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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 96 <br />This Element of the Plan addresses the policies for these existing and future seasonal and full-time residential <br />structures. <br />The County and the various cities have different roles regarding public and private recreation. Rural <br />residents, with their larger acreage home sites, do not depend upon the neighborhood parks popular in <br />cities to the same extent as the urban population. The residents of the County, as well as others throughout <br />the State and Nation, depend upon the massive trail systems which provide hiking, horse riding, biking, and <br />other exclusive recreational opportunities throughout the year. <br />The distribution of a wide variety of recreation areas over such a large expanse impacts County roads and <br />public safety agencies. Kittitas County is a recreation destination for many out-of-County tourists, and while <br />this benefits local businesses, it also increases the County’s recreation related expenditures. Maintaining <br />recreational lands access and safety, and the County’s existing recreation facilities should be a key focus. <br />Following are the policies for activities on Rural Recreation lands. <br />RR-P54: Convenience and motorist services, when permitted near highway, freeway and major arterial <br />intersections, shall be designed to be compatible with surrounding rural character. <br />RR-P55: The County should seek financial support from State and federal agencies to assist in providing for <br />recreational area access and safety. <br />RR-P56: Developments located for commercial, residential/recreational purposes, such as Master Planned <br />Resorts or Planned Unit Developments, shall have adequate water, septic and public facilities to service such <br />development without over-burdening the County public services. <br />RR-P57: Commercial service proposals in Rural Recreation areas shall have provisions within any conditional <br />use decisions to assure compatibility with adjacent rural environments. <br />RR-P58: Developers should be required to approach project design which provides a visual rural <br />environment characteristic of Kittitas County including preservation of open spaces, adequate buffering <br />between development and natural areas, and preservation of critical areas and forested lands. <br />RR-P59: Rural recreation development should be promoted where there is potential for limited infill of <br />seasonal recreation structure, in areas where seasonal structures are not uncommon, and upon soils and <br />geologic conditions which can support structural development. <br />RR-P60: Consider incentive programs that create active and passive open space. <br />RR-P61: Commercial uses proposed for development to service recreational tourists and residents will be <br />permitted in spaces when found to be suitable to surrounding rural areas. <br />RR-P62: International Wildland-Urban Interface Code should be enforced when approving a recreational <br />residential structure for greatest protection of life and property. <br />RR-P63: Specific natural hazards in rural recreation areas shall be considered before creation of habitable or <br />residential structure.