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Kittitas County December 2016 Comprehensive Plan <br />logging activity, which is the most destructive activity in terms of scenic vistas and views. <br />Nonetheless, the design review process could help ensure that site design is sensitive to: <br />impacts to neighboring properties and optimization of individual view potential, which will <br />benefit the project owners, neighbors and the public. <br />The third approach should be obvious, but occasionally site designers looking down and do not <br />consider the specific and unique attributes of a site. This attention to detail is important in both <br />site design and building design. <br />The sample of scenic views and vistas, which is included in this section identifies only views from <br />publicly accessible property. There are undoubtedly other vistas from private homes and <br />properties that are equally spectacular. <br />Scenic views and view corridors should be a primary consideration. Individual projects should <br />consider the impacts their actions have on others in regards to views. <br />4.1.1 Goals and Objectives <br />IV.1 Goal: Develop a Pass image, which creates strong sense of community, scenic beauty, and <br />recreational opportunity. <br />Objective: <br />Planning policies should provide a land use framework, which maintains the highest level of <br />integrity of the alpine environment, while meeting the needs of the residents and visitors, which <br />live, work and recreate at the Pass. <br />IV.2 Goal: Identify uses complementary with Open Space/Critical Areas goals and objectives. <br />IV.3 Goal: Develop an implementation strategy for preserving and incorporating open space and <br />critical areas into the community plan. <br />Objectives: <br />1. Vegetative buffers should be required between different uses and along trails and <br />roadways. <br />2. Green belt areas should be designated between clustered uses. <br />3. Well designed entry ways to new developments should be encouraged. <br />4. Plans should be developed which will preserve or enhance native flora, fauna and sensitive <br />areas. <br />5. Implementation approaches should include: <br />a. Development of an inventory of indigenous plants to be used in new landscaping. <br />b. Encourage project covenants, conditions & restrictions to include open space/critical <br />areas guidelines. <br />c. Work to create an incentive system for preserving open spaces and critical areas.