1. Provisions for the management of the aquatic environment should be directed towards maintaining and restoring shoreline ecological functions.

2. Shoreline uses and modifications should be designed and managed to prevent degradation of water quality and alteration of natural hydrographic conditions.

3. The size of new over-water structures should be limited to the minimum necessary to support the structure’s intended use.

4. In order to reduce the adverse impacts of shoreline development and increase effective use of water resources, multiple use of over-water facilities such as bridges and docks should be encouraged.

5. Uses that adversely impact the ecological functions of critical freshwater habitats should not be allowed except where necessary to achieve the objectives of the Act, and then only when their adverse impacts are mitigated according to mitigation sequencing as necessary to ensure no net loss of ecological functions.

6. All developments and uses on navigable waters or their beds should be located and designed to minimize interference with surface navigation, to minimize adverse visual impacts, and to allow for the safe, unobstructed passage of fish and wildlife, particularly those species dependent on migration.

7. New over-water structures such as docks, bridges, viewing platforms, and others proposed for ecological restoration, water-dependent uses, and/or public access are permitted, provided they will not preclude attainment of ecological restoration.

8. Public recreational uses of the water should be protected against competing uses that would interfere with these activities.

9. Underwater pipelines and cables should be permitted when they demonstrate there is no feasible alternative location based on an analysis of technology and system efficiency, and that the adverse environmental impacts are not significant or can be shown to be less than the impact of upland alternatives. (Ord. 2112 § 3 (Exh. C), 2013).