SFStdExemption.doc
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
SHORELINE SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
EXEMPTION
Project Location: 18604 Soundview Place, Edmonds
Applicants: Mike & Chrystal Lanning
Project Description: Grading and re-landscaping for a single-family residence, including
removing sod and adding a paver patio on the west side of the property.
Project also involves total grading of approximately 30 cubic yards of
material.
See Attached: Site Plan Elevation (Site Profile)
Plan Check Number: BLD20061237
Date Issued: November 20, 2006
SEPA Determination: Exempt
Issued by: Meg Gruwell, Senior Planner
The above project has been determined to be exempt from the requirement to obtain a Shoreline
Substantial Development Permit under WAC 173-27-040(2)(g), which states:
Construction on shorelands by an owner, lessee or contract purchaser of a single-family
residence for their own use or for the use of their family, which residence does not exceed
a height of thirty-five feet above average grade level and which meets all requirements of
the state agency or local government having jurisdiction thereof. “Single-family
residence” means a detached dwelling designed for and occupied by one family including
those structures and developments within a contiguous ownership which are a normal
appurtenance. An “appurtenance” is necessarily connected to the use and enjoyment of a
single-family residence and is located landward of the ordinary high water mark and the
perimeter of a wetland. On a state-wide basis, normal appurtenances include a garage;
deck; driveway; utilities; fences; installation of a septic tank and drainfield and grading
which does not exceed two hundred fifty cubic yards and which does not involve
placement of fill in any wetland or waterward of the ordinary high water mark. Local
circumstances may dictate additional interpretations of normal appurtenances which shall
be set forth and regulated within the applicable master program. Construction authorized
under this exemption shall be located landward of the ordinary high water mark;
Robert Fritzen, Shoreline Planner with the Department of Ecology, has stated that this has been
interpreted to include additions and remodels to existing single-family houses, provided that they
are normal appurtenances to single-family dwellings.
This exemption is not being sent to the Department of Ecology because it appears to City staff
that it is not subject to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers section 10 permit under the Rivers and
Harbors Act of 1899 (the provisions of section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act generally apply
to any project occurring on or over navigable waters. Specific applicability information should be
obtained from the Corps of Engineers.) Nor does the project appear to City staff to require a
section 404 permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. (The provisions of
section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act generally apply to any project which may
involve discharge of dredge or fill material to any water or wetland area. Specific applicability
information should be obtained from the Corps of Engineers.) Robert Fritzen has advised us that
per WAC 173-27-050, no letter is required to be sent to Department of Ecology.
While this letter provides an exemption from the need to obtain a Shoreline Substantial
Development Permit from the City of Edmonds, it does not evaluate whether other State and
Federal approvals are required and leaves that responsibility to the applicants.
cc: Street file for 18604 Soundview Place
Shoreline Permit Exemption File
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