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<br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit D | March 2016 | Page 225 of 339 <br /> <br /> <br />Kittitas County Code <br />Title 17B | Shorelines <br />Chapters <br />17B.01 Framework, purpose, principles and applicability. <br />17B.02 Definitions. <br />17B.03 Goals and objectives. <br />17B.04 Environment designations and management. <br />17B.05 General policies and regulations. <br />17B.06 Shoreline use and modification policies and regulations. <br />17B.07 Administration and procedures. <br />17B.08 Appendix A. <br />17B.09 Appendix B. <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 17B.01 <br />FRAMEWORK AUTHORIZATION, PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES, AND APPLICABILITY <br /> <br />Sections <br />17B.01.010 The Shoreline Management Act. <br />17B.01.020 Scope and jurisdiction of the Shoreline master program. <br />17B.01.030 Purpose and intent. <br />17B.01.040 Title and references. <br />17B.01.050 Public involvement process, advisory committee and agency coordination. <br />17B.01.060 Relationship to other plans. <br />17B.01.070 Applicability. <br />17B.01.080 Governing principles. <br />17B.01.090 Severability. <br />17B.01.100 Effective date. <br /> <br />17B.01.010 The Shoreline Management Act. <br />The Washington State Shoreline Management Act (also referred to in this document as SMA or <br />the Act) was passed by the legislature in 1971 and adopted by a vote of Washington’s citizens <br />in a 1972 referendum (RCW 90.58). The goal of the Shoreline Management Act is “to prevent <br />the inherent harm in an uncoordinated and piecemeal development of the state’s shorelines.” <br />The Act also recognizes that “shorelines are among the most valuable and fragile” of the state’s <br />resources. <br />The Act provides for the management and protection of the state’s shoreline resources by <br />requiring planning for their reasonable and appropriate use. The area regulated under the Act <br />includes lands within two hundred (200) feet of designated shorelines as well as certain <br />wetlands, river deltas, floodways and floodplains associated with such shorelines. <br />The SMA establishes a balance of authority between local and state governments. Cities and <br />counties have the primary review responsibility for development along their shorelines, and the <br />state (through the Washington State Department of Ecology) has authority to review local <br />master programs and local shoreline development permit decisions. <br />