The City of Bainbridge Island had imposed a moratorium on the filing of applications for Shoreline Substantial Development Permits, Shoreline Substantial Development Exemptions, and Shoreline Conditional Use Permits for certain types of development while updating the City's Shoreline Management Master Program (SMP). Initially, in 2001, the City adopted a moratorium on new docks in Blakely Harbor. Subsequently, an all-island moratorium on overwater structures (e.g. piers, docks, recreational floats) and armoring (e.g. bulkheads, revetments, soft-shore) was adopted, and that all-island moratorium was later extended and/or amended four times, expiring on March 1, 2004.
