(1) Where other options are available and feasible, new roads or road expansions and rail and rail expansions should not be built within shoreline jurisdiction.

(2) Plan, locate, and design transportation facilities where routes will minimize alteration of critical areas and buffers, will have the least possible adverse effect on unique or fragile shoreline features, and will not result in a net loss of shoreline ecological functions or adversely impact existing or planned water-dependent uses.

(3) New or expanded roads and railroads shall be designed to avoid and minimize impacts to shoreline areas to the greatest extent feasible, including crossing through shoreline areas with the shortest, most direct route.

(4) Design and maintain roads to minimize erosion and permit a natural movement of groundwater.

(5) New or expanded roads shall provide public access in accordance with SMC 17.150.025 and where they afford scenic vistas, pedestrian viewpoints will be provided, particularly provision of viewpoints, rest areas and picnic facilities.

(6) Encourage creation of trail systems adjacent to new and existing roads and railroads where feasible. Promote the use of abandoned railroad right-of-way for trail systems, especially where they would provide public access to or enjoyment of the shorelines. (Ord. 1373 § 46, 2014).