1. New boating facilities should include restoration of ecological functions within the riparian and near-shore environment, especially for migrating salmonids and other aquatic species.

2. New boating facilities should be designed, constructed and managed such that there is no net loss of shoreline ecological function.

3. In order to supply anticipated demand for a 25-year period, new boating facilities should be designed to include upland boat storage facilities where maintenance and adjacent berthing can take place.

4. New boating facilities should provide the maximum amount of public access in a variety of forms. (Trail, view overlooks, transient and hand-carry craft moorage.)

5. New boating facilities should be located in areas where other water-oriented uses presently exist or could be established within close proximity.

6. New boating facilities should minimize the amount of associated parking and impervious surface within the shoreline jurisdiction.

7. New in-water boating facilities should implement mitigation sequencing in order to protect the natural hydrological function of the water body or viability of aquatic organisms, including their growth, reproduction, and migration.

8. New boating facilities should not include covered moorage and boathouses.

9. New boating facilities that require dredging for proper depth and/or removal of contaminated sediments should be consistent with all federal and state requirements for management of contaminated sediments and this section.

10. Existing boating facilities, when retrofitted or as upgrades are necessary, should improve the existing ecological function by minimizing impacts to water quality, restoring hydrologic function and maintaining the viability of aquatic organisms.

1. Boating facilities and necessary supporting elements shall comply with the applicable requirements in Chapter 22.08 BMC and this chapter.

2. Boating facilities shall be designed and located in areas that are previously disturbed or where impacts to existing ecological function can be avoided or minimized and there is an opportunity for shoreline ecological function to be re-established and/or restored.

3. Boating facilities shall be designed to provide opportunities for aquatic ecological functions to establish and succeed.

4. In order to supply anticipated demand for a 25-year period, new boating facilities shall be designed to include upland boat storage facilities where feasible in which maintenance and adjacent berthing can take place.

5. Boating facilities shall be designed to provide public access in a variety of forms that draw large numbers of citizens to the shorelines subject to the exceptions in BMC 22.08.090(B)(7), Public access. Access forms (pathway, overlook, beach, kayak launch, etc.) and locations, when applicable, shall be consistent with those specific opportunities identified in the WFG Framework Plan and the City of Bellingham Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan (2005) or the Waterfront District Master Plan, upon adoption.

6. Boating facilities shall be designed such that adjacent water-oriented uses are not compromised or adversely impacted including proximity to waters that have appropriate depth for water-dependent commercial and industrial uses, and physical and visual access to the shoreline for the general public is provided and/or enhanced.

7. New boating facilities shall include opportunities for transient moorage and motorized and hand-carry craft launch.

8. Boating facilities should be managed consistent with the Department of Ecology document titled “Resource Manual for Pollution Prevention in Marinas,” May 1998, Publication No. 9811.

9. Boat ramps and other launching facilities shall be designed and constructed such that they result in no net loss of shoreline ecological function and shall not conflict with existing or planned public access opportunities.

10. Parking areas associated with boating facilities shall minimize the amount of associated parking and impervious surface within the shoreline jurisdiction and should not disrupt planned public access or habitat restoration objectives. Required ADA parking and personal loading/unloading areas shall be permitted within shorelines but not within a required buffer.

11. Boating facilities which require new or replacement of existing shoreline modification or stabilization shall comply with the applicable requirements in BMC 22.08.120, Shoreline modifications/stabilization. Armoring shall use bioengineering and soft-shore techniques unless heavy wave action, tidal influence or currents would compromise the integrity of said nonstructural technique.

12. Over-water boathouses shall not be allowed in new boating facilities.

13. Parking ratios for marinas shall be a minimum of 0.5 parking spaces for each new moorage slip unless a lower ratio can be demonstrated to supply anticipated demand. Parking areas for vehicles and boat trailers for boat launch/ramps shall be based upon an analysis of demonstrable need submitted by the applicant and determined by the director. [Ord. 2013-02-005 § 2 (Exh. 1)].