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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 5 62 <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 62 of 339 <br /> <br />Table 5.2-1. Wetland Buffers for Wetlands in Shoreline Jurisdiction <br />Wetland <br />Category <br />Low Intensity <br />Use and <br />Development <br />Moderate Intensity <br />Use and <br />Development* <br />High Intensity <br />Use and <br />Development* <br />Category I 125 feet 190 feet 250 feet <br />Category II 100 feet 150 feet 200 feet <br />Category III 75 feet 110 feet 150 feet <br />Category IV 25 feet 40 feet 50 feet <br />* For the purposes of Section 5.2, high intensity use and developments include: commercial, <br />urban, industrial, institutional, retail sales, residential (more than 1 unit/acre), conversion from <br />non-agricultural lands to high intensity agriculture (dairies, animal feed lots, nurseries and green <br />houses, and like uses), high intensity recreation (golf courses, ball fields, and like uses) and <br />hobby farms. Moderate intensity use and developments include: residential (1 unit/acre or <br />less), moderate intensity open space (parks with biking, jogging, and like uses), conversion <br />from non-agricultural lands to moderate intensity agriculture (orchard, hay fields, and like uses), <br />paved trails, building of logging roads, and utility corridor or right-of-way shared by several <br />utilities and including access/maintenance roads. Low intensity use and developments include: <br />forestry (cutting of trees only), low intensity open space (hiking, bird-watching, and like uses), <br />unpaved trails, and utility corridor without a maintenance road and little or no vegetation <br />management. <br />2. Wetland buffer condition: Wetland buffer areas shall be retained in a natural <br />condition or may be improved to enhance buffer functions and values. Where buffer <br />disturbance is allowed pursuant to this Program, re-vegetation with native vegetation <br />shall be required. The Kittitas County noxious weed ordinance shall be adhered to. <br />Alterations of the buffer that are not associated with an allowed shoreline use or <br />development shall be prohibited. <br /> <br />3. Multiple buffers: In the event that buffers for any shorelines and/or critical areas are <br />contiguous or overlapping, the landward-most edge of all such buffers shall apply. <br /> <br />4. Interrupted buffer: When a wetland buffer contains an existing legally established <br />public or private road, the Administrator may allow development on the landward <br />side of the road provided that the development will not have a detrimental impact to <br />the wetland. The applicant may be required to provide a wetland critical areas report <br />to describe the potential impacts. In determining whether a critical areas report is <br />necessary, the County shall consider the hydrologic, geologic, and/or biological <br />habitat connection potential and the extent and permanence of the buffer <br />interruption. <br /> <br />5. Buffers of restored wetlands: The buffer for a wetland created, restored, or <br />enhanced as compensation for approved wetland alterations shall be the same as <br />the buffer required for the category of the created, restored, or enhanced wetland.