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Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit D | March 2016 | Page 271 of 339 noise, glare, and vegetation trampling. The site design shall consider the varying degrees of impacts of different land uses. For example, parking lots, store entrances, and roads generally have higher noise and glare impacts than the rear of the store. Site screening should take advantage of natural topography or existing vegetation, wherever possible. Where natural screening is not available, berms, landscaping, and structural screens should be implemented (e.g., orient buildings to screen parking lots and store entrances from critical areas). 17B.05.020L Aquatic habitat conservation areas – reporting. 1. Except for single-family residences located outside of shoreline buffers, if a proposed use or development is located within two hundred (200) feet of a designated aquatic habitat conservation area, a critical areas report is required, and shall include the following: a. The aquatic habitat conservation area habitat type and location of the OHWM; b. All aquatic habitat conservation areas and required buffers within two hundred (200) feet of the project area shall be depicted on the site plan; c. The vegetative, faunal, topographic, and hydrologic characteristics of the aquatic habitat conservation area; and d. A detailed discussion of the direct and indirect potential impacts on aquatic habitat conservation area by the project. Such discussion shall include a discussion of the ongoing management practices that will protect habitat after the project site has been developed 17B.05.020M Wildlife habitat conservation areas – designation, classification, mapping, and surveying. 1. Designation: Wildlife habitat conservation areas shall include the following: a. Areas where federal and/or state listed endangered, threatened, and sensitive species have a primary association. This includes locations of nests, rookeries, or other breeding areas of species of concern recognized by local, state, and federal public agencies having jurisdiction over such species; and b. State priority wildlife habitats and areas associated with state priority wildlife species; and c. Other state-identified priority habitats, including Aspen stands, biodiversity areas and corridors, old-growth/mature forest, Oregon white oak woodlands, and shrub-steppe. 2. Mapping: The approximate location and extent of wildlife habitat conservation areas are shown on the County’s critical areas maps. These maps are to be used as a guide and do not provide definitive information about wildlife habitat conservation area size or presence. The County shall update the maps as new wildlife habitat conservation areas are identified and as new information becomes available. 3. Habitat boundary survey: If the Administrator determines that a wildlife habitat conservation area may be present within the project vicinity, a wildlife habitat boundary survey shall be required. Habitat surveys shall be conducted by a professional wildlife biologist who is knowledgeable of wildlife habitat within Kittitas County, or by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The management recommendations for Washington’s priority habitats and species or federal equivalent should be used as a tool for identifying and delineating the habitat boundary. The County may waive the requirement for the survey, if: a. The proposed use or development is not within the extended proximity of the associated habitat; b. There is adequate information available on the area proposed for development to determine the impacts of the proposed development and appropriate mitigating measures; and c. The applicant provides voluntary deed restrictions that are approved by the County.