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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 5 73 <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 73 of 339 <br />a. A proposed use or development is located within two hundred (200) feet of a <br />known or suspected wildlife habitat conservation area; and <br />b. There are potential direct and/or indirect impacts on wildlife species or habitat <br />from the proposed use or activity. <br /> <br />2. Habitat management plan contents: The habitat management plan shall include a <br />discussion of the potential direct and indirect impacts, as well as a discussion of the <br />ongoing management practices that will protect habitat after the project site has <br />been developed. The habitat management plan will include any relevant information <br />and recommendations from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife <br />habitat guidelines for the affected species and/or habitat. Based on the <br />characteristics of the site, the Administrator may require that all or a portion of the <br />following be included in a habitat management plan: <br />a. A map drawn to scale or survey showing the location of the fish and wildlife <br />habitat conservation area on the subject property, as well as the approximate <br />location of any potential fish and wildlife habitat conservation area within two <br />hundred (200) feet of the subject property; and <br />b. Detailed description of vegetation and habitat characteristics within and adjacent <br />to the site. <br />c. Identification of any endangered, threatened, sensitive, or candidate species that <br />have a primary association with habitat on the project area, and assessment of <br />potential project impacts to use of the buffer and critical area on the site by the <br />species. <br />d. Methods and measures to avoid, minimize and/or compensate for adverse <br />impacts associated with the proposed use and development, including, but not <br />limited to: <br />i. Prohibition or limitation of use and development activities within the fish and <br />wildlife habitat conservation area; <br />ii. Establishment of a buffer around the fish and wildlife habitat conservation <br />area; <br />iii. Retention of vegetation and/or re-vegetation of areas/habitats critically <br />important to species; <br />iv. Special construction techniques; <br />v. Implementation of erosion and sediment control measures; <br />vi. Habitat enhancement (i.e., fish passage barrier removal); <br />vii. Seasonal restrictions on construction activities on the subject property; <br />viii. Clustering of development activities on the subject property; and <br />ix. Any other requirements and/or recommendations from Washington State <br />Department of Fish and Wildlife’s habitat management guidelines. <br /> <br />3. Wildlife habitat management and mitigation plan: For unavoidable impacts to wildlife <br />habitat conservation areas, a wildlife habitat management and mitigation plan shall <br />be prepared by a wildlife biologist who is knowledgeable of wildlife habitat within <br />Kittitas County. The Wildlife habitat management and mitigation plan shall: