Chapter 18.65
ESTUARY CONSERVATION 1 ZONE (EC-1)
Sections:
18.65.010 Purpose and areas included.
18.65.020 Uses permitted with standards.
18.65.040 Regulated activities.
18.65.010 Purpose and areas included.
A. The purpose of the EC-1 zone is to:
1. Provide for long-term utilization of areas that support, or have the potential to support, valuable biological resources;
2. Provide for long-term maintenance and enhancement of biological productivity;
3. Provide for the long-term maintenance of the aesthetic values of estuarine areas, in order to promote or enhance the low-intensity recreational use of estuarine areas adjacent to rural or agricultural shorelands.
B. Except where a goal exception has been taken in the Garibaldi comprehensive plan, the EC-1 zone includes the following areas within the Tillamook Bay estuary:
1. Tracts of tidal marshes, tideflats, seagrass and algae beds which are smaller or of less biological importance than those designated as estuary natural (EN);
2. Productive recreational or commercial shellfish and fishing areas;
3. Areas that are partially altered and adjacent to existing development of moderate intensity that do not possess the resource characteristics of EN or ED units; and
4. Areas with potential for shellfish culture (excluding platted oyster beds in Tillamook Bay). [Ord. 290 § 3(3.106(1)), 2006.]
18.65.020 Uses permitted with standards.
The following uses are permitted with standards within the EC-1 zone; provided, that the procedures in Chapter 18.165 GMC and the development standards in Chapter 18.160 GMC have been met.
A. Maintenance and repair of existing structures or facilities involving a regulated activity;
B. Navigational aids;
C. Vegetative shoreline stabilization;
D. Structural shoreline stabilization, limited to riprap;
E. Boat dock in conjunction with one or more private residences. Single-purpose private docks shall be limited to maximum of 150 square feet in size;
F. Water, sewer, gas or phone lines;
G. Electrical distribution lines and line support structures;
H. Active restoration and estuarine enhancement;
I. Temporary dikes for emergency flood protection;
J. Mooring buoys;
K. Temporary low water bridges;
L. Tidegate installation in existing functional dikes adjacent to EC-1 zones;
M. Aquaculture and water-dependent portions of aquaculture facilities not requiring dredge or fill other than incidental dredging for harvest of benthic species or removal of in-water structures such as stakes or racks;
N. Bridge crossings and bridge crossing support structures;
O. Boat ramps for public use where no dredging or fill for navigational access is needed. [Ord. 290 § 3(3.106(2)), 2006.]
18.65.030 Conditional uses.
The following uses are conditional within the EC-1 zone and may be permitted by the planning commission, subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.185 GMC, procedures in Chapter 18.165 GMC and the development standards in Chapter 18.160 GMC:
A. Water-dependent portions of aquaculture facilities which require dredge or fill;
B. Water-dependent recreational facilities, including:
1. Boat ramps requiring dredging or fill for navigational access;
2. Community boat docks in conjunction with a subdivision or planned development;
3. Public or commercial docks and moorages for recreational marine craft (including seaplanes) and accessory uses not requiring the use of fill or the occupation of additional estuarine surface area;
C. Mining and mineral extraction;
D. Storm water and treated sewer outfall;
E. Bulkheads for structural shoreline stabilization;
F. Temporary alterations;
G. Minor navigational improvements;
H. Transportation facilities as defined in GMC 18.05.030, specifically:
1. Normal operation and maintenance of transportation facilities;
2. Installation of transportation improvements within the existing right-of-way;
3. Projects identified in the adopted transportation system plan not requiring future land use review and approval;
4. Landscaping as part of a transportation facility;
5. Emergency transportation facility measures;
6. Street or road construction as part of an approved subdivision or partition;
7. Transportation projects that are not designated improvements in the transportation system plan; and
8. Transportation projects that are not designed and constructed as part of an approved subdivision or partition. [Ord. 290 § 3(3.106(3)), 2006.]
18.65.040 Regulated activities.
The following regulated activities are permitted within the EC-1 zone; provided, that the requirements of Chapter 18.160 GMC have been met. Regulated activities shall be reviewed by the procedure provided in Chapter 18.165 GMC.
A. Regulated activities in association with on-site maintenance and repair of existing structures or facilities, limited to:
1. Dredging for on-site maintenance of:
a. Drainage tiles.
b. Drainage ditches.
c. Tidegates.
d. Bridge crossing support structures.
e. Water, sewer, gas or phone lines.
f. Electrical distribution lines.
g. Outfalls.
2. Fill or riprap for on-site maintenance of:
a. Dikes.
b. Bridge crossing support structures or other land transportation facilities.
3. Replacement of Piling. Piling installation for:
a. Water-dependent recreational facilities.
b. Aquaculture facilities.
c. Navigational aids.
d. Bridge crossing support structures or other land transportation facilities.
e. Bulkheads.
B. Riprap for structural shoreline stabilization and protection of uses allowed by this zone.
C. Dredging for:
1. Bridge crossing support structure installation.
2. Storm water or treated sewage outfall installation.
3. Tidegate installation in existing functional dikes adjacent to EC-1 zones.
4. Water, sewer, gas or phone line installation.
5. Electrical distribution line installation.
6. Mining or mineral extraction.
7. Water intake facilities.
8. Boat ramps.
9. Minor navigational improvements.
10. Water-dependent portions of aquaculture facilities.
D. Fill for:
1. Bridge crossing support structures.
2. Structural shoreline stabilization.
3. Boat ramps.
4. Water-dependent portions of aquaculture facilities.
E. Regulated activities in conjunction with an approved active restoration or estuarine enhancement project.
F. Incidental dredging for harvest of benthic species or removal of in-water structures such as stakes or racks.
G. Regulated activities in conjunction with temporary alterations. [Ord. 290 § 3(3.106(4)), 2006.]