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A. Review Criteria. The city shall utilize the following information in its review of all industrial development applications:

1. Whether the proposal includes water-dependent, water-related, or water-oriented aspects or components of the use or activity;

2. Whether the proposed industrial use is consistent with the use matrix of BMC 13.07.080;

3. Whether the proposed industrial use makes adequate provisions for public and private visual and physical shoreline access; and

4. Whether the application makes adequate provisions to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impacts; and

5. Whether the application makes adequate provisions to provide for shoreline ecological or critical area mitigation, where appropriate.

B. Water-oriented and non-water-oriented industrial uses are permitted on North Creek subject to the standards of this SMP. Water-dependent industrial development shall be a permitted use and non-water-dependent industrial uses shall be a conditional use within high intensity and aquatic shoreline environments associated with the Sammamish River; however, where a new non-water-dependent industrial use meets the criteria in subsection C of this section, it shall be considered permitted. Applications for new industrial development on the Sammamish River shall demonstrate that the proposed use would not impede navigability of the river.

C. Applications for new non-water-oriented industrial uses shall demonstrate at least one of the following:

1. The industrial use is part of a mixed use project that includes water-dependent uses.

2. Navigability is severely limited at the proposed site; and the use provides a public benefit with respect to the objectives of the Act such as providing public access and ecological restoration that would not be achieved except for the presence of the industrial use.

3. The industrial use is physically separated from the shoreline by another property or public right-of-way.

D. All loading and service areas shall be located upland of the activity. Loading and service areas shall be screened from adjacent uses to protect the aesthetics of the shoreline.

E. Industrial development and redevelopment shall be encouraged to locate where environmental cleanup and restoration of the shoreline area can be incorporated. (Ord. 2112 § 3 (Exh. C), 2013).