Title 23 APPENDICES

Appendices

Appendix A Shoreline Management Act – Permit Data Sheet and Transmittal Letter

Appendix C Cherry Point Management Area: Wetland Map

Appendix D Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program: Shorelines of the State

Appendix E Official Shoreline Map: Whatcom County Shoreline Area Designation

Appendix F Common-Line Setback Standards

Appendix A Shoreline Management Act – Permit Data Sheet and Transmittal Letter


From: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services	To: Department of Ecology – Bellingham Field Office
__________________________________________	__________________________________________
__________________________________________	__________________________________________
Date of Transmittal:	Date of Receipt: (provided by Ecology)

Type of Permit: (Indicate all that apply)

checkbox Substantial Development Conditional Use Variance Revision Other

Local Government Decision: checkbox Approval Conditional Approval Denial


Applicant Information:	Applicant’s Representative: (if primary contact)
Name:	Name:
__________________________________________	__________________________________________
__________________________________________	__________________________________________
Address:	Address:
__________________________________________	__________________________________________
__________________________________________	__________________________________________
Phone(s):	Phone(s):

Is the applicant the property owner? checkbox yes no

Location of the Property: (Section Township and Range to the nearest 1/4, 1/4 Section or latitude and longitude, and a street address where available)

______________________________________________________________________________________

Water Body Name: ___________________________

Shoreline of Statewide Significance: checkbox yes no

Environment Designation: _____________________

Description of the Project: (Summary of the intended use or project purpose)

______________________________________________________________________________________


Notice of Application Date:	Final Decision Date:

By: ________________________________________

(Local Government Primary Contact on this Application)

Phone No: __________________________________

(Ord. 2009-13 § 1 (Exh. 1)).

Appendix B Acronym List


AFO	Animal Feeding Operation
BMP	Best Management Practice
BOD	Biological Oxygen Demand
CAFO	Confined Animal Feeding Operation
CMZ	Channel Migration Zone
COD	Chemical Oxygen Demand
CPAL	Conservation Program on Agriculture Lands
CRMP	Cultural Resource Management Plan
DNR	Department of Natural Resources
DOE	Department of Ecology
ESA	Endangered Species Act
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
GMA	Growth Management Act
HPA	Hydraulic Project Approval
IBC	International Building Code
LID	Low Impact Development
MLLW	Mean Lower Low Water
NMFS	National Marine Fisheries Service
NRCS	Natural Resource Conservation Service
OHWM	Ordinary High Water Mark
PSDDA	Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis
PUD	Planned Unit Development
RCW	Revised Code of Washington
SEPA	State Environmental Policy Act
SMA	Shoreline Management Act
SMP	Shoreline Management Program
TESC	Temporary Erosion and Sediment Control
WAC	Washington Administrative Code
WCC	Whatcom County Code
WCPDS	Whatcom County Planning and Development Services
WDFW	Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

(Ord. 2009-13 § 1 (Exh. 1)).

Appendix C Cherry Point Management Area: Wetland Map

(Ord. 2009-13 § 1 (Exh. 1)).

Appendix D Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program: Shorelines of the State

To view a full sized map, see the Natural Resources section of the Whatcom County Planning and Development Services web site at http://www.co.Whatcom.wa.us/pds/index.jsp.

(Ord. 2009-13 § 1 (Exh. 1)).

Appendix E Official Shoreline Map: Whatcom County Shoreline Area Designation

To view a full sized map, see the Natural Resources section of the Whatcom County Planning and Development Services web site at http://www.co.Whatcom.wa.us/pds/index.jsp.

(Ord. 2009-13 § 1 (Exh. 1)).

Appendix F Common-Line Setback Standards

1. Single-family residential development on nonconforming lots shall meet the setback standards established in WCC 23.90.130, Shoreline Bulk Provisions, except as provided in WCC 23.50.070(N)(1) through (9), Nonconforming Development, and subsection 2 below.

2. For the purpose of accommodating shoreline views to be adequate and similar to adjacent residences but not necessarily equivalent, setbacks and buffers for single-family residences may be reduced consistent with the following:

a. Where there are existing legally established nonconforming residences that encroach on the established setback/buffer within fifty (50) feet of either side of the proposed building foot print, the Administrator may reduce the required setback/buffer for the proposed structure. In such cases, the proposed residential structure may be set back from the OHWM to a common line drawn between the nearest corners of each adjacent residence.

b. In those instances where only one existing nonconforming single-family residence is within fifty (50) feet of the proposed building footprint, the Administrator may reduce the setback/buffer of the proposed structure to a line drawn between the nearest corner of the existing adjacent residence and the nearest applicable setback for the adjacent vacant parcel.

c. In no case shall the reduced setbacks and buffers applied be less than fifteen (15) feet landward of the OHWM. In all cases, vegetative buffers shall be optimized.

d. Any further setback/buffer reduction for nonconforming lots beyond that allowed in this section shall require approval of a shoreline variance permit.

(Ord. 2014-051 § 7; Ord. 2009-13 § 1 (Exh. 1)).