Public survey full results, Shoreline Master Program Update
Question 1: On a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 meaning "extremely important" and 1 meaning "not at all important", how important to you personally are King County shorelines, i.e. Puget Sound, lakes, and rivers in King County?
Answers:
- 57.4% - 5, Extremely important
- 23.3% - 4
- 12.8% - 3
- 3.3% - 2
- 3.3% - 1, Not at all important
Question 2: How often do you visit shorelines in King County for recreation?
- 16.3% - One or more times a week
- 25.0% - One or more times a month, less than once a week
- 33.3% - More than once a year, less than once a month
- 19.5%- Once a year or less
- 6.0% - Never
Question 3: How important to you is it to be able to do each of the following on marine shorelines, lakes, and rivers in King County? | 5 Extremely important |
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Not at all important |
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Enjoy shoreline features, such as views or waterfront attractions |
53.4% | 22.0% | 14.7% | 5.3% | 4.6% |
Walk, hike, run, or bicycle on trails |
48.0% | 21.4% | 13.8% | 7.3% | 9.5% |
Picnic |
34.1% | 25.1% | 20.3% | 8.3% | 12.3% |
Go boating or sailing |
27.6% | 15.1% | 15.8% | 12.8% | 28.6% |
Fish |
27.6% | 9.8% | 15.3% | 12.3% | 34.9% |
Camp |
27.5% | 19.8% | 19.8% | 7.5% | 25.5% |
Swim |
25.5% | 17.7% | 13.6% | 14.1% | 29.0% |
Question 4: rating shoreline uses | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree or disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
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Protecting the environment and ecology of Puget Sound shorelines should be King County's top priority in shoreline management. |
51.3% | 30.6% | 10.1% | 5.1% | 3.0% |
Climate change and global warming will affect shorelines in King County in the next 40 years. |
34.4% | 29.1% | 17.3% | 10.0% | 9.2% |
Providing the public with access to more shoreline areas should be King County's top priority in shoreline management. |
22.3% | 30.2% | 26.9% | 14.0% | 6.6% |
At the present time, there are enough places in King County where the public has access to shoreline areas. |
11.9% | 26.0% | 23.1% | 25.5% | 13.5% |
Providing opportunities to extract and use natural resources, such as gravel or timber, should be King County's top priority in shoreline management. |
8.1% | 9.6% | 20.8% | 29.9% | 31.7% |
Question 5: rating shoreline priorities | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree or disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
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It is more important to protect the environment and natural habitats than to build new businesses and homes on shorelines in King County. | 49.9% | 28.4% | 11.6% | 5.3% | 4.8% |
It is more important to provide the public with access to shorelines in King County than to protect the environment. | 3.0% | 5.6% | 17.5% | 38.8% | 35.0% |
It is more important to build new businesses and homes on King County shorelines than to provide the public with access to shoreline areas. | 1.8% | 7.1% | 10.1% | 36.5% | 44.6% |
Question 6: rating the effectiveness of ways to protect the environment and ecology of marine shorelines, lakes, and rivers in King County. | 5 Extremely effective |
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Not at all effective |
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Fining property owners who violate shoreline protection laws |
42.8% | 20.1% | 21.4% | 8.5% | 7.2% |
Tax incentives for property owners who restore shorelines, allow public access to shorelines, or provide other public benefits | 30.8% | 27.9% | 22.8% | 9.5% | 9.0% |
Voluntary restoration of shorelines by property owners |
27.1% | 22.2% | 28.4% | 12.1% | 10.1% |
Educational information available online or in print from King County |
23.6% | 21.5% | 32.9% | 12.7% | 9.3% |
King County shoreline restoration programs, such as stewardship projects and grant programs |
23.0% | 29.4% | 32.7% | 8.9% | 6.1% |
Existing laws and permit requirements that relate to shoreline use and development |
21.8% | 21.0% | 32.5% | 12.0% | 12.6% |
Purchase of property on shorelines by King County or other government agencies |
18.0% | 19.6% | 30.4% | 13.7% | 18.3% |
Question 7: By law, King County is required to protect critical areas, such as wetlands and salmon habitats. The county does this by requiring new and development to be set back from the shoreline edge and allowing only certain land uses in these setback or buffer areas. Do you feel the county should continue to protect critical areas at this level, do more to protect critical areas, or do less to protect critical areas?
Answers:
- 47.5% - Do more
- 30.3% - Continue at the same level
- 18.5% - Do less
- 3.8% - Don't know
Question 8: Do you live on Puget Sound, a lake, river, or stream in King County.
- 72.4% - No
- 27.6% - Yes
Question 9: Do you own property on Puget Sound, a lake, river, or stream in King County
- 72.4% - No
- 27.6% - Yes
Question 10: Would you say that you live in an area that is more urban or more rural?
- 55.0% - More rural
- 30.5% - More urban
- 14.5% - Equally urban and rural