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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 104 <br /> Lands having long-term significance for agriculture which takes into account, among other things, the <br />proximity to urban growth areas, public facilities and services, intensity of nearby uses and other things <br />which might contribute to potential revision of use based upon marketing factors. <br />It is the County’s intent to meet these agricultural resource requirements by establishing a “Commercial <br />Agricultural” designation. Based on the review criteria established by Kittitas County, land located in the <br />Commercial Agricultural Zone has been formally designated as “Agricultural Lands of Long-term Commercial <br />Significance.” <br />Comprehensive Plan Goals Regarding Designation of Agricultural Lands of Long-Term <br />Commercial Significance <br />For purposes of designating Agricultural Lands of Long-Term Commercial Significance, and in considering <br />any request for de-designation of such lands, Kittitas County has identified the following criteria: <br />Designation and De-designation of Agricultural Lands of Long-Term Commercial Significance <br />The purpose of this section is to identify the goals and policies in Kittitas County necessary to implement <br />Goal 8 (RCW 36.70A.020(8)) of the GMA concerning Agricultural Lands of Long-Term Commercial <br />Significance. <br />(8) Natural resource industries. Maintain and enhance natural resource-based industries, including <br />productive timber, agriculture, and fisheries industries. Encourage the conservation of productive forest <br />lands and productive agricultural lands, and discourage incompatible uses. <br />All decisions dealing with the designation or <br />de-designation of Agricultural Lands of Long- <br />Term Commercial Significance shall be in <br />support of that goal. <br />1. Definitions. <br />The County adopts and shall utilize the <br />following definitions and considerations: <br />“Agricultural land” means land primarily <br />devoted to the commercial production of <br />horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, dairy, <br />apiary, vegetable, or animal products or of <br />berries, grain, hay, straw, turf, seed, Christmas <br />trees subject to the excise tax imposed under <br />RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, finfish in upland hatcheries, or livestock, and that has long-term <br />commercial significance for agricultural production.7 <br /> <br />7 RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.118 were repealed or decodified by 2001 c 249 §§ 15 and 16. RCW 84.33.120 was repealed by 2001 c <br />249 § 16 and by 2003 c 170 § 7.