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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 5 52 <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 52 of 339 <br />to assess the degree and extent of potential impacts to shoreline functions. When <br />reviewing proposals for new shoreline use and development, the Administrator shall <br />first determine whether identified shoreline impacts have been avoided and secondly <br />minimized. The Administrator shall require compensatory mitigation, designed by a <br />qualified professional, for development proposals that: <br />a. Do not fully conform to one (1) or more of the dimensional requirements, <br />performance standards, and/or design criteria in this Program; or <br />b. Require a variance or conditional use permit; or <br />c. Result in measureable damage, loss and/or displacement of a wetland, aquatic <br />habitat conservation area, wildlife habitat conservation area, flood storage or <br />conveyance area, or critical aquifer recharge area. <br />4. Land divisions: When new lots are created within shoreline jurisdiction they shall <br />meet all of the following conditions: <br />a. All lots shall contain sufficient area outside of the shoreline buffer (see Table <br />5.5-1), wetland and/or wetland buffer, aquatic habitat conservation area <br />and/or aquatic habitat conservation area buffer, floodway, channel migration <br />zone or landslide hazard area and/or landslide hazard area buffer to <br />accommodate the use and/or development. Land divisions for non-water- <br />dependent and non-water-related developments that create more than four <br />(4) new lots shall adhere to the standard shoreline buffer requirements shown <br />in Table 5.5-1 without buffer averaging or reduction. Buffers that have been <br />averaged or reduced by any prior actions administered by Kittitas County <br />shall not be further averaged or reduced. <br />b. A new lot or parcel may be created in a seismic hazard area as long as there <br />is a note on the face of the plat or other recorded document which indicates <br />the presence of a potential hazard. <br />c. Open space or conservation area lots may be established without a site that <br />is suitable for use and/or development provided there is a note on the face of <br />the plat or other recorded document which indicates the purpose of the lot. <br /> <br />5. Compensatory mitigation measures shall occur in the vicinity of the impact or at an <br />alternative location within the same watershed that provides greater and more <br />sustainable ecological benefits. When determining whether offsite mitigation <br />provides greater and more sustainable benefits, the Administrator shall consider <br />limiting factors, critical habitat needs, and other factors identified by the April 2014 <br />Shoreline Restoration Plan, or an approved watershed or comprehensive resource <br />management plan. The Administrator may also approve use of alternative mitigation <br />practices such as in-lieu fee programs, mitigation banks, and other similar <br />approaches when they meet the requirements of 5.2.D.4. <br />6. The Administrator shall prohibit any shoreline use or development that will result in <br />unmitigated cumulative impacts.