Shoreline Master Program Update

The Columbia River, Rock Cove, and Rock Creek are valuable assets for Stevenson’s property owners, residents and visitors.  To ensure that these assets and others like them throughout the state are managed to accommodate all reasonable and appropriate uses, the State of Washington requires local jurisdictions to adopt a Shoreline Management Program or SMP for short.

Best described as a full suite of analyses, visionary endeavors, and regulations that guide use and development along waterways and waterbodies, Stevenson’s Shoreline Management Program must be completed according to the State’s expectations as established in the Shoreline Management Act (RCW 90.58) and the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines (WAC 173-26).  

The City Planning Commission and the Shoreline Advisory Committee have been asked to develop the draft Shoreline Master Program according to these guidelines. Their Public Release Draft of this program is included in the links below:

• Published Notice
• Staff Explanation of Master Program Documents and Ways to Comment
• February 2018 Public Release Drafts
  • Inventory & Characterization Report
  • Shoreline Master Program
  • Shoreline Restoration Plan
  • Cumulative Impacts Analysis
• Proposed Draft Municipal Code Changes
  • SMC 18.08 – Shoreline Management
  • SMC 18.13.105 – Critical Area–Frequently Flooded Areas
    • SMC 15.24 – Floodplains
  • SMC 18.13.110 – Critical Area–Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas
    • SMC 13.30 – Drinking Water Resource Protection
  • Additional Changes to SMC 18.13 are expected but unavailable at this time.
• Shoreline Master Program Submittal Checklist (available soon)

These public release drafts fit within the overall planning process as described in the phases on the following pages.

 Shorelines Planning Phases –>