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Type of L d U 1 . 0 . . A 1 Zoning 1 <br />d an se Use ntens1ty escript1on cres f Acres Lan Use Classi ication <br />Incorporated Cities <br />Urban Urban Intense and their Urban 16,047.3 <br />Growth Areas <br />Agriculture 3 <br />Forest and Range <br />General Commercial <br />General Industrial <br />Highway Commercial <br />Historic Trailer Court <br />Incorporated City <br />Light Industrial <br />Limited Commercial <br />Planned Unit <br />Development <br />Residential <br />Rural 3 <br />Rural 5 <br />Urban Residential <br />80.2 <br />606.8 <br />119.1 <br />592.5 <br />83.4 <br />24.2 <br />9,986.4 <br />1,641.1 <br />3.8 <br />88.7 <br />140.4 <br />423.6 <br />10.1 <br />2,247.0 <br />Sedlon Total: 16,047.3 <br />County Total: 1,481,813.7 1,481,813.7 <br />1 Acreages are approximate. <br />'Minera l lands include lands zoned Commercial Agriculture, Commercial Forest, Agriculture 20, or Forest & Range. <br />The totals in this table are subject to change based on improved accuracy of GIS shape file s and assessor's information. <br />2.2 .4 Future Challenges: Nonconforming Lots <br />Nonconforming lots, i.e. lots that do not meet the County's current zoning standards, present a challenge to <br />the County's plans to preserve the rural character of the County outside Urban Growth Areas. A recent count <br />yielded approximately 5,900 nonconforming lots that fall below the minimum lot size for the rural areas. <br />These are legally created lots that were created prior to the existence of subdivision rules, through previous <br />zoning and subdivision standards that allowed smaller lots, and through a process known as "administrative <br />segregation" that no longer exists in Kittitas County. <br />Because these lots were created legally, they are theoretically capable of being developed in the future. <br />However, in practical terms, the majority of these lots are unlikely to be able to meet existing development <br />standards, ranging from legal access (many are landlocked) to meeting the minimum lot size necessary for <br />the provision of septic systems and a well (since neither public water nor sewer are available). <br />Addressing the issue of nonconforming lots is a challenge that the County recognizes will need a long-term, <br />incentive-based approach. Over time the County may consider inclusion of those nonconforming lots most <br />capable of future development for inclusion as sending areas in a Transfer of Development Rights program <br />or some similar incentive program. <br />Page 10