16.06.020 Shoreline jurisdiction.
Pursuant to the authority of RCW 90.58.030(2)(f) and WAC 173-22-040(2) and (3), the jurisdictional limits of the shoreline master program within city of Selah for areas that are subject to these regulations, are listed below. The city of Selah has developed maps to generally depict the extent of shoreline jurisdictional boundaries for all shorelines within the city. These maps are for informational and illustrative purposes only and are not regulatory in nature. Where such maps are not available or do not correspond with physical features on the ground, jurisdictional boundaries shall be controlled by the criteria listed below, Chapter 173-22 WAC, and the Act itself. It is understood when the maps and the actual physical features do not correspond, the physical features will dictate the extent of the jurisdictional boundaries. It is understood that the actual physical features may change. The physical features will dictate the extent of the shoreline jurisdictional boundaries. Shoreline jurisdictional area shall include:
(1) The Naches River and the Yakima River.
(2) Subject to subsection (7) of this section, wherever the "floodway" has been established by a flood insurance study prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), shorelines jurisdiction shall be the floodway plus two hundred feet, measured on a horizontal plane, or the one-hundred-year floodplain, whichever is lesser.
(3) Subject to subsection (7) of this section, whenever the one-hundred-year floodplain has been identified by a flood insurance study prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency but where no "floodway" has been identified, shorelines jurisdiction shall be the one-hundred-year floodplain boundary or two hundred feet, measured in a horizontal plane, from the ordinary high water mark, whichever is greater.
(4) Whenever there are no detailed floodplain or floodway studies, shoreline jurisdiction shall be two hundred feet, measured on a horizontal plane, from the ordinary high water mark.
(5) Where a channel migration zone (CMZ) has been identified, and extends beyond the jurisdiction established by subsection (2) of this section, jurisdiction shall extend to the extent of the CMZ, but not beyond the limits of subsection (3) of this section.
(6) Those wetlands and river deltas which are in proximity to and either influence or are influenced by the shorelines. This influence includes, but is not limited to, one or more of the following: periodic inundation, location within a floodplain, or hydraulic continuity.
(7) Under no circumstances shall shoreline jurisdiction be less than two hundred feet, measured on a horizontal plane, from the ordinary high water mark of the shoreline water body.
(8) The city may grant relief from shoreline master program development standards and use regulations resulting from shoreline restoration projects within urban growth areas consistent with criteria and procedures in WAC 173-27-215. (Ord. 2123, § 1 (Att.), 2021.)