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<br /> <br />Chapter 3 HOUSING <br />KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Page 35 Comprehensive Plan <br /> HOUSING GOALS <br />Kittitas County has established the following goals to guide <br />future housing development. These goals were developed <br />in response to existing housing conditions and identified <br />needs within the County. Goals are intended to support the <br />County-Wide Planning Policies. <br />H-G1: Support strategies that increase and maintain the <br />availability of affordable housing for all income levels <br />throughout the county. <br />H-G2: Encourage mixed residential and commercial <br />development close to employment opportunities, public <br />transportation, and social and health services within Urban <br />Growth Areas. <br />H-G3: Provide equitable housing options to allow residents with supported living needs to live as <br />independently as possible throughout the County. <br />H-G4: Encourage large employers and educational institutions to support housing options for their <br />employees. <br />H-G5: Encourage the development of housing types compatible with workforce and student housing <br />lifestyles. <br />H-G6: Allow for the development of accessory dwelling units and cooperative housing (multi-family) within <br />Urban Growth Areas and in mixed-use (commercial/residential) corridors. <br />H-G7: Provide a sufficient number of housing units for future populations in rural areas of Kittitas County <br />while maintaining environmental corridors and quality habitats. <br />H-G8: Provide for future populations while protecting individual property rights. <br /> HOUSING POLICIES <br />The Kittitas County community can accomplish its stated housing goals through their intentional integration <br />into future county decisions and through the active implementation of the following policies. These policies <br />have been developed to guide future housing development as envisioned by the Kittitas County community. <br />Policies focus on the relationship of zoning and land use to housing needs rather than recommending <br />specific designation alternatives. <br />H-P1: Establish development regulations and incentives that provide an equitable supply of housing types, <br />sizes, costs and densities which are affordable to all economic groups throughout the County. <br />H-P2: Promote a higher density of residential land uses by implementing innovative residential <br />developments, such as cluster developments, master planned developments, and planned unit <br />developments within urban growth areas.