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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Chapter 5 69 March 7, 2016 Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 69 of 339 buffers shall be measured in all directions from the OHWM as identified in the field. The buffer widths for Type S Waters are shown in Table 5.5-1 in Section 5.5 Shoreline buffers and vegetation conservation. Buffers shall not be altered except as authorized by this Program. These standard buffer widths are presumed to be adequate to protect aquatic habitat conservation area functions and values provided that the buffer contains relatively intact native vegetation at the time of the proposed use or development. Where the use is being intensified adjacent to a degraded buffer area that is not well vegetated, the Administrator may require the degraded area to be revegetated to maintain aquatic habitat conservation area functions and values. Table 5.2-3. Aquatic Habitat Conservation Area Buffers for Type F, Np, and Ns Waters Aquatic Habitat Conservation Area Standard Buffer Width Type F Waters 100 feet Type Np Waters 50 feet Type Ns Waters 30 feet 2. Buffer condition: Aquatic habitat conservation area buffers shall be maintained in a predominantly well-vegetated and undisturbed condition. Alterations that are not associated with an allowed use or development shall be prohibited. 3. Multiple buffers: In the event that buffers for any aquatic habitat conservation areas or other critical areas are contiguous or overlapping, the landward-most edge of all such buffers shall apply. 4. Interrupted buffers: When an aquatic habitat conservation area buffer contains an existing legally established public or private road the Administrator may allow a use and/or development on the landward side of the road provided that the use and/or development will not have a detrimental impact to the habitat area. The applicant may be required to provide a critical areas report to describe the impacts. In determining whether a critical areas report is necessary, the County shall consider the hydrologic, geologic, and/or biological habitat connection potential and the extent and permanence of the buffer interruption. 5. Increased buffers: The Administrator shall increase the aquatic habitat conservation area buffer shown in Table 5.2-3 width up to a maximum of two times the standard width where the standard buffer is inadequate to prevent significant adverse environmental impacts or address hazards associated with the site or the proposed development activity. To assess whether a buffer increase is needed to project