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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 5 87 <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 87 of 339 <br />vegetation conservation actions are undertaken consistent with Section 5.5 <br />Shoreline buffer and vegetation conservation, and WAC 173-26-221(5). <br /> <br />5. Structural flood hazard reduction measures shall be consistent with the adopted <br />Kittitas County Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (October 2012). <br /> <br />6. Place new structural flood hazard reduction measures landward of the associated <br />wetlands, and designated vegetation conservation areas, except for actions that <br />increase ecological functions, such as wetland restoration; provided that such flood <br />hazard reduction projects be authorized if it is determined that no other alternative to <br />reduce flood hazard to existing uses and/or development is feasible. The need for, <br />and analysis of feasible alternatives to, structural improvements shall be <br />documented through a geotechnical analysis. <br /> <br />7. New structural public flood hazard reduction measures, such as dikes and levees, <br />shall dedicate and improve public access pathways unless public access <br />improvements would cause unavoidable health or safety hazards to the public, <br />inherent and unavoidable security problems, unacceptable and unmitigated <br />significant ecological impacts, unavoidable conflict with the proposed use, or cost <br />that is disproportionate and unreasonable to the total long-term cost of the use or <br />development. <br /> <br />8. The removal of gravel for flood management purposes shall be consistent with an <br />adopted flood hazard reduction plan and with the provisions of WAC 173-26, Section <br />6.7 Dredging and dredge material disposal and Section 6.12 Mining; and be allowed <br />only after a biological and geo-morphological study shows that extraction has a long- <br />term benefit to flood hazard reduction, does not result in a net loss of ecological <br />functions, and is part of a comprehensive flood management solution. <br />5.4 Public access <br />Public access includes the ability of the general public to reach, touch, and enjoy the <br />water’s edge, to travel on the waters of the state, and to view the water and the <br />shoreline from adjacent locations. Public access provisions below apply to all <br />shorelines of the state unless stated otherwise. <br />A. Policies <br />1. Promote and enhance the public interest with regard to rights to access waters held <br />in public trust by the state while protecting private property rights and public safety. <br /> <br />2. Protect the rights of navigation and space necessary for water-dependent uses. <br /> <br />3. Protect the public's opportunity to enjoy the physical and aesthetic qualities of <br />shorelines of the state, including views of the water in a manner consistent with the <br />overall best interest of the state and the people generally.