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New Shoreline Development Rules Making Waves

OLYMPIA, WA-State Sen. Harold Hochstatter, R-Moses Lake, and property owner Bill Pickell have filed a lawsuit against the Ecology Department with the goal of stopping the rules before they can be enforced.

By Janet Parker | Updated on November 30, 2000

OLYMPIA, WA-For the first time since its adoption in 1972, new guidelines were added to the Shoreline Management Act this week, generating applause from conservationists and lawsuits from shoreline property owners.

The new guidelines will limit development adjacent to streams, lakes and marine waters in Washington State. It will force new structures or activities not “water dependent” to occur farther back from the edge of those water bodies, partly to protect the quality and natural functions of the shoreline, but also to protect people and businesses from floods. Bulkheads, docks and other shoreline structures that harm the natural functions of shorelines will be discouraged.

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