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A. Purpose. The purpose of the “high intensity” environment is to provide for intensive land uses, such as residential – activity centers, commercial, office, retail, transportation, warehouse, manufacturing, and mixed use developments, together with appropriate accessory uses such as parking lots, utilities, and storage areas, in shoreline areas that have been previously degraded.

B. Designation Criteria. Assign a high intensity environment designation to shoreline areas within city limits and urban growth areas if they currently support high-intensity uses related to commerce, industry, transportation or navigation, or are suitable and planned for high-intensity water-oriented uses. A high intensity – park subclassification has been created and is applied to the portion of the park at Bothell Landing east of the extension of 98th Avenue NE. The high intensity – park designation more accurately reflects the nature, purpose and existing use of this urban park that contains buildings, an amphitheater, tot lots, canoe/kayak launch and parking as well as trails, plazas, and other recreation facilities along the Sammamish River.

C. Management Policies.

1. Manage development so that it enhances and maintains the shorelines for a variety of urban uses, with priority given first to water-dependent uses, and second to water-related and water-enjoyment uses.

2. Non-water-oriented uses as they exist on or before February 6, 2013, may be allowed as part of an existing development, or a mixed use development, or where they do not conflict with or limit opportunities for water-oriented uses, or on sites where there is no direct access to the shoreline, or when associated with public access or ecological restoration.

3. Visual and physical access should be implemented whenever feasible and adverse ecological impacts can be avoided. Continuous public access along the shoreline should be provided, preserved or enhanced.

4. Aesthetic objectives should be implemented by means such as sign control regulations, appropriate development siting, screening and architectural standards, and maintenance of natural vegetative buffers where they exist.

5. Full utilization of existing high intensity lands should be achieved before further expansion of the high intensity designation is allowed.

6. The uses and activities of parks within lands designated as high intensity – park shall be consistent with any city-adopted park master plan and this SMP.

7. No net loss of shoreline ecological functions as a result of new development should be assured by application of SMP policies and regulations.

8. Where applicable, new development shall include environmental cleanup and restoration of the shoreline to comply in accordance with any relevant state and federal law. (Ord. 2112 § 3 (Exh. C), 2013).