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6. Access: <br />6.1 The proposed project will have access off of I-90 Exit 74 (West Nelson Siding Road <br />Exit), onto Nelson Siding Road, east to Lund Lane, south on Lund Lane to a point of <br />intersection where a new interior road will be constructed within an existing easement for <br />this use. <br />7. Additionally, there are Category I, 11, and III wetlands located near Big Creek and south of the <br />Bonneville Power Easement per 2008 Wetland Inventory report. There is 30% and greater steep <br />slope located on the property south of the Bonneville Power Easement. The area is contains <br />wooded areas with some open space with low lying vegetation which is proposed to remain in <br />open space. <br />The current Comprehensive Plan land use designation is Rural Recreation. Under the 2014 <br />Comprehensive Plan, Kittitas County has established the following goals and policies to guide <br />future development through a 20 year planning window. These goals and policies were <br />developed in an effort to ensure consistency and coordination with the future land uses and <br />support the County Wide Planning Policies: <br />8.1 GPO 8.2 Rural lands often have an established land use pattern that inhibits urban <br />character and are generally, and anticipated to continue to be, served by septic systems <br />and individual wells or small community water systems. <br />8.2 GPO 8.5 In order to protect and preserve Resource Lands, non -resource development and <br />activities on adjacent Rural lands shall require preservation of adjacent vegetation, <br />existing landforms, or use of other methods that provide functional separation from the <br />resource land use. <br />8.3 GPO 8.12 Incentive -based land use strategies will be examined and adopted to encourage <br />land uses which are compatible to the rural environment. <br />8.4 GPO 8.13 Encourage development activities and establish development standards which <br />enhance or result in the preservation of rural lands. <br />8.5 GPO 8.14 Allow for a variety of rural densities which maintain and recognize rural <br />character, agricultural activities, rural community and development patterns, open spaces <br />and recreational opportunities. <br />8.6 GPO 8.14A Only allow comprehensive plan amendments, rezones, bonus densities, and <br />other measures that increase rural densities where adequate supplies of potable water are <br />available that will not adversely affect surface and ground water and agriculture. <br />8.7 GPO 8.1413 Set allowed densities based on the available water resources and reserve <br />adequate resources to support the Kittitas County's economic base including agriculture. <br />8.8 GPO 8.14C Development shall be located distances from streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, <br />critical areas determined necessary as outlined within existing Shorelines Management <br />RZ-15-00001 <br />Big Creek Trails <br />Page 2 of 13 <br />