Article VII Definitions

Shorelands or Shoreland Areas. Those lands extending landward for 200 feet in all directions as measured on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark; floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward 200 feet from such floodways; and all wetlands and river deltas associated with the streams, lakes, and tidal waters which are subject to the provisions of the Shoreline Management Act; the same to be designated as to location by the Department of Ecology. That portion of a 100-year floodplain may be included as long as such portion includes, as a minimum, the floodway and adjacent land extending landward 200 feet there from. (SMP)

Effective on: 4/16/2011