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(1) All lands and waters within the jurisdiction of this Program have one or more of the following shoreline environment designations, depending on the configuration and location of the parcel:

(a) Aquatic.

(b) Natural.

(c) Resource Conservancy.

(d) Shoreline Residential – Conservancy.

(e) Shoreline Residential – Intensive.

(f) Marine Waterfront.

(2) A shoreline environment designation has been assigned to each segment (or reach) of the shoreline in accordance with the purposes and policies of WAC 173-26-211(5) and 173-26-211(4)(c) and this chapter.

(3) The designations were assigned based upon an analysis of the following:

(a) The ecological functions and processes that characterize the shoreline, the nature and type of hazards that are present, and the extent to which the shoreline functions and processes have been altered, as described in the March 2012 Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report for WRIA 17-19 and the May 2012 WRIA 20 Inventory and Characterization Report; and

(b) Existing development patterns as evidenced by lot size, current land use, and current zoning designation; and

(c) Planned land use as indicated in the Clallam County Comprehensive Plan, Title 31 CCC, and on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use and Zoning Map.

(4) Figure 2-2 shows example photographs representing typical river and marine shorelines that are designated Natural, Resource Conservancy, Shoreline Residential – Conservancy, Shoreline Residential – Intensive, or Marine Waterfront.