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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 6 120 <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 120 of 339 <br />8. Whenever possible, non-regulatory methods to protect, enhance and restore <br />shoreline ecological functions and other shoreline resources should be encouraged <br />for residential development. Such methods may include resource management <br />planning, low impact development techniques, voluntary protection and <br />enhancement projects, education, and/or incentive programs. <br />9. Encourage residential development that provides common ownership of the <br />shoreline to protect views of the shoreline, provide equitable access for property <br />owners and to protect the natural character and functions of the shoreline consistent <br />with other provisions in the Master Program. <br />B. Regulations <br />1. New residential development, including lot creation, will not be approved in cases <br />when it can be reasonably foreseeable that the use or development would require <br />structural flood hazard reduction measures within the floodway during the life of the <br />use or development. <br />2. New residential development shall assure that the proposal will not require shoreline <br />or slope stabilization measures. Where located in a designated geologically <br />hazardous area, a geotechnical analysis of the site and shoreline characteristics <br />shall demonstrate that shoreline stabilization is unlikely to be necessary; setbacks <br />from steep slopes, bluffs, landslide hazard areas, seismic hazard areas, riparian <br />shoreline and erosion areas, shall be sufficient to protect structures during the life of <br />the structure; and impacts to adjacent, downslope or down-current properties are not <br />likely to occur during the life of the lots created. <br />3. New over-water residential structures, including floating homes, are prohibited. <br />4. New residential development shall be designed to comply with applicable setbacks, <br />critical area buffers, lot frontage requirements, height limits and density standards. <br />5. Residential development shall make provisions for vegetation conservation in <br />conformance with Section 5.5 Shoreline buffer and vegetation conservation. <br />6. Shoreline access for residential development shall incorporate access to adjacent <br />publicly owned shorelines or public water bodies as provided for in Section 5.4, <br />Public access. <br />6.15 Shoreline stabilization <br />Shoreline erosion – including erosion caused by currents, flood, wind or wave action – <br />is a natural phenomenon associated with properly functioning shoreline environments. <br />However, erosion can put existing structures and uses at risk. In some cases, shoreline <br />stabilization is necessary to protect existing uses and development from naturally <br />occurring erosion. Shoreline stabilization includes actions taken to address erosion