The city of Issaquah’s Planning Policy Committee held a public hearing Thursday to further discuss the city’s updates to the Shoreline Master Plan (SMP).

The committee, which will continue to review the plan over the next several months, discussed public comment and worked with staff to refine the current draft of the plan.

One area of concern for residents along Lake Sammamish was the draft plans prohibition of extended moorage without a lease or license from the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

Many of those who wrote to the city were concerned they would lose their moorage and access to the lake.

Currently, extended moorage on the lake requires a license from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Draft SMP wording on the moorage issue was included after the city received complaints from South Cove and Greenwood Point residents about makeshift marinas offshore of private homeowner association parks on the lake.

It is state law to require any vehicle mooring on public waters to get a license from DNR.

According to Pete Rosen, the environmental planner for the city working on the plan, the revised SMP wording provides notice that a license is required by DNR, but that a license is not required under the SMP.

The hearing was continued to the Oct. 8 Planning Policy Commission meeting in the council chambers.

At that time the commission will be asked to make their recommendation to the council on the SMP. A draft version of the SMP can be seen on the city’s Web site at www.ci.issaquah.wa.us/Page.asp?NavID=2065