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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program 5&60. "Marine" means pertaining to tidally influenced waters, including oceans, sounds, straits, marine channels, and estuaries, including the Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca, and the bays, estuaries, and inlets associated therewith. 6S.61. "Master program" or "Shoreline master program" or "Program" means the comprehensive use plan for a described area, the use regulations together with maps, diagrams, charts, or other descriptive material and text, a statement of desired goals, and standards developed in accordance with the policies enunciated in RCW 90.58.020 and the applicable guidelines. As provided in RCW 36.704.480, the goals and policies of a shoreline master program approved under RCW Chapter 90.58 shall be considered an element of the county's comprehensive plan. All other portions of the county's shoreline master program adopted under RCW Chapter 90.58, including use regulations, shall be considered a part of the county's development regulations. SL62. "May" means the action is acceptable, provided it conforms to the provisions of this chapter. 6+63. "Mineral prospecting" means to excavate, process, or classify aggregate using hand-held mineral prospecting tools and mineral prospecting equipment, conducted according to the provisions of WAC 220-660-300. #€-2e6. 6}.!)4. "Mining" means the removal of sand, gravel, soil, minerals, and other earth materials for commercial and other uses. Mining does not include mineral prospecting conducted according to WAC 220-110-2OO through 220-110-206. 64-.65. "Must" means a mandate; the action is required, 6$.66. "Natural or existing topography" means the topography of the lot, parcel, or tract of real property immediately prior to any site preparation or grading, including excavation or filling. 6&.Q7. "Nonconforming structure" means a structure within the shoreline jurisdiction that was lawfully established prior to the effective date of this master program, or through the variance process, which does not conform to present setbacks, buffers, bulk, height or other development standards. 67,48. "Nonconforming use" means a use which was lawfully established prior to the effective date of this master program, or amendments thereto, but which does not conform to present regulations or standards of this program, including procedural requirements such as those requiring certain uses to obtain conditional use permit approval. 6&69. "Non-water-oriented uses" means those uses that are not water-dependent, water-related, or water-enjoyment. Chapter 2 March 7,2016 26