A.
Evidence shall be provided by the applicant and findings made by the city that aquaculture facilities do not prevent access to navigation channels, and that obstruction of access to publicly owned lands and recreation use areas is minimized.
B.
Aquaculture facilities should be designed to minimize their visual impact (view obstruction). Whenever feasible, submerged structures are preferred over floating structures.
C.
The design and construction of an aquaculture facility should consider reclamation and reuse of wastewater.
D.
Water diversion structures or manmade spawning channels shall be constructed so as to maintain required stream flows for aquatic life in adjacent streams and avoid significant reduction or acceleration of average water flow in an associated marsh. Water quality policies shall apply.
E.
Water discharge from an aquaculture facility shall meet all federal and state water quality standards and any conditions attached to a waste discharge permit. Water quality policies shall apply.
F.
All state and federal laws governing environmental quality, resource protection, public health and safety, and engineering standards shall be met in the design, siting, construction and operation of aquaculture facilities. This determination shall be made by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife or other state or federal agencies with regulatory authority over aquaculture facilities.
G.
Aquaculture facilities in estuary conservation (EC) zones, estuary development (ED) zones and estuary natural (EN) zones shall be permitted only if evidence can be provided by the applicant and findings made by the city that:
1.
Aquaculture facilities in estuary development (ED) zones will not preclude the provision or maintenance of navigation or other needs for commercial and industrial water-dependent uses, and will not preempt the use of shorelands especially suited for water-dependent development.
2.
Aquaculture facilities in estuary natural (EN) zones will be consistent with the resource capabilities and purpose of the management unit(s) in which they are to be located. The Oregon Department of Agriculture shall provide these findings for oyster culture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shall provide them for other types of aquaculture in instances when Garibaldi finds that it does not have the technical expertise or resources to make them.
3.
Aquaculture facilities in estuary conservation (EC) zones will require a resource capability determination where dredging, fill, or other alterations of the estuary are needed, other than incidental dredging for harvest of benthic species or removal of in-water structures.
4.
Aquaculture facilities in estuary natural (EN) zones will not require dredging or fill other than incidental dredging for harvest of benthic species or removal of in-water structures.
H.
Shellfish culture facilities shall either be located more than 2,000 feet away from sanitary sewer outfalls so that there will be no potential health hazard, or shall make provision for purification of water used in the aquaculture operation.
I.
Leasing of publicly owned estuarine waters, intertidal areas or tidal wetlands for aquaculture shall be subject to the requirements of the Division of State Lands.
J.
Dredge, fill, shoreline stabilization, piling/dolphin installation or other activities in conjunction with an aquaculture facility shall be subject to the respective standards for these activities.
(Ord. 290 § 3(4.110(1)), 2006)