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Chapter 8 RURAL AND RESOURCE LANDS <br />RR-P147: It is the policy of the County to encourage the continuation of commercial forest management by: <br />a) supporting land trades that result in consolidated forest ownerships; and <br />b) working with forest managers to identify and develop other incentives for continued forestry; and <br />c) encouraging and supporting a local and regional infrastructure of manufacturing facilities that use <br />wood products within an economically viable 100 mile circle. <br />RR-P148: The County shall require that all plats, short plats, development permits, and building permits <br />issued for development activities on, or within five hundred feet of, lands designated as Commercial Forest <br />lands contain a notice that states that: "The subject property is within or near designated agricultural lands, <br />forest lands, or mineral resource lands on which a variety of commercial activities and mineral operations <br />may occur that are not compatible with residential development for certain periods of limited <br />duration. Commercial natural resource activities and/or mineral operations performed in accordance with <br />County, State and federal laws are not subject or legal action as public nuisances." <br />8 .5 .4 Commercial Mineral Resource Lands <br />The Growth Management title of the Revised Code of Washington states that each County shall designate, <br />where appropriate, "mineral resource lands that are not already characterized by urban growth and that <br />have long-term significance for extraction of minerals"(RCW 36.70A. 170). The Act defines minerals as sand, <br />gravel and valuable metallic substances, and states that each County shall adopt development regulations to <br />assure the conservation of mineral resource lands (RCW 36.70A.060). <br />In classifying mineral resource lands, Kittitas County shall identify and classify aggregate and mineral <br />resource lands from which the extraction of minerals occurs or can be anticipated. Areas for sand, gravel and <br />other metallic substances of long-term commercial significance shall be identified by the County. Proposed <br />land uses within these areas designated as mineral resource lands may require special consideration to <br />ensure future supply of aggregate and mineral resource material will be available. <br />Classification of mineral lands shall be based on geographic, environmental, and economic factors, existing <br />land uses and land ownership. Kittitas County shall also consider the combined effects of proximity to <br />population areas and the possibility of more intense uses of the lands as indicated by: <br />a) General land use patterns in the area; <br />b) The availability of utilities or public services; <br />c) Relationship or proximity to urban growth area(s), which shall include areas of where historic growth <br />has occurred <br />d) Predominant surrounding parcel size, subdivision or zoning for urban or small lots, or land settlement <br />patterns and their compatibility with mineral lands of long-term significance; <br />e) Intensity of nearby land uses; <br />f) History of land development, or permits issued nearby; <br />g) Land values under alternative uses; <br />h) Location of public roads, access or proximity to the point of use or markets; <br />i) Availability and adequate water supplies; <br />j) Physical and topographical characteristics of the mineral resource site; <br />k) Depth of the resource; <br />Pag e 713 <br />KITTITAS COUNTY II) <br />Comprehensive Plan [i]