HOUSE BILL REPORT
SSB 6061
BYSenate Committee on Parks & Ecology (originally sponsored by Senator Nelson)
Relating to exempting certain community docks from the substantial development requirements of the shoreline management act.
House Committe on Environmental Affairs
Majority Report: Do pass. (14)
Signed by Representatives Rust, Chair; Valle, Vice Chair; Allen, Brekke, Ferguson, Jesernig, Lux, May, Pruitt, Schoon, D. Sommers, Sprenkle, Unsoeld and Walker.
House Staff:Susan Gulick (786-7116)
AS PASSED HOUSE APRIL 16, 1987
BACKGROUND:
The Shoreline Management Act generally requires a substantial development permit for any development that exceeds a cost of $2,500 or that interferes with normal public use of the water or shorelines of the state.
SUMMARY:
Community docks that serve single or multiple family residences and cost less than $2,500 are not required to obtain a substantial development permit.
Fiscal Note: Requested March 25, 1987.
House Committee ‑ Testified For: Senator Gary Nelson; and Howard Duff, Citizen.
House Committee - Testified Against: None Presented.
House Committee - Testimony For: Several families who jointly construct a dock should not have to get a substantial development permit if the cost of the dock does not exceed $2,500.
House Committee - Testimony Against: None Presented.