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Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit B | March 2016 | Page 208 of 339 If diversion of water for mining purposes is required, water rights shall be established prior to issuing the permit. GPO 2.72 Outdoor Advertising: Outdoor advertising signs should be located on the upland side of transportation routes which parallel and are adjacent to shorelines. Views and vistas should not be degraded and visual access to the water from such vistas should not be impaired by the placement of signs. Local sign ordinances should be strictly enforced. GPO 2.73 Recreation: allow various recreational opportunities to meet the needs of the people. Where uses designated for a specific recreational area are planned to satisfy a diversity of demands, these uses must be compatible with each other and not damaging to the area's environment. Signs should be posted informing the public of areas available for their use. The locations, design, construction and operation of recreational facilities should prevent undue adverse impacts on adjacent or nearby privately owned properties. Parking facilities should be located in areas, which will be the least damaging to the natural character of the area. Large parking lots should be located outside the immediate shoreline area. Water supplies, sewage, drainage, alteration of shoreline vegetation and other changes associated with recreational development should be planned to preserve a high quality environment. GPO 2.74 Residential: Residential subdivisions should be consigned (1) so as to adequately protect and/or to improve the area's aesthetic qualities and characteristics of the water and shoreline areas; and (2) at a level of density of site coverage and of occupancy compatible with the physical capabilities of the shoreline and water. Planned Unit Developments, which reserve substantial portions of land as open space or recreation area, are preferred over conventional subdivisions. Subdivider should be encouraged to provide pedestrian access to the shorelines within the development and to minimize the impact of vehicular use and parking on the normal aesthetic qualities of the shoreline area. GPO 2.75 Roads, Railroads, and Bridges: Future roads and railways should be located away from the shorelines wherever feasible. "Wherever feasible" is an important condition, since shorelines often offer the least troublesome and costly sites for road construction, but wherever a public road can be located outside the shoreline area, even at somewhat greater construction costs and problems, then the inland location should be used. Extensive loops or spurs to old highways with high aesthetic quality should be kept in service as pleasure bypass routes. When planning public roads, federal, State and local governments should, where appropriate, provide sanitary facilities, scenic viewpoints, and picnic areas on publicly owned shorelines.