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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 94 <br />RR-G24: Provide some buffer between rural residential lands and resource lands. <br />RR-G25: Provide areas of low intensity land use activities within the agriculture and forest activities. <br />The following are policies for activities on Rural Working lands: <br />RR-P40: Conveyance instruments including plats and short plats, development permits and building <br />permits, within 500 feet of land designated as Rural Working lands or Resource Lands shall contain a notice <br />to potential buyers and residents as directed <br />within RCW 36.70A.060(1)(b). <br />RR-P41: Right to farm ordinances will continue <br />and new ordinances achieving the objective <br />will be researched. <br />RR-P42: Irrigation delivery facilities should be <br />managed and maintained to facilitate the <br />unimpeded delivery of water to agricultural <br />lands. <br />RR-P43: Kittitas County will continue to <br />research new land use techniques such as <br />Transfer Development Rights, Purchase of <br />Development Rights and open space <br />preservation tools to provide economic <br />incentives to farmers to continue agriculture <br />activities. <br />RR-P44: Planned Unit Developments (PUD) should be prohibited in Rural Working land zones. <br />RR-P45: Commercial/Industrial development in Rural Working lands shall be compatible to the rural <br />environment, and must be developed as determined necessary to not significantly impact surface and <br />groundwater. <br />RR-P46: Development standards for access, lot size and configuration, fire protection, water supply and <br />dwelling unit location will be adopted for development within or adjacent to forest and agriculture lands. <br />RR-P47: Kittitas County will continue to research innovative incentive-based strategies – including tax <br />incentives - that encourage and support farming activity. <br />RR-P48: Kittitas County will encourage voluntary farm conservation and agriculture preservation activities, <br />and support activities engaged in agriculture preservation. <br />RR-P49: In addition to the notice requirements in RCW 36.70A.060(1)(b), non-farming residents should be <br />informed on the practices of farming so that they are aware of the non-urban activities and impacts that <br />occur in the agricultural environment. <br />RR-P50: Open ranges are a resource land not subject to nuisance complaints due to residential activity.