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Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners County Code I Title 3 Revenue and ... Page 34 of 41 circumference of property boundary adjacent to an Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM). Those properties with less than fifteen percent (151/6) of the property boundary circumference subject to Shoreline regulations will receive one (1) point. Those properties having up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the property boundary circumference subject to Shoreline regulations will receive two (2) points. Those properties with over twenty-five percent (25%) of the property boundary circumference subject to Shorelines regulations will receive three (3) points. d. Special Animal Sites. (Up to 3 points) i. Definition. Habitat for those animal species defined by Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) as being either an endangered, threatened or sensitive species or those animal species identified as Level I Habitat on the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat Species (PHS) maps. ii. Source. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Kittitas County Planning and Building Department's Critical Area maps. iii. Eligibility. Eligible sites are those with a documented occurrence of an endangered, threatened or sensitive species, or those animal species identified as Level I Habitat on the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat Species (PNS) Maps. Those properties with less than fifty percent (50%) of the property within identified special animal sites will receive two (2) points and those with fifty percent (50%) or more will receive (3) points. e. Special Plant Sites i. Definition. Those areas where plant species listed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WSDNR) Natural Heritage Program as being either an endangered, threatened or sensitive plant species are located in areas greater than ten (10) acres in size. ii. Source. Location and details of known sites are on file in the WSDNR— Natural Heritage Database. iii. Eligibility. Eligible sites are those in the WSDNR— Natural Heritage Database. Individual sites must be verified. Those properties with less than fifty percent (50%) of its area in identified special plant sites will receive one (1) point and those properties with fifty percent (50%) or more of the area in identified special plant sites will receive three (3) points. f. Category I and II Wetlands. (Up to 3 points) i. Definition. All Category I wetlands and Category II wetlands over 2,500 square feet. ii. Source. National Wetlands Inventory maps, Critical Area Maps, certified wetland biologist. iii. Eligibility. Eligible lands are those meeting the above definition. Not eligible for other points relating to the wetland are waters designated within the Shorelines Management Program (SMP). Those properties with less than fifty percent (50%) of its area in identified Category I and II wetlands, and the required buffers and setbacks not regulated by SMP, will receive two (2) points, and those properties with fifty percent (501/6) or more of the area in identified Category I and II wetlands will receive three (3) points. These points can be added to any points for other category wetlands upon the site. g. Major Lakes, Ponds and Streams. L Definition. Lakes and ponds, over one acre in size, and creeks and streams classified as Type 2 (or other state equivalent) as defined by WAC 222-16-030, located within a well- defined channel, that carry a perennial flow throughout the year and are used in the life https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us[boc/countycode/title03.aspx 12/7/2020