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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Chapter 2 19 March 7, 2016 these guidelines as evidenced by aerial photography or other documentation. After the effective date of the master program, land converted to agricultural use is subject to compliance with the requirements of the master program. 7. "Alluvial fan" or "Alluvial fan hazard area" is a low, outspread, relatively flat-to- gentle sloping features deposited by a stream at the transitional area between valley floodplains and steep mountain slopes. Channel pattern is highly variable, often dependent on substrate size and age of the landform. Channels may cha nge course frequently, resulting in a multi-branched stream network. Channels can also be deeply incised within highly erodible alluvial material. 8. "Amendment" means a revision, update, addition, deletion, and/or reenactment to an existing shoreline master program. 9. "Approval" means an official action by a local government legislative body agreeing to submit a proposed shoreline master program or amendments to the Washington State Department of Ecology for review and official action pursuant to this chapter ; or an official action by the Washington State Department of Ecology to make a local government shoreline master program effective, thereby incorporating the approved shoreline master program or amendment into the state master program. 10. "Aquaculture" means the culture or farming of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic plants and animals. Aquaculture does not include the harvest of wild geoduck associated with the state managed wildstock geoduck fishery. 11. “Archaeological object” means an object that comprises the physical evidence of an indigenous and subsequent culture, including material remains of past human life, including monuments, symbols, tools, facilities, and technological by-products. 12. "Archaeological site" means a geographic locality that contains archaeological objects. 13. “Archaeological survey” means a formal archaeological study completed by a professional archaeologist that conforms to, and is reported consistent with, DAHP’s then-current archaeological survey and reporting standards; and which at a minimum includes background research and a field investigation that includes appropriate sub-surface methodology. 14. "Average grade level" means the average of the natural or existing topography of the portion of the lot, parcel, or tract of real property which will be directly under the proposed building or structure. In the case of structures to be built over -water, average grade level shall be the elevation of the ordinary high water mark (OHWM). Calculation of the average grade level shall be made by averag ing the ground elevations at the midpoint of all exterior walls of the proposed building or structure.