From the Department of Planning and Development (Shoreline Master Program Update):
The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has begun the process of revising Seattle’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP) for the first time since 1987. The SMP establishes policies and regulations governing land use along marine and freshwater shorelines. Seattle’s shorelines include Puget Sound, Lake Washington, Lake Union and the Ship Canal, the Duwamish River, and Green Lake. The area affected by the SMP is generally 200′ landward from the waterline. DPD is working with the Washington Department of Ecology to complete the update of Seattle’s program by the spring of 2010. If you are interested, participation in the process is through the Citizens Advisory Committee and their schedule is posted.
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March 25th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I am very concerned that the DPD plans include the eradication of waterfront offices, unless those offices are water related or water dependent. Personally, I consider it a very viable use in the sense that people pay a premium to have their office on the waterfront. With the DPD plans, the ability for you to rent a waterfront office may be a thing of the past. This is arbitrary and irrational. Waterfront offices make as much sense as any other business on the water and do not cause any additional harm or impact on the lake.
Do you really want the City of Seattle dictating the eradication of waterfront offices?