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<br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit B | March 2016 | Page 205 of 339 <br /> <br />2.5.3. Shoreline Use Activity <br />These policies will reflect the intent of any one or all of the goal statements prescribed in Chapter Three <br />depending on their applicability. <br />GPO 2.61 Agriculture: Kittitas County should (1) assure that lands suitable for agriculture are maintained <br />in agricultural production; (2) should not allow the locations of confined animal feedlot operations, <br />retention and storage ponds for feedlot wastes, or stock piles of manure solids close enough to <br />shoreline areas to affect water quality; and (3) should encourage the maintenance of a buffer of <br />permanent vegetation between tilled areas and associated water bodies which would retard surface <br />runoff, reduce siltation, provide habitat for fish and wildlife and reduce erosion. <br />GPO 2.62 Aquaculture: Aquaculture enterprises should (1) not obstruct navigational access to upland <br />areas, (2) shall not obstruct visual access of upland owners, and (3) should be located in areas where <br />they do not impair the aesthetic quality of the shoreline of quality of the water involved. <br />Note that spawning areas and fish hatcheries, which are managed by the Department of Fish and <br />Wildlife, are required to obtain a hydraulic project approval permit for work done in any stream or lake <br />bed. <br />GPO 2.63 Archaeological/Historic Sites: Where possible archaeological and historical sites should be <br />permanently preserved for scientific study and public observation. Kittitas County Planning Department <br />should consult with professional archaeologists to identify areas containing potentially valuable <br />archaeological data and to establish procedures for salvaging the data. <br />In areas known to contain archaeological data, local governments shall attach a special condition to a <br />shoreline permit, providing for a site inspection and evaluation by an archaeologist to insure that <br />possible archaeological data are properly salvaged. <br />Shoreline permits, in general, should contain special provisions, which require developers to notify local <br />governments if any possible archaeological data are uncovered during excavations. <br />The National Preservation Act of 1966 and Chapter 43.51, RCW provides for the protection, <br />rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects <br />significant in American and Washington history, architecture, archaeology or culture. The State <br />Legislature names the Director of the Washington State Park and Recreation Commission as the person <br />responsible for this program. <br />GPO 2.64 Commercial Development: Consideration to approve a permit for commercial development <br />located on a shoreline shall be given only to those commercial developments which are shoreline <br />dependent or shoreline oriented. <br />Commercial development which is non-shoreline oriented should be located inland away from the <br />ordinary high water mark where commercial uses exist and where the appropriate zoning exists.