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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 2 30 <br />March 7, 2016 <br /> Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 30 of 339 <br />95. “Type S water” means streams and waterbodies that are designated as “shorelines <br />of the state.” <br />96. "Water-dependent use" means a use or portion of a use which cannot exist in a <br />location that is not adjacent to the water and which is dependent on the water by <br />reason of the intrinsic nature of its operations. <br />97. "Water-enjoyment use" means a recreational use or other use that facilitates <br />public access to the shoreline as a primary characteristic of the use; or a use that <br />provides for recreational use or aesthetic enjoyment of the shoreline for a substantial <br />number of people as a general characteristic of the use and which through location, <br />design, and operation ensures the public's ability to enjoy the physical and aesthetic <br />qualities of the shoreline. In order to qualify as a water-enjoyment use, the use must <br />be open to the general public and the shoreline-oriented space within the project <br />must be devoted to the specific aspects of the use that fosters shoreline enjoyment. <br />98. "Water-oriented use" means a use that is water-dependent, water-related, or <br />water-enjoyment, or a combination of such uses. <br />99. "Water quality" means the physical characteristics of water within shoreline <br />jurisdiction, including water quantity, hydrological, physical, chemical, aesthetic, <br />recreation-related, and biological characteristics. Where used in this chapter, the <br />term "water quantity" refers only to development and uses regulated under this <br />chapter and affecting water quantity, such as impermeable surfaces and stormwater <br />handling practices. Water quantity, for purposes of this chapter, does not mean the <br />withdrawal of groundwater or diversion of surface water pursuant to RCW 90.03.250 <br />through 90.03.340. <br />100. "Water-related use" means a use or portion of a use which is not intrinsically <br />dependent on a waterfront location but whose economic viability is dependent upon <br />a waterfront location because: <br />1. The use has a functional requirement for a waterfront location such as the arrival <br />or shipment of materials by water or the need for large quantities of water; or <br />2. The use provides a necessary service supportive of the water-dependent uses <br />and the proximity of the use to its customers makes its services less expensive <br />and/or more convenient. <br />101. "Water system" means any system providing water intended for, or used for, <br />human consumption, domestic uses, or commercial businesses. It includes, but is <br />not limited to, the source, purification, storage, transmission, pumping, and <br />distribution facilities. <br />102. “Wetland creation” means construction of a wetland in an area that was <br />historically non-wetland. <br />103. "Wetland restoration" means restoration of original wetland hydrology,