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<br /> <br />Chapter 2 LAND USE <br />KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Page 17 Comprehensive Plan <br />LU-P33: MPR facilities, utilities, and services shall be designed to accommodate only the projected needs <br />of the resort users. <br />LU-P34: Construction of a MPR and all necessary on-site and off-site capital facilities and utilities <br />infrastructure must be concurrent. <br />LU-P35: All school district facility and service impacts shall be mitigated by the MPR on a fair and <br />proportionate basis, and review and mitigation of impacts on affected school districts may take into <br />consideration the relatively low student population typically generated by a MPR. <br />Historical Lands <br />Historical lands include all those lands, which have been designated as such on federal, State, or local <br />historical registers as well as those sites, which have a local cultural or historical significance. <br />LU-P36: The County shall work with the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation and the <br />Yakama Nation to protect historic lands and cultural resources in the County. <br />LU-P37: The County shall support initiatives to improve public awareness of historic lands and cultural <br />resources, for example, through interpretive exhibits, signage, or through formal designation on local, State, <br />or federal registries. However, the County recognizes the need to keep the location of some historic sites <br />from public knowledge, such as areas known to contain archeological remains, to avoid disturbance and <br />damage. <br /> Private Property and Water Rights <br />Property Rights <br />Kittitas County recognizes private property rights and as such includes reference to Ordinance No. 96-09, an <br />ordinance enabling a private property taking impact analysis within Kittitas County. In addition, Kittitas <br />County recognizes the importance of agriculture and has addressed appropriate protection mechanisms <br />through those policies contained in Kittitas County Code Section 17.74, Right to Farm for the Protection of <br />Agricultural Activities. <br />LU-P38: Kittitas County will place a high priority in the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan on the <br />following State goal: <br />RCW 36.70A.020(6) Property Rights. Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation <br />having been made. The property rights of landowners shall be protected from arbitrary and discriminatory <br />actions. <br />Water Rights <br />Water rights are property rights held by individual citizens, irrigation entities, municipalities, public and private <br />utilities and governments. Water rights are recognized by state law RCW 90.023.010 Surface Waters and RCW <br />90.44.035 Ground Waters. Surface water rights within Kittitas County are being adjudicated in the action <br />commonly known as Acquavella.