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IN THE MATTER OF <br />RZ-15-00001 <br />Big Creek Trails <br />KITTITAS COUNTY <br />LAND USE HEARING EXAMINER <br />RECOMMENDED FINDINGS OF <br />FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF <br />LAW AND, DECISION AND <br />CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL <br />THIS MATTER having come on for hearing in front of the Kittitas County Hearing Examiner on July <br />14, 2016, the Hearing Examiner having taken evidence hereby submits the following Recommended <br />Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Decision and Conditions of Approval as follows: <br />I. RECOMMENDED FINDINGS OF FACT <br />1. DK Professional Consultants has submitted a rezone application with associated site plan and <br />project narrative to change the current zoning from Rural Recreation and Rural 5 to Planned <br />Unit Development northwest of Cle Elum. This proposed use is an allowed use in the Planned <br />Unit Development zone per KCC 17.36.15.02 <br />The subject property consists of eleven (11) parcels, located approximately 8 miles west of the <br />City of Cle Elum south of Nelson Siding Road, in a portion of Section 28, 29 and 32, T20N, <br />R14E, WM in Kittitas County, bearing Assessor's map number 20-14-28000-0018, 20-14- <br />28000-0054, 20-14-29000-0006, 20-14-29000-0015,20-14-29000-0017, 20-14-29000-0018, 20- <br />14-29000-0019, 20-14-32000-001, 20-14-32000-003, 20-14-32000-0004, and 20-14-32000- <br />005. <br />3. Total Project Size: <br />Number of Lots: <br />Domestic Water: <br />Sewage Disposal: <br />Power/Electricity: <br />Fire Protection: <br />Irrigation District: <br />4. Surrounding Property: <br />Approximately 290 acres <br />58 <br />Group A Water System in process <br />Individual Septic <br />Puget Sound Energy <br />Fire District 7 (Cle Elum) <br />N/A <br />North: undeveloped/residential/agriculture <br />South: undeveloped/ Forest Service owned <br />East: Residential/Recreation <br />West: undeveloped/ Forest Service and Cascade Land Conservancy owned <br />5. Site Characteristics: The site contains critical areas that include: a DNR stream type I — Fish <br />bearing stream (Big Creek) along the western edge of the project site, and a DNR stream type I - <br />Fish bearing stream (Little Creek) on the eastern edge of the project site. There is a 100 year <br />floodplain located near both streams along the western and eastern edge of the project sites. <br />RZ-15-00001 <br />Big Creek Trails <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />