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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 5 79 <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 79 of 339 <br />Zones” (Ecology Publication # 03-06-027), or similar method approved or <br />sanctioned by Ecology. <br /> <br />8. Based upon the results of the channel migration zone assessment, the Administrator <br />may prohibit or limit use or development within a channel migration zone and/or <br />require a buffer of undisturbed natural vegetation from the edge of the channel <br />migration zone. <br /> <br />9. The Administrator may impose conditions on any new shoreline use and <br />developments in a geologically hazardous area as needed to: <br /> <br />a. Protect slope stability and minimize erosion, seismic, and/or landslide hazard <br />risks; <br />b. Maintain natural sediment and erosion processes that are integral to the health <br />and sustainability of freshwater ecosystems; <br />c. Minimize the potential for property damage related to seismic events, erosion <br />and/or landslides; <br />d. Minimize the need for structural shoreline stabilization in the future; <br />e. Protect human health and safety; and <br />f. Reduce public liabilities for damages associated with seismic events, erosion <br />and/or landslides. <br /> <br />Q. Regulations—frequently flooded area designation and mapping <br /> <br />1. Designation and mapping: All lands classified as floodway or special flood hazard <br />areas in the Federal Emergency Management Agency report titled “Flood Insurance <br />Rate Maps and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps” dated November 5, 1980, as <br />now or hereafter amended are designated as frequently flooded areas. The report <br />and maps are on file at Kittitas County. When base flood elevation data has not <br />been provided in the report, the Administrator shall obtain, review, and reasonably <br />utilize any base flood elevation and floodway data available from the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency, Washington State Department of Ecology, or <br />other qualified source. Where base flood elevation data and floodway delineation are <br />not available either through the report or from a qualified source, historical data, high <br />water marks, and photographs of past flooding shall be used to determine base flood <br />elevations. <br /> <br />2. Additional areas may be classified by the Administrator as frequently flooded areas, <br />based upon the following criteria: <br />a. Documented history of flood damage; and/or <br />b. Evidence of stream channel instability and susceptibility to erosion. <br /> <br />R. Regulations— frequently flooded area protection standards <br />