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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 2 29 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />Chapter 76.09, except conversions to non-forest land use, on lands subject to the <br />provisions of RCW 90.58.030(2)(d)(ii) are not subject to additional regulations <br />under this chapter. <br /> <br />85.86. "Shoreline areas" and "shoreline jurisdiction" means all "shorelines of the <br />state" and "shorelands" as defined in RCW 90.58.030. <br />86.87. "Shoreline functions" see definition for "ecological functions." <br />87.88. "Shoreline master program" see definition for "master program." <br />88.89. "Shoreline modifications" means any human activity that changes the <br />structure, hydrology, habitat, and/or functions of a shoreline. Bulkheads, piers, <br />docks, shoreline stabilization systems, clearing and grading, application of <br />chemicals, berms or significant vegetation removal, and dikes are all examples of <br />shoreline modifications. <br />89.90. "Shorelines" means all of the water areas of the state, including reservoirs, and <br />their associated shorelands, together with the lands underlying them; except (i) <br />shorelines of statewide significance; (ii) shorelines on segments of streams <br />upstream of a point where the mean annual flow is twenty cubic feet per second (20 <br />cfs) or less and the wetlands associated with such upstream segments; and (iii) <br />shorelines on lakes less than twenty (20) acres in size and wetlands associated with <br />such small lakes. <br />90.91. "Shorelines of statewide significance" means the shorelines identified in RCW <br />90.58.030 which because of their elevated status require the optimum <br />implementation of the Shoreline Management Act’s policies. This includes all rivers <br />with a mean annual flow of greater than two hundred cubic feet per second (200 cfs) <br />and lakes with surface areas of one thousand (1,000) acres or more. <br />91.92. "Shorelines of the state" are the total of all "shorelines" and "shorelines of <br />statewide significance" within the state. <br />92.93. "Should" means that the particular action is required unless there is a <br />demonstrated, compelling reason, based on policy of the Shoreline Management Act <br />and this chapter, against taking the action. <br />93.94. "Significant vegetation removal" means the removal or alteration of trees, <br />shrubs, and/or groundcover by clearing, grading, cutting, burnin g, chemical means, <br />or other activity that causes significant ecological impacts to functions provided by <br />such vegetation. The removal of invasive or noxious weeds does not constitute <br />significant vegetation removal. Tree pruning, not including tree topping where it does <br />not affect ecological functions, does not constitute significant vegetation removal. <br />94.95. "State master program" means the cumulative total of all shoreline master <br />programs and amendments thereto approved or adopted by rule by the Washington