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7. Where feasible, providers of shoreline public access shall: <br />a. Locate and design public access improvements in a manner that is compatible with <br />the natural shoreline character and avoids adverse impacts to shoreline ecological <br />processes and functions; and <br />b. Ensure public access improvements and amenities are safe, respect individual privacy, <br />and avoid or minimize visual impacts from neighboring properties; and <br />c. Provide maps, signage, and orientation information to inform the public of the <br />presence and location of privately held shorelands, especially those adjacent to public <br />access and recreational areas; and <br />d. Incorporate programs, signage and informational kiosks into public access locations, <br />where appropriate, to enhance public education and appreciation of shoreline ecology <br />and areas of historical or cultural significance. <br />8. Opportunities to provide visual public access shall be evaluated during the review and <br />conditioning of all proposed commercial and industrial shoreline developments and <br />residential developments involving more than four (4) residential parcels. <br />9. Dedicated space for physical public access shall be incorporated into all use and <br />development proposals on public lands, all public and private commercial and industrial <br />uses and developments, multi-family residential development of more than four (4) <br />dwelling units, and all residential subdivisions of greater than four (4) parcels unless the <br />project proponent demonstrates that any of the following conditions exist: <br />a. Unavoidable public health or safety hazards exist and cannot be prevented through <br />reasonable means; or <br />b. The use and/or development has inherent security or cultural sensitivity requirements <br />that cannot be mitigated through reasonable design measures or other solutions; or <br />c. The provision of public access for the proposed use or development is not consistent <br />with all relevant constitutional and other legal limitations on regulation of private <br />property and the principles of nexus and proportionality; or <br />d. The cost of providing the access, easement or an alternative amenity is <br />disproportionate to the total long-term cost of the proposed use or development; or <br />e. The public access will cause unacceptable environmental impacts that cannot be <br />mitigated; or <br />f. The access would create significant, undue, and unavoidable conflicts with adjacent <br />uses that cannot be mitigated. <br />10. To be relieved from public access requirements the project proponent must demonstrate <br />that all feasible alternatives have been considered, including, but not limited to: <br />a. Regulating access through means such as maintaining a gate and/or limiting hours of <br />use; and <br />b. Separating uses and activities (e.g., fences, terracing, use of one-way glazing, hedges, <br />landscaping, etc.). <br />11. When physical public access is deemed to be infeasible, the proponent shall provide visual <br />access to the shoreline or provide physical access at an off-site location geographically <br />separated from the proposed use or development (e.g., a street end, vista, or trail system), <br />or for a residential development, provide community access to the shoreline or to a <br />common waterfront lot/tract for non-commercial recreational use of the property owners <br />and guests within the proposed subdivision.