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Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners County Code 'Title 3 Revenue and ... Page 40 of 41 <br />a. Be posted within ninety (90) days following enrollment in the program; <br />b. Be purchased from Kittitas County as official current use open space public access signage; <br />c. Be posted on the subject property's road frontage or nearest public road as deemed <br />appropriate by the Board <br />d. Be maintained at the landowner's expense in good condition for as long as the property is <br />enrolled in the program. Failure to maintain or replace removed, missing, or damaged signs by <br />the property owner may jeopardize enrollment in the program. <br />e. Be approved at the time of enrollment in the program. <br />2. When public access is required under the provisions of this Ordinance, no signs shall discourage or <br />prohibit public access. <br />(D Ord. 2014-015,2014) <br />3.46.140 Agreements. <br />Hold Harmless. All owners of property enrolled in the program who are required to grant public <br />access to the subject property shall execute and record a hold harmless agreement, releasing Kittitas <br />County of any liability which may arise as a result of enrollment in the program. Such forms shall be <br />provided by the department. <br />Upon approval by the board, an open space agreement between the county and landowner shall be <br />signed and recorded with the auditor and may contain the conditions of continued enrollment under <br />this Code. The agreement to tax land according to its current use is not a contract between the <br />owners and the county. This agreement can be abrogated, annulled, or cancelled at any time by the <br />state legislature in which event no additional tax, interest, and/or penalty shall be imposed, as <br />specified by WAC 458-30-355. The open space agreement shall be processed as follows: <br />a. Within five (5) calendar days after the approval of the application for enrollment under this <br />Code, the department shall deliver by certified mail, return receipt requested, the agreement to <br />the owner for signature. <br />b. The owner may accept or reject the agreement. <br />c. If accepted, the agreement shall be signed and returned to the Assessor within thirty (30) days <br />after receipt. if the agreement is not returned to the department within thirty (30) days after <br />receipt, the county shall presume the agreement has been rejected. <br />(D Ord. 2014-015, 2014) <br />3.46.1 SO Participation Period. <br />1. When land has been enrolled in the program, it shall remain under such classification and shall not <br />be applied to another use except as provided by RCW $4.34.070(2), for at least ten 10 years from the <br />date of the recording of the open space agreement and shall continue under such classification until <br />and unless withdrawn from the classification after notice of request for withdrawal shall be made by <br />the owner. During any year after eight years of the initial 10 -year classification period have elapsed, <br />notice of request for withdrawal of all or a portion of the land may be given by the owner to the <br />County Assessor. In the event that a portion of a parcel is removed from classification, the remaining <br />portion must meet the same requirements as did the entire parcel when such land was originally <br />granted classification pursuant to this program. The County Assessor shall, when two assessment <br />https://vvww.co.kittitas.wa.us/boc/countycode/titic03.aspx 12/7/2020 <br />