A Shoreline Master Program (SMP) is a set of local land-use policies and regulations that guide the use and development of Washington’s shorelines, including lakes, streams, and marine shorelines. SMPs are adopted by local governments and reviewed and approved by the Washington State Department of Ecology under the Shoreline Management Act.
In 2024, Lakewood is conducting a limited update to its SMP, including a public comment period and public hearing.
You can view the Planning Commission-Recommended 2024 SMP amendments here.
- September 18-October 17: Joint state Department of Ecology (ECY)/City of Lakewood Public comment period. View Summary of public comments and City responses here.
- October 2: Joint ECY/City of Lakewood public hearing. You can view the meeting here. This is the only public hearing that will be held, per state law.
- November 6: Action by Planning Commission on updates. View materials here. Watch the meeting here.
- November 25: City Council discussion
- December 2: City Council Action to adopt SMP updates.
Have questions or comments? Want to view a hard copy of the proposed amendments?
Contact: Tiffany Speir, Planning Division Manager
[email protected]
City of Lakewood
6000 Main Street SW
Lakewood, WA 98499
2024 Locally Initiated Amendments
The City of Lakewood’s Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) and Shoreline Master Program (SMP) are connected. The CAO incorporates the SMP buffer widths for river and stream habitat protection buffers and identifies which lakes are regulated under the SMP or CAO.
As part of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review process, the city is updating its CAO to reflect the best available science about how to protect fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas and to directly regulate critical areas not governed under the SMP.
In 2024, the city is also conducting a locally-initiated update to its SMP to reflect changes being made to the CAO. The SMP update is strictly limited and does not make changes to any other text of the SMP. You can view the draft 2024 SMP amendments here.
The next full periodic update of the city’s SMP will occur in 2029, as required by state law. View the 2019 Lakewood Shoreline Master Program (PDF).
SMP Update Review Schedule
The following dates are the anticipated schedule for when the update to the city’s SMP will be before the Lakewood Planning Commission for initial review and the Lakewood City Council for review and final action.
- Sept. 18: Introduction to Lakewood Planning Commission.
- Sept. 18-Oct. 17: Public comment period open. Submit written comments to Planning Division Manager Tiffany Speir via email.
- Oct. 2: Joint City of Lakewood and state Department of Ecology public hearing. This is the only public hearing that will be held, per state law.
- Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m.: Planning Commission action.
- Nov. 24, 7 p.m.: Introduction to Lakewood City Council.
- Dec. 2, 7 p.m.: City Council regular meeting; action anticipated. (No public hearing is required at the City Council level for this SMP update process.)
Announcements
The working document linked below shows proposed amendments to the city’s 2019 adopted SMP.
Additional Information
- State Department of Ecology checklist (pending – will be published upon completion)
- 2019 Shoreline Master Program (PDF)
- 2019 Shoreline Restoration Plan (PDF)
- 2010 Shoreline Characterization report (PDF)
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