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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 298 of 339 5. Recreational uses and facilities shall be designed and located to ensure no net loss of critical areas and shoreline ecological functions. 6. Recreation facilities shall be designed to take maximum advantage of and enhance the natural character of the shoreline area. The use of native plant species is preferred over the use of plant types that need extensive maintenance and support (mowing, pruning, irrigation, etc.). 7. Recreational facilities shall incorporate means to prevent erosion, control the amount of runoff and prevent harmful concentrations of chemicals and sediment from entering water bodies. 8. State-owned shorelines of the state are priority locations for wilderness beaches, ecological study areas and other recreational activities for the general public. 9. The location, design, and operation of recreational facilities shall be consistent with the purpose of the environmental designation. 10. Within the natural environment, passive water-oriented recreational development, such as primitive trails or primitive campsites, is permitted provided, topography and native vegetation are not substantially altered. Any necessary landscaping or site restoration shall use native or similar self-maintaining vegetation. No permanent structures are allowed in the natural environment. 11. Recreational activities in the urban conservancy and rural conservancy environment must be compatible with existing or proposed uses in the area and must not create a noise, traffic, visual, or similar problem. 17B.06.140 Residential development. A. Policies. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.480, the residential development policies of the 2016 Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program shall be considered as policies of the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan. B. Regulations. 1. New residential development, including lot creation, will not be approved in cases when it can be reasonably foreseeable that the use or development would require structural flood hazard reduction measures within the floodway during the life of the use or development. 2. New residential development shall assure that the proposal will not require shoreline or slope stabilization measures. Where located in a designated geologically hazardous area, a geotechnical analysis of the site and shoreline characteristics shall demonstrate that shoreline stabilization is unlikely to be necessary; setbacks from steep slopes, bluffs, landslide hazard areas, seismic hazard areas, riparian shoreline and erosion areas, shall be sufficient to protect structures during the life of the structure; and impacts to adjacent, downslope or down-current properties are not likely to occur during the life of the lots created. 3. New over-water residential structures, including floating homes, are prohibited. 4. New residential development shall be designed to comply with applicable setbacks, critical area buffers, lot frontage requirements, height limits and density standards. 5. Residential development shall make provisions for vegetation conservation in conformance with 17B.05.050 Shoreline buffer and vegetation conservation. 6. Shoreline access for residential development shall incorporate access to adjacent publicly owned shorelines or public water bodies as provided for in KCC 17B.05.040, Public access. 17B.06.150 Shoreline stabilization. Shoreline erosion – including erosion caused by currents, flood, wind or wave action – is a natural phenomenon associated with properly functioning shoreline environments. However, erosion can put existing structures and uses at risk. In some cases, shoreline stabilization is necessary to protect existing uses and development from naturally occurring erosion. Shoreline