The Pend Oreille River is the only body of water within the city of Newport that is under the jurisdiction of the Washington State Shoreline Management Act and there are only two parcels within the city that contain jurisdictional shorelines: the city sewage treatment plant and an island owned by the city. No other public or privately owned property within the city appears to contain jurisdictional shorelines, although there are approximately four parcels within the city’s urban growth area that may contain jurisdictional shorelines. (Ord. 2104 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022)

A. Revisions. The SMP is hereby amended to read as set forth in Exhibit 1 to the ordinance codified in this section. The city resolves to adopt the Pend Oreille County Regional Partnership SMP, as amended as part of the 2023 periodic review and update process. This SMP will be the official version that the city adopts, noting the city has not adopted a prior SMP and received Ecology approval.

B. Adoption. The council hereby adopts the above referenced SMP revisions and finds the amended SMP consistent with the requirements of Chapter 90.58 RCW and Chapter 173-26 WAC. (Ord. 2113 §§ 2, 3, 2023; Ord. 2104 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022)

In the event that a future annexation contains jurisdictional shorelines designated by Pend Oreille County, such lands shall retain their county shoreline environment designation and protections afforded through the county shoreline master program, until such time that the property is redesignated and/or a new shoreline master program or shoreline regulations that supersede the county shoreline master program and shoreline regulations are adopted by the city. (Ord. 2104 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022)