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<br /> <br /> <br />17B.50.020G-1. Wetland Buffers for Wetlands in Shoreline Jurisdiction <br />Wetland <br />Category <br />Low Intensity Use and <br />Development <br />Low and Moderate Intensity <br />Use and Development* <br />High Intensity Use and <br />Development* <br />Category I 125 feet 190 feet 250 feet <br />Category II 100 feet 150 feet 200 feet <br />Category III 75 feet 110 feet 150 feet <br />Category IV 25 feet 40 feet** 50 feet <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />**Scrivener's Error: Low and Moderate Intensity Use and Development: Category IV: was incorrectly listed as <br />"540 feet", corrected to "40 feet". 1/29/2020 <br /> <br />* For the purposes of KCC 17B.05.020G-1, high intensity use and developments include: commercial, urban, <br />industrial, institutional, retail sales, residential (more than 1 unit/acre), conversion from non-agricultural lands to <br />high intensity agriculture (dairies, animal feed lots, nurseries and green houses, and like uses), high intensity <br />recreation (golf courses, ball fields, and like uses) and hobby farms. Moderate intensity use and developments <br />include: residential (1 unit/acre or less), moderate intensity open space (parks with biking, jogging, and like <br />uses), conversion from non-agricultural lands to moderate intensity agriculture (orchard, hay fields, and like <br />uses), paved trails, building of logging roads, and utility corridor or right-of-way shared by several utilities and <br />including access/maintenance roads. Low intensity use and developments include: forestry (cutting of trees <br />only), low intensity open space (hiking, bird-watching, and like uses), unpaved trails, and utility corridor without <br />a maintenance road and little or no vegetation management. <br /> <br />2. Wetland buffer condition: Wetland buffer areas shall be retained in a natural condition or may <br />be improved to enhance buffer functions and values. Where buffer disturbance is allowed <br />pursuant to this Program, re-vegetation with native vegetation shall be required. The Kittitas <br />County noxious weed ordinance shall be adhered to. Alterations of the buffer that are not <br />associated with an allowed shoreline use or development shall be prohibited. <br />3. Multiple buffers: In the event that buffers for any shorelines and/or critical areas are contiguous <br />or overlapping, the landward-most edge of all such buffers shall apply. <br />4. Interrupted buffer: When a wetland buffer contains an existing legally established public or <br />private road, the Administrator may allow development on the landward side of the road <br />provided that the development will not have a detrimental impact to the wetland. The applicant <br />may be required to provide a wetland critical areas report to describe the potential impacts. In <br />determining whether a critical areas report is necessary, the County shall consider the <br />hydrologic, geologic, and/or biological habitat connection potential and the extent and <br />permanence of the buffer interruption.