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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 302 of 339 <br /> <br />5. The Administrator, at his/her discretion, may waive or reduce review fees for shoreline <br />enhancement projects that meet either of the following criteria, provided a reciprocal fee <br />agreement has been approved by the Board of County Commissioners: <br />a. Sponsored projects: Restoration and enhancement projects sponsored by Kittitas <br />County, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Kittitas County Conservation <br />District, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Fish and Wildlife <br />Service, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Yakama Nation, Yakima <br />Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board, Yakima Tributary Access & Habitat Program, or <br />other public agency approved by the Administrator which are consistent with the County <br />comprehensive plan or other plans adopted by the Kittitas County Board of <br />Commissioners. <br />b. Vegetation planting/removal: Planting of native vegetation or removal of non-native <br />species for the enhancement of a shoreline buffer or designated critical area; provided <br />that such activities are limited to the area being enhanced. <br /> <br />17B.06.170 Signs. <br />A. Policies. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.480, the signs policies of the 2016 Kittitas County <br />Shoreline Master Program shall be considered as policies of the Kittitas County Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br />B. Regulations. <br />1. Signs may be permitted above the OHWM in any shoreline environment, subject to the <br />locally adopted signage standards. <br /> <br />17B.06.180 Transportation. <br />A. Policies. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.480, the transportation policies of the 2016 Kittitas <br />County Shoreline Master Program shall be considered as policies of the Kittitas County <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />B. Regulations. <br />1. Roads and railroads shall not be located within a designated shoreline except where it is <br />necessary to cross a stream corridor, or where an existing use, development, topography, <br />and other conditions preclude locations outside the shoreline. <br />a. Construction of roadways across stream corridors shall be by the most direct route <br />possible having the least impact to the stream corridor. <br />b. Roadways that must run parallel to stream or wetland edges shall be along routes <br />having the greatest possible distance from stream or wetland and the least impact to the <br />corridor. <br />c. Roadways within the stream corridor shall not hydrologically obstruct, cut-off, or isolate <br />stream corridor features. <br />2. Material excavated from the roadway area to achieve the design grade shall be used as fill <br />where necessary to maintain grade, or shall be transported outside the shoreline. <br />3. Necessary fill to elevate new roadways shall not impede the normal flow of floodwaters or <br />cause displacement that would increase the elevation of flood waters such that it would <br />cause properties not in the floodplain to be flood-prone. <br />4. Spoil, construction waste, and other debris shall not be used as road fill or buried within the <br />shoreline. <br />5. Bridges and water crossing structures shall not constrict the stream channel or impede the <br />flow of the ordinary high water, sediment, and woody debris. <br />6. Natural stream channels and drainage ways shall be preserved through the use of bridges <br />for crossings, unless the use of culverts is demonstrated to be the only technically feasible <br />means for crossing. The use of bridges shall be the preferred means to preserve natural