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hand Use <br />H.Z. Land Use Patterns <br />Kittitas County is located at the geographic center of Washington State, midway between the <br />heavily populated Paget Sound region and the eastern farming areas centered around Moses Lake. <br />More than half ofthe County is covered by coniferous forests, while approximately thirty percent <br />(30°x6) is in pasture or unimproved grazing land. Less than two percent (2%) of the County is in <br />urban development. <br />The County covens 2,315 square miles of highly varied terrain and climates. Beginning in the <br />high Cascades the land slopes generally to the east and south to the Columbia River. <br />Land use in Kittitas County ranges from residential uses to resource based activities. In the <br />Snoqualmie Pass area, resource allocation in the form of timber harvesting is the predominant <br />land use with additional ansa w d for recreation. Resource lands still predumiunic the mid - <br />elevations, though residential development increases in these areas. In the lower elevations, <br />agricultural activities are the main land use, with residential development intermixed in the area <br />The Department of Defense's Yakima Training Center is located in the southeastern portion of <br />the County, and makes up a large percentage of the ownership in the lower Kittitas Valley, <br />approximately 164,132 acres. <br />2.1.3. Existing Density <br />Zone classifications consistent with the Comprehensive Plan determine the allowable <br />development density throughout the County. Under current zoning, densities range from one unit <br />per 6,400 square feet to one unit per 80 acres. For example, the Suburban zone allows a density of <br />one unit per acre, while the Agricultural -3, Rural- 5, and Agricultural -20 Zones allow for a <br />density range of one unit per three acres, five acres, or twenty acmes. respectively. The lowest <br />density in the County is in the Commercial Forest'Zone where the assigned density is one unit per <br />84 acres. <br />2.1.4. Zoning and Land Use Designations <br />The fallowing table shows the land use designations assigned in this Comprehensive Plan, along <br />with the corresponding zone classifications present in each lend use designation and the total area <br />In acres occupied by that zone. <br />Kittkas Doubly December 2016 <br />Comprehensive Plan 2.2 <br />