Haines Wharf Comp Plan DocketDate:
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MEMORANDUM
December 27, 2018
File AMD20180011
Kernen Lien, Environmental Programs Manager
Haines Wharf Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket
The City of Edmonds intends to initiate a Comprehensive Plan map amendment for the Haines
Wharf property in 2019.
The City of Edmonds completed a comprehensive update of its Shoreline Master Program
(SMP) in 2017. Prior to the comprehensive SMP update, Haines Wharf had an Urban Mixed Use
II shoreline designation (Attachment 1). The shoreline designation for the Haines Wharf site
was changed to Aquatic I during the comprehensive SMP (Attachment 2). Pursuant to the SMP
as codified in the Edmonds Community Development Code:
The purpose of the aquatic low -intensity environment (aquatic 1) is to protect, restore, and
manage the unique characteristics and resources of the areas waterward of the ordinary
high water mark (ECDC 24.30.030.A).
The current comprehensive plan map designation for the property is Mixed Use Commercial
and the property is zoned Commercial Waterfront (CW). The Land Use Element of the
comprehensive plan identifies Mixed Use Commercial or a mixture of zones as compatible
zoning classifications for the Mixed Use Commercial designation.
The structures on the Haines Wharf property have been deteriorating for years while the
property owner has been unsuccessful in obtaining development permits for the property.
Given the recent SMP update, the City is initiating the Comprehensive Plan map amendment to
change to Comprehensive Plan designation to a more appropriate designation consistent with
the Shoreline Master Program.
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- Shoreline Residential III
Urban Mixed Use I
- Urban Mixed Use II
- Urban Mixed Use III
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