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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 1 10 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 10 of 339 <br />(OHWM) of these waters; and <br />• The following areas when they are associated with one of the above: <br />o Wetlands and river deltas; and <br />o Floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward two hundred (200) <br />feet from such floodways. <br />The Act recognizes that certain waters are so important to citizens that they necessitate <br />a special status for classification and protection. These are “shorelines of statewide <br />significance.” The Act lists the following criteria for defining “shorelines of statewide <br />significance” in Eastern Washington: <br />Any [natural rivers or segments thereof] east of the crest of the Cascade range <br />downstream of a point where the annual flow is measured at two hundred cubic <br />feet per second or more, or those portions of rivers east of the crest of the <br />Cascade range downstream from the first three hundred square miles of <br />drainage area, whichever is longer. (RCW 90.58.030(2)(f)(v)(B)) <br />All or portions of the following water bodies in Kittitas County are shorelines of statewide <br />significance: <br />• Cle Elum River <br />• Columbia River <br />• Kachess River <br />• Little Naches River <br />• Teanaway River <br />• Yakima River <br />• Priest Rapids Dam Reservoir <br />• Wanapum Dam Reservoir <br />• Cle Elum Lake <br />• Keechelus Lake <br />• Kachess Lake <br />In Kittitas County, shoreline jurisdiction includes: all shorelines of the state; upland <br />areas (shorelands) within two hundred (200) feet of the ordinary high water mark of <br />those waters; associated wetlands and river deltas; and floodways and contiguous <br />floodplain areas landward two hundred (200) feet from such floodways. A set of <br />shoreline environment designation maps depicting the updated jurisdictional areas are <br />included as Appendix A to this SMP. Shoreline environment designation descriptions <br />are included in Appendix B. Depictions of the shoreline jurisdiction boundaries are for <br />information purposes only and need to be confirmed in the field. <br />1.3 Purpose and intent <br />The purpose and intent of this SMP is to: <br />1. To promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the community by <br />providing long range, comprehensive policies and effective, reasonable regulations