Pierce County Shoreline Master Program: Locally Initiated Amendment
The comment period for the PIerce County locally initiated amendment is now closed.
We held a public comment period on Pierce County’s proposed locally initiated amendment to their shoreline master program (SMP). The period for public comment was from Feb. 10 to March 13, 2025.
Email notices were used to notify those who had expressed prior interest. No comments were received.
Next steps: our decision
We will now decide if the County's proposed program update meets the requirements of the Shoreline Management Act and the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines. We will decide whether to:
- Approve the program as is.
- Approve with recommended changes.
- Send the proposed program back to the County with required changes to meet statutory and rule requirements. Recommended changes may also be included with the required changes.
Relevant documents will be posted on this website when they become available. Please check back.
The locally initiated amendment was adopted by Pierce County Council on Dec. 10, 2024. The amendment is intended to align the SMP with recent and concurrent updates to the County’s critical areas regulations. The County adopted an updated critical areas ordinance (CAO) on December 3, 2024. The proposed SMP amendment incorporates by reference this new CAO for application in shoreline jurisdiction.
Documents related to approval
Note: all documents are PDF
- Locally adopted SMP amendment
- Signed Ordinance No. 02024-570s
- Exhibit A: SMP amendment
- Exhibit B: Finding of Fact
- Updated Critical Areas Ordinance (Ordinance No. 02024-553s2)
- Background documents
Related links
Contact information
Tess Brandon
Senior Shoreline Planner
Tess.Brandon@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6520