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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 5 89 <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 89 of 339 <br />2. New shoreline use and development by public entities, such as local governments, <br />port districts, state agencies, and public utility districts, shall provide public access <br />as part of each development project, unless such access is shown to be <br />incompatible with the Program due to reasons of safety, security, or adverse impacts <br />to shoreline functions and processes. <br /> <br />3. New shoreline use and development by private entities shall provide public access <br />when: <br />a. The development would generate a public demand for one or more forms of such <br />physical or visual access; <br />b. The development will impair existing legal access opportunities or rights; or <br />c. The development is not a preferred shoreline use (e.g. non-water-oriented <br />commercial or industrial development). <br /> <br />4. Public health and safety concerns associated with community or public access sites <br />shall be adequately mitigated. <br /> <br />5. Efforts to implement the public access provisions of this Section shall be consistent <br />with all relevant constitutional and other legal limitations on regulation of private <br />property and the principles of nexus and proportionality. <br /> <br />6. Public access requirements on privately owned lands shall be commensurate with <br />the scale and character of the use and/or development and shall be reasonable, <br />effective and fair to all affected parties, including, but not limited to, the landowner <br />and the public. <br /> <br />7. Where feasible, providers of shoreline public access shall: <br />a. Locate and design public access improvements in a manner that is compatible <br />with the natural shoreline character and avoids adverse impacts to shoreline <br />ecological processes and functions; and <br />b. Ensure public access improvements and amenities are safe, respect individual <br />privacy, and avoid or minimize visual impacts from neighboring properties; and <br />c. Provide maps, signage, and orientation information to inform the public of the <br />presence and location of privately held shorelands, especially those adjacent to <br />public access and recreational areas; and <br />d. Incorporate programs, signage and informational kiosks into public access <br />locations, where appropriate, to enhance public education and appreciation of <br />shoreline ecology and areas of historical or cultural significance. <br /> <br />8. Opportunities to provide visual public access shall be evaluated during the review <br />and conditioning of all proposed commercial and industrial shoreline developments <br />and residential developments involving more than four (4) residential parcels. <br /> <br />9. Dedicated space for physical public access shall be incorporated into all use and <br />development proposals on public lands, all public and private commercial and