline program update (October 17, 2011)
• News Release - Ecology seeks comments on Lacey's updated shoreline program (February 9, 2011)
• Lacey Shoreline Master Program
• Citizen Guide to Shoreline Master Programs
• Status of Local Shoreline Master Programs

 

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