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                           COASTAL ZONE
                           MFORMATION CENTER
                           INVENTORY
                                   of'
                            LAND USE
                                  and
                CIRCULATION CONDITION

                        Cz1C    COLLECTION

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            HD            Blaine,, Washington
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            . P's           march 30,1977
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                                              COASTAL ZONE
                                              INFORMATION CENTER

                               "The preparation     of this report was      financially aided
                               through a grant from the Washington          State Department of
            T:r7               Ecology with funds obtained from the National Oceanic and
                               Atmospheric Administration, and appropriated for section 306
                               of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972."

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                                      C ITY OF BLAINE

                                  INVENTORY OF LAND USE

                                AND CIRCULATION CONDITION
                                      (MARCH 30, 1977)

                              PHASE II OF THE CITY OF BLAINE
                              COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATING PROCESS.

                                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                      INVENTORY OF TRAFFIC/CIRCULATION CONDITIONS
                         City of Blaine Arterial Street System      . . . . . . . . . . .      1
                         Classification of Arterials      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        1
                         1-5 and Truck Route Access and Crossings       . . . . . . . . .      2
                         Street Rights-of-way Blocked by 1-5 and        Truck  Route  . . .    2
                         Traffic Counts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          3
                         Street Surfacing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          4
                         Traffic Backup from Border     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        6

                      PUBLIC FACILITIES     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          7

                      LAND USE INVENTORY    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          8
                         Residential . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           9
                         Commercial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          12
                         Light manufacturing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        13
                         Marine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          13

                                                    LIST OF TABLES

                      Table 1        High Count Locations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        3
                      Table 2        Surfacing of Blaine Streets      . . . . . . . . . .      4
                      Table 3        Residential Use in Existing Zones       . . . . . . .    11

                                                   LIST OF FIGURES                    FOLLOWS PAGE

                      Figure  1      Vicinity Map. .@   . . . . . . . .               ' * '
                      -Figure 2      City of Blaine Arterial System     ' * *  . . . . . .     1
                      Figure  3      Classification of Arterials      . . . . . . . . . .      1
                      Figure  4      1-5 and Truck Route Access and Crossings       . . . .    2
                      Figure  5      Blaine Street Rights-of-Way      Blocked  by 1-5 and
                                     Truck Route   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         2
                      Figure  6      Traffic Counts (ADT)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        3
                      Figure  7      Street Surfacing   . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . .      5
                      Figure  8      Traffic Backup from Border     . . . . . . . . . . .      6
                      Figure  9      Blaine Sewer Planning Area     . . . . . . . . . . .      7
                      Figure  10     Existing Sewer Lines   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        7
                      Figure  11     Blaine Park Plan   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        7
                      Figure  12     Existing Zoning    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        8
                      Figure  13     R-lc . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         9
                      Figure  14     R-la, R-lb, and R-2 (north of      "H" Street)   . . .    9
                      Figure  15     R-2 (south of "H" Street)      . . . . . . . . . . .      9
                      Figure  16     R-3a . . . .  I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       10
                      Figure  17     R-3b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         10
                      Figure  18     R-4  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       10

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                   Figure  19    C-1  . . . . . . . . . .                            12
                   Figure  20    C-2a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    12
                   Figure  21    C-2c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    12
                   Figure  22    C-2b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    12
                   Figure  23    LMa  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    13
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                    PREFACE

                    During 1976 the City of Blaine Planning Commission began updating
                    the City's Comprehensive Plan. Six "phases" were outlined as
                    steps in the updating process and George H. Raper and Associates,
                    Blaine, was hired to do the first three phases.

                    Phase I:    Research the possibility of obtaining planning grant andlor
                                matching monies to help fund the project and to prepare appZi-
                                cations for same. Two grants were obtained:

                                a.  The Department of Ecology gave a grant for revising
                                    Blaine's Shoreline Management Master Program and   ' for
                                    preparing an- Administrative Guide explaining land use
                                    administration in Blaine. This project is currentZy
                                    underway and will be completed in June.

                                b.  The Economic Development Administration awarded a Tech-
                                    nicat Assistance grant to Blaine, Bellingham, and Whatcom
                                    County for examining the influence of Canada on Whatcom
                                    County's economy and for recommending projects to im-
                                    prove the economy of Blaine and Bellingham in particular.
                                    The project will begin this spring and Last approximately
                                    one year.

                    Phase-1-1:  Make inventory of land use and generate traffic volume and
                                circulation data so that this information can be incorporated
                                with other data already available and used to prepare an
                                accurate, up-to-date profile of Blaine today. The following
                                document represents the completion of Phase Il.

                    Phase ITT.  Perform Goat Study (based on maximum public participation)
                                to determine the goals and aspirations of the people of Blaine.

                                A Goat Study Committee was formed in September, 1976 and
                                met four times during the fall. The resulting Goals Statement
                                is now being reviewed by the Planning Commission.

                                The remaining steps in the updating process are stated below:

                    Phase IV:   Write the portion of the Plan pertainingto the current profile
                                of Blaine. Base it on the Land Use Inventory and Traffic
                                Study performed in Phase II together with such other informa-
                                tion as is already available.

                   Phase V:    Write the main text of the plan, i.e. the "blueprint" for
                               the future development of the City. This should consist of
                               practical, workable suggestions and recopmendations based
                               on an objective evaluation of the current profile of the city
                               from Phase IV and the goals and aspirations of the people of
                               Blaine from Phase

                   Phase VI:   PubZish the updated Comprehensive Plan in sufficient quantity
                               for general exposure and use by the people of Blaine and
                               others interested.

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                 INVENTORY OF TRAFFIC/CIRCULATION CONDITIONS

                CITY OF BLAINE ARTERIAL STREET SYSTEM (Figure 2)

                Figure 2 shows the streets which have been officially designa-
                ted by the Blaine City Council as arterials plus Interstate 5
                and the Truck Route (SR 543).

                CLASSIFICATION OF ARTERIALS (Figure 3)

                Figure 3 shows the streets which have been designated by the
                Washington State Department of Highways as arterials and shows
                their classification designation based on the "Statewide Nation-
                al Functional Class" system.

                Note that the Washington State Department of Highways designa-
                tion omits Marine Drive and that portion of Bell Road between
                Peace-Portal Drive and Hughes. Note also that it designates
                6th Street and 12th Street as arterials while these are not
                included on the City of Blaine system.

                Defacto arterials such as Odell Road, 2nd Street north of 1-5,
                and "G" Street, Martin Street, and 3rd Street in the downtown
                area have been omitted in both the City of Blaine designations
                and the Department of Highways designations.

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                1-5 AND TRUCK ROUTE ACCESS AND CROSSINGS (Figure   4)

                Figure 4 shows where access is available to and from the Freeway
                and Truck Route and where crossings of the Freeway and Truck
                Route can be made.

                Blaine has only one full interchange on the freeway where on
                and off ramps are provided for both north and south moving
                traffic and where a crossing can be made. This is located
                at the north end of the city at "D" Street.

                There are two "Partial interchanges", one at the south end
                of the city by Dakota Creek and one at the Truck Route junction.
                Both of these locations have off-ramns onlv for north bound
                traffic and on-ramps only for south bound traffic. Neither
                location provides a crossing for local traffic and neither
                location provides south bound off-ramps or north bound on-ramps.
                Traffic leaving the Freeway at either'of these locations cannot
                then re-enter the Freeway at these locations and continue along
                in the direction it was originally going.

                Three over-crossings without access ramps are provided, two of
                which ("H" Street and Hughes Avenue) are east-west crossings
                an d one of which (Mitchell Avenue) is north-south.

                Three grade crossings exist on the Truck Route: "D" Street,
                 H" Street, and Boblett Street.

                STREET RIGHTS-OF-7,4AY BLOCKED BY 1-5 AND TRUCK ROUTE (Figure,5)

                Figure 5 shows the Blaine city street rights-of-way which have
                been truncated by the Freeway and Truck Route.

                Sixteen east-west and ten north-south city street rights-of-way
                have-been truncated by the Freeway and six east-west city street
                rights-of-way have been truncated by the Truck Route.

                "F" Street and 2nd Street in downtown Blaine have been truncated
                in such a way that they have been left as dead end streets with
                no right-of-way being provided to connect the ends of them to-
                gether to allow the thru movement of traffic.

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                    TRAFFIC COUNTS (Figure 6)

                    Traffic counts were taken during late October - early November
                    1976. Depending on location the counts were taken either dur-
                    ing the period October 28 thru November 4 or the period Novem-
                    ber 6 thru November 17. The counters were kept at each loca-
                    tion a minimum of seven days and were read and recorded each
                    afternoon.

                    The counts shown on Figure 6 are the daily average over                  the
                    entire week and thus reflect both weekend and weekday traffic.
                    With few exceptions the counts were highest on weekends and
                    lowest during the week. (The exceptions include streets like
                    Marine Drive and Yew Avenue which carry heavy workday traffic.)
                    The low count recorded at each site was usually between 65% to
                    85% of the average count shown,on Figure 6 while the high count
                    was usually between 125% to 135% of the average count.

                    The location with the highest count was on Peace Portal Drive
                    between "H" and "G" Streets. The high count here was 11,075
                    cars for the day ending at 4:09 p.m. Monday (thus including
                    Sunday evening traffic). The low count here was 5,644.cars for
                    the period from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon.

                    Other representative high count locations and their maximum
                    24 hour -counts are listed below:

                    Table 1: HIGH COUNT LOCATIONS

                         LOCATION                     MAXIMUM COUNT    24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING

                    Peace Portal Dr. at Bayview            5,807       Saturday afternoon
                    Truck Route north at "D"               4,133       Monday afternoon
                    "H" Street east of 4th                 3,940       Saturday  afternoon
                    Blaine Road at Dakota Creek            3,752       Saturday  afternoon
                    "D" Street west at 12th                2,552       Saturday  afternoon
                    Mitchell Avenue south at "H"           1,759       Saturday  afternoon

                    The traffic counts taken        renresent late     October-early November
                    traffic volumes and thus        do not include     the traditionally
                    heavy summer traffic loads.

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                     STREET SURFACING (Figure 7)

                     Blaine has approximately 25.6 miles of existing streets (ex-
                     clusive of Interstate 5 and SR 543, Truck Route) which are
                     open and driveable plus many additional miles of existing
                     street rights-of-way which are not at present drivable.

                     Figure 7 shows Blaine streets as of March 1977. Symbols
                     depict the streets which are paved and have curbs and gutters,
                     those which are paved and do not have curbs and gutters, those
                     which are surfaced with oil mat, and those which are surfaced
                     with gravel. The street rights-of-way showing no surfacing
                     symbols are not drivable at present.

                     The following table shows the approximate mileage of each
                     surface type:

                     Table 2: SURFACING OF BLAINE STREETS (Exclusive of 1-5 and SR 543)
                            .SURFACE TYPE                      LENGTH(miles) PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL

                     Paved (with curb & gutter both sides)         2.69               10.5%
                     Paved (with curb & gutter one side)           0.43                 1.7%
                     Paved (without curb & gutter)                 8.51               33.2%
                     Oil Mat Surface                               4.49               17.6%
                     Gravel Surface                                9.47               37.0%

                                                           Total  25.59 miles         100.0%

                     The paved streets with curbs and gutters on              one or both sides
                     include old streets in downtown Blaine, the              freeway over and
                     under crossings, recent L.I.D work and the               2nd Street access
                     to Peace Arch Park, plus the ;treets in Peace Arch Plaza.
                     With the exception of portions at the old downtown streets
                     these streets are in good condition.

                     The paved streets without curbs and gutters              include Dart or
                     all at the designated arterials (Marine Drive, "D" Street,
                     "H" Street, Cherry Street, Hughes Avenue, Bell Road, Mitchell
                     Avenue, and Peace Portal Drive) plus a scattering of other
                     streets. For the most part these streets are in fair to good
                     condition and could, if underground storm drains and curbs and
                     gutters were installed, be widened to full street standard
                     without reconstructing the existing paving.

                     The oil mat streets are scattered throughout the city and with
                     few exceptions are in poor condition. All of them, without
                     exception, will require partial to complete reconstruction in
                     order to be improved to full street standard.

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                The gravel streets also are scattered throughout the city and
                @with few exceptions are in poor or worse condition. All of
                them, also without exception, will require partial to complete
                reconstruction in order to be improved to full street standard.

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                TRAFFIC BACKUP FRO14 BORDER (Figure 3-)_

                TherO.are two points of entry on the International Boundary
                at the north edg-e at Blaine. One on Interstate Highway 5
                and the other on SR 543 (Truck Route). During fiscal year
                1975, beginning July 1, 1974, and ending June 30, 1975,
                1,716,734 automobiles, 37,975 trucks, and 8,940 busses crossed
                the border at these two points. The total number of people
                crossing the border during this period was 5,168,876. Border
                crossings have been increasing at a rate of up to 10% per year.

                Northbound crossings are particularly heavy on Sunday after-
                noons and at the end of Canadian holidays as visitors from
                Canada return home. Backups of traffic from the Canadian
                Customs at these two points extend down into Blaine clogging
                city streets, halting cross-town traffic flow and city emer-
                gency vehicles.

                Figure 8 shows traffic backup on a typical non-holiday weekend
                Sunday afternoon. Both north bound lanes of 1-5 are backed,up
                with stopped cars as far south as the Truck Route o"ff-ramp.
                The Truck Route is backed up with two lanes of stopped cars
                as far south as "H" Street and with a single lane the restof
                the way to the freeway. "D" Street, "H" Street, and Peace
                Portal all have cars stopped on them for a number of blocks
                each.

                A busy summer weekend or a holiday weekend-will find traffic
                backed up on the freeway as far south as Loomis Trail Road
                some five miles south of the border. The Truck Route, "D"
                Street, "H" Street, and Peace Portal are blocked solid during
                these peak periods.

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                  PUBLIC FACILITIES

                  Public facilities are property,utilities and buildings owned
                  by the city and any plans for their expansion. Plans for the
                  sewer and water system are by Hammond, Collier and Wade - Liv-
                  ingston. Information regarding parks and recreation is from
                  the 1976 City of Blaine Park Plan. The 1976 planning work did
                  not add any new material to this seciton except as necessary
                  to prepare goals and policies of the Goals Study Committee.

                  The following maps have been included for reference and because
                  few copies of the complete planning documents are available.
                  Figure 9 is taken from the 1976 Facilities Plan for Municipal
                  Wastewater Treatment Works and shows the sewer system planning
                  area and boundaries. It is considerably larger than the area
                  which the Goals Committee recommended for sewer service, but
                  includes the areas recommended by the committee for considera-
                  tion of annexation.

                  Figure 10 shows areas presently being served by Blaine's sewer.
                  system.

                  Figure 11 shows Blaine's existing parks and those listed in
                  Blaine's Park Plan for future acquisition and/or development.

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                LAND USE INVENTORY

                The land use inventory chapter is divided into the subheadings
                of residential, commercial, light manufacturing and marine.
                Under each subheading maps have been prepared showing uses in
                each existing zone. The inventory was made during October,
                November and December 7, 1976 and involved ground observation
                of land use, supplemented by city utility service records.
                A single map showing uses of buildings is located in the
                Building Inspector's office. The Building Inspector will be
                keeping this map up to date.

                Commercial buildings are shown in solid black with marine-
                related uses designated by an "M" and light manufacturing by
                "LM". Multi-family buildings are  circled with the number of
                dwelling units given inside. Single family residences, mobile
                homes and accessory buildings are not marked. The inventory
                does not include Alaska Packers property.

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              Zone R-1 for Single Family Residences (Figures 13 and 14)

              Blaine has three areas zoned for single family residences only.,
              Density of houses in each area reflects the availability or lack
              of utilities and services:

                   R-la   1.2 dwelling units/acre
                   R-lb   one dwelling unit/2.3 acres
                   R-lC   one dwelling unit/3 acres

              No multi-family structures have been constructed in the R-1. Only
              one commercial use is located in the R-1 and that is the tavern at
              the southern end of R-1c.-,Montfort Park is the only park located
              in "R-1, although the undeveloped Kilmer Park adjoins R-la and
              Lincoln Park is near R-lb.

              Zo ne R-2 for Single Family and Duplex Residential (Figures 14 and 15)

              This Classification comprises the largest zone in Blaine, and includes
              land on both sides of the freeway and east of the truck route. Den-
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              density is one dwelling unit per 4.2 acres. However, since 28 acres
              of the area is Lincoln Park and another parcel belongs to the U.S.
              Border Patrol, the density for land actually available for housing
              is a@)proximately one dwelling unit per 2.5 acres.

              The portion of R-2 north of H Street and between the truck route and
              the freeway is somewhat denser, having nearly 1.5 dwelling units Der
              acre. Nine duplexes and five apartment buildings have been con-
              structed there, mostly along the D Street arterial and near the
              border.

              Density for the portion of R-2 south of.H Street has been calculated
              minus the freeway right-of-way and the school grounds. overall den-
              sity is approximately 1.8 dwelling units per acre. However, density
              in the older neighborhood is closer to three dwelling units per acre.
              Eight duplexes are located in this portion of the R-2 and one four-
              plex. The only commercial buildings in the R-2 are located along
             ,Peace Portal Drive. Recreation facilities include the school grounds
              and Salishan Park.

                                              9

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              In accordance with Blaine's comprehensive plan both of the R-3 zones
              are located near parks or in areas with scenic views, R-3a bordering
              Peace Arch Park and R-3b providing views of Drayton Harbor. The R-3
              zones have the highest density in Blaine:

                   R-3a   3 dwelling units per acre
                   R-13b  2.5 dwelling units per acre
              Subtracting Peace Arch Park and U.S. Government land from the zone
              increases density of R-3a to slightly more than 3.5 units/acre.

              Zone R-4 for Low Density (FiS!ure 18)

              In keeping with*the comprehensive plan the R-4 zone has by far the
              lowest density in Blaine: one dwelling unit per 13 acres. Portions
              of the zone on both sides of the freeway are @urrently in agricul-
              tural use.

                                              10

                                   METEOROLOGICAL AND GENERAL CONDITIONS
                                    Deep Water Ports Maintenance Dredging Study

                       1.1   Location (Port/Harbor)

                       1.2   Station Identification

                       1.3   job Number:            12739-004
                       1.4   Client/Owner:         Department of Environmental Regulation

                       1.5   Date (mo, day, year)

                       1.6   Observation by:

                       1.7   Previous Nights Weather  (to include rainfall, wind conditions, cloud
                             cover, sharp drops in ambient air temperature)

                        1.8 Meteolological Conditions on Station (to include ambient air
                            temperature, cloud cover, rainfall, wind conditions)

                       1.9  Water Conditions (to include general observation of wave climate,
                            algal blooms, turbidity plumes, foaming, surface oils, etc.)

                       1.10 General Conditions (to include vessel traffic, outfalls, dredging,
                            wildlife, etc.)

                       1.11 General Comments

                       1.12 Recorded by:

                                                       D-5

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                    Zone         Single        Mobile        In Commercial                  Multi-Family                       Acres
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                    R-1a.           88             3                                                                             78
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                    R-1c            34                              1                                                           100

                    R-2             358           22                1                5           16           55                335

                    R-3a            18             1                                 3                        32                 17
                    R-3b            67             3                2                4                        35                 43

                    R-4             12             1                                                                            167

                    C-1             6�                              5                3                        18                 55

                    C-2a            19             1                1                                                            17
                    C-2b             2                                                                                           12
                    C-2c             7             25                                                                            40

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                    LMb              2                                                                                          13
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                    903 Total Living Units

                             METEOROLOGICAL AND GENERAL CONDITIONS
                              Deep Water Ports Maintenance Dredging Study

                1.1    Location (Port/Harbor)

                1.2    Station Identification

                1.3    job Number:            12739-004
                1.4    Client/Owner:         Department of Environmental Regulation

                1.5    Date (mo, day, year)

                1.6    Observation by:

                1.7    Previous Nights  Weather (to include rainfall, wind conditions, cloud
                       cover, sharp drops in ambient air termperature)

                1.8   Meteorological Conditions on Station (to include ambient air
                      temperature, -cloud cover, rainfall, wind conditions)

                1.9   Water Conditions (to include general observation of wave climate,
                      algal blooms, turbidity plumes, foaming, surface oils, etc.)

                1.10  General Conditiona (to include vessel traffic, outfalls, dredging,
                      wildlife, etc.

                1.11 General Comments

                1.12 Recorded by:

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                                         METEOROLOGICAL AND GENERAL CONDITIONS
                                          Deep Water Ports Maintenance Dredging Study

                          1.1     Location (Port/Harbor)

                          1.2     Station Identification

                          1.3     Job Number:               12739-004
                          1.4     Client/bwner:            Department of Environmental Regulation

                          1.5     Date (mo, day, year)

                          1.6     Observation by:

                          1.7     Previous Nights Weather (to include rainfall, wind conditions, cloud
                                  cover, sharp drops in ambient air temperature)

    			    1.8    Meteorological Conditions on Station (to include ambient air
                                 temperature, cloud cover, rainfall, wind conditions)

                          1.9    Water Conditions (to include general observation of wave climate,
                                 algal blooms, turbidity plumes, foaming, surface oils, etc.)

                          1.10 General Conditions (to include vessel traffic, outfalls, dredging,
                                 wildlife, etc.)

                          1.11   General  Comments

                          1.12 Recorded by:

                                                                  D-11

               Zone LM for Light Manufacturing   (Figures 23 - 26)

               Most land set aside for light manufacturing in Blaine is undevelop-
               ed. With the exception of LMc where the net factory is located all
               LM zones have access to either Interstate 5, the railroad, or the
               truck route. Residential use is low in all LM zones. In Blaine,
               Light Manufacturing includes industrial uses and also retail and
               wholesale activities which require considerable space, such as
               lumber yards and bulk retail sales.

               Zone M for Marine Land Uses  (Figure 27)

               Approximately 40% of the forty acres of land at the port area
               is in marine land use or parking. The remaining 60% is vacant.
               Plans for expansion of the port facility would create additional
               land to the north.

                                              13

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                                                                                                                                       1 Commercial

                             METEOROLOGICAL AND GENERAL CONDITIONS
                              Deep Water Ports Maintenance Dredging Study

                1.1    Location (Port/Harbor)

                1.2    Station Identification

                1.3    Job Number:            12739-004

                1.4    Client/Owner:         Department of Environmental Regulation

                1.5    Date (mo, day, year)

                1.6    Observation by:

                1.7    Previous Nights Weather (to include rainfall, wind conditions, cloud
                       cover, sharp drops in ambient air termperature)

                1.8   Meteorological Conditions on Station (to include ambient air
                      temperature, cloud cover, rainfall, wind conditions)

                1.9   Water Conditions (to include general observation of wave climate,
                      algal blooms, turbidity plumes, foaming, surface oils, etc.)

                1.10 General Conditions (to  include vessel traffic, outfalls, dredging,
                      wildlife, etc.)

                1.11 General Comments

                1.12 Recorded by:

                                                   D-14

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                                                                        SCALE       IN FEET

                                         METEOROLOGICAL AND GENERAL CONDITIONS
                                          Deep Water Ports Maintenance Dredging Study

                         1.1     Location (Port/Harbor)       Pensacola

                         1.2     Station Identification       PNS-7X

                         1.3     Job Number:                12739-004

                         1.4     Client/Owner:             Department of Environmental Regulation

                         1.5     Date (mo,day, year)           9/23/82

                         1.6     Observation by:                JDC

                         1.7     Previous Nights Weather (to      include  rainfall, wind conditions, cloud
                                 cover, sharp drops in ambient air temperature)
                                      No rain, wind 8-12 knots NNE, 0% cloud cover, Air temp. down to 60  F

                         1.8    Meteorological Conditions on Station (to include ambient air
                                temperature, cloud cover, rainfall, wind conditions)
                                      Air temp. 22 C, 0% cloud cover, no rain, wind 8-10 knots NNE

                         1.9    Water Conditions (to include general observation of wave climate,
                                algal blooms, turbidity plumes, foaming, surface oils, etc.)
                                      Waves 2-2.5' moderate chop, no algal blooms, no turb. plumes foaming due
                                      to wave action, no surface oils etc.

                         1.10   General Conditions (to include vessel traffic, outfalls, dredging,
                                wildlife, etc.)
                                      No outfalls, no dredging, some seabirds, some small craft traffic

                         1.11   General Comments

                         1.12 Recorded by:            JDC

                                                           D-17