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Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners. County Code I Title 3 Revenue and ... Page 32 of 41 waive the additional application fee or extend the application six (6) months if it is determined that administrative review is responsible for the application delay. 4. Public Hearing: a. Upon determining the application complete and following a review by staff of the application, a date and time for a public hearing will be set before the Board of County Commissioners for public hearing. Staff will provide a report and recommendation regarding each case. b. A notice of the application shall follow Kittitas County Code 15A.03.060. c. The notice of the application and public hearing will be sent to all applicable County, State, and federal agencies with interest, for a thirty (30) -day comment and review period. d. Decision-making by the Board shall occur after a public hearing is held obtaining written record from the public, oral testimony, staff presentation of the application on the proposed action. The Department shall notify the Assessor and the landowner of the approval of an application for enrollment under this Ordinance. All denials of an application shall be in writing to the land owner and shall include the reasons for denial. 5. In determining whether an application for open space land classification or reclassification should be approved all or in part as stipulated in RCW 84.34.037, the Board of Commissioners will take cognizance of the benefits to the general welfare of preserving the current use of the property which is the subject of application, and shall consider at a minimum the following: a. The resulting revenue loss or tax shift; b. Whether granting the application will: Conserve or enhance natural, cultural, or scenic resources; ii. Protect streams, stream corridors, wetlands, natural shorelines, floodways and aquifers; iii. Protect geologically hazardous, landslide, or seismic areas; iv. Protect soil resources and unique or critical wildlife and native plant habitat, v. Promote conservation principles by example or by offering educational opportunities; vi. Enhance the value of abutting or neighboring parks, forest, wildlife preserves, nature reservations, sanctuaries, or other open space; vii. Preserve historic and archaeological sites; viii. Preserve visual quality along highway, road, and street corridors or scenic vistas; and ix. Affect any other factors relevant in weighing benefits to the general welfare of preserving the current use of the property. Any appeal of the action for denial or approval of the decision will be filed before Superior Court. In the event a parcel is conveyed while approval of a timely application is pending, the purchaser or transferee shall, upon written request to the department within thirty (30) days from recording of sale, be given the same consideration as the original applicant. The purchaser or transferee shall assume the original applicant's rights and responsibilities in the application process. The purchaser or transferee shall be required to satisfy all requirements that otherwise would have been required. (D Ord. 2014-015, 2014) 3.46.090 Natural Resource Category Priorities and Point System. The intent of the public benefit rating system is to evaluate the retention of "resources and public access" that may be contained on parcels of land in Kittitas County. Several categories of resources are identified for scoring in this system. A maximum of fifty-five percent (55%) reduction in assessed value for all or a portion of a parcel may result from enrollment in this program, and can qualify for as much as seventy- https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/boe/countycode/title03.aspx 12/7/2020