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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 6 119 <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 119 of 339 <br />9. The location, design, and operation of recreational facilities shall be consistent with <br />the purpose of the environmental designation. <br />10. Within the natural environment, passive water-oriented recreational development, <br />such as primitive trails or primitive campsites, is permitted provided, topography <br />and native vegetation are not substantially altered. Any necessary landscaping or <br />site restoration shall use native or similar self-maintaining vegetation. No <br />permanent structures are allowed in the natural environment. <br />11. Recreational activities in the urban conservancy and rural conservancy environment <br />must be compatible with existing or proposed uses in the area and must not create a <br />noise, traffic, visual, or similar problem. <br />6.14 Residential development <br />A. Policies <br />1. Residential development shall be designed and constructed in a way that ensures <br />no net loss of shoreline ecological function. <br />2. Residential development and appurtenant structures and uses should be set back <br />an adequate distance from steep slope areas and shorelines vulnerable to erosion to <br />ensure that shoreline and/or soil stabilization structures will not be needed to protect <br />the residential use. (e.g., bulkheads, rip-rap or other shoreline or slope stabilization <br />structures.) <br />3. Residential development and appurtenant structures and uses should be sited in <br />locations sufficiently set back from flood prone areas to ensure that flood hazard <br />protection measures are not necessary to protect the structure. <br />4. Single-family residences are a priority use when planned and built in accordance <br />with the policies and regulations of this Program. New over-water residences, <br />including floating homes, are not a preferred shoreline use and should be prohibited <br />5. New multi-unit residential developments, including short plats and subdivisions, <br />should provide access (visual and physical) to the shoreline in conformance with <br />Section 5.4, Public access. <br />6. New lot creation should not create a need for new shoreline stabilization or flood <br />hazard reduction measures and should be consistent with the shoreline environment <br />designation policies and general shoreline policies. <br />7. Measures to conserve native vegetation should be implemented in conformance with <br />Section 5.2, Environmental protection and critical areas and Section 5.5 Shoreline <br />buffers and vegetation conservation.