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uwreOB <br />OPO 6.20 Trespass on utility easements shall be discouraged, and any other easement. rights shall <br />be acquired under normal lawfiil procedures. <br />GPO 6.21 Avoid, where possible, routing major electric transmission lines above 55 kV through <br />urban areas, <br />GPD 6.22 To review the placement and appropriateness of utilities <br />GPO 623 Kitdtas County reserves the right to review all applications fpr utilities placed within or <br />through the County for consistency with local policies, laws, custom and culture <br />GPO 6.24 To reduce the risk of accidents caused by hazardous liquid pipelines, natural gas lines, <br />sewer lines and other potential hazardous materials, which are conveyed both above and below <br />ground. <br />GPD 6.25 Kittitas County will address haaardous liquid pipelines, natural gas lines, sewer lines <br />and other potentially hazardous materials 8vough the County's development regulations. The <br />development regulations shall include the specific addition or restriction of these and associated <br />uscs as well as the possible adaption of performance standards for siting, maintenance, and <br />monitoring. Thm performance standards should include best management practices. <br />OPO 6.26 Kittitas County recognizes reclamation irrigation districts within Muitas County as <br />utilities. Kittitas County also recognizes smaller private and cooperative irrigation water <br />providers, including but not limited to: <br />Westside Inigation Company <br />10 Taneum Ditch Company <br />Bull Ditch Company <br />GPO 6.27 Kittitas County recognizes that some county easements and rights -of --way provide <br />current and historic water conveyance. Kittitas County also recognizes the damage done to <br />roadways by some of these conveyances. Kittitas County will allow current conveyances where <br />properly maintained and operated but will assume no liability or responsibility for delivery of <br />irrigation water, :including maintenance of ditches, unless conducive to good roadside <br />management practices. New irrigation conveyances may be installed within the county casement <br />or right -of way, but must be separated from the county roadside ditch. <br />GPD 628 It is the position of Kittitas County that it is inappropriate for utilities to over or <br />underbuild other utilities. A specific example of such requirements may be found in RCW <br />35A.14.900 and other state law. <br />GPO 6.29 Kittitas County encourages the extension of utilities to major industrial developments, <br />as referenced in Chapter Two, Section 2.5 Major Industrial Developments. <br />GPO 630 Utilities may be extended to serve a Master Planned Resort or Fully Contained <br />Community, which is approved pursuant to County Comprehensive Plan policies and <br />development regulations, so long as all costs associated with utility and service extension and <br />capacity increases directly attributable to the MFR or Fully Contained Community are fully borne <br />Klttltas County Dec arnber 2016 <br />Cnrrcpmh®nsive Plan <br />