PORT ANGELES — The city’s Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved plans to add mooring buoys and artificial tide pools at The Landing mall.

The three buoys would allow boats to dock at the building’s pier.

City Planning Manager Sue Roberds said the pier must be repaired before the buoys can be used.

The tide pools would involve water cascading down rip rap from the northeast end of The Landing’s parking lot.

Mike Gentry, one of the project’s architects, said the goal is to make the waterfront more “enlivened and vibrant.”

Paul Cronauer, The Landing mall’s owner, has said he hopes to have the buoys and tide pools in place by the end of the summer.

Both must be approved by the state Department of Natural Resources.

Cronauer had also sought to build an amphitheater-like structure at the mouth of Peabody Creek.

That was rejected by city staff because it has yet to be determined what will be done with that area as part of the city’s waterfront redevelopment plan.

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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.