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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />c.Resultin@damage,lossand/ordisplacementofa <br />wetland, aquatic habitat conservation area, wildlife habitat conservation area, <br />flood storage or conveyance area, or critical aquifer recharge area. <br />4. Land divisions: When new lots are created within shoreline jurisdiction they shall <br />meet all of the following conditions: <br />a. All lots shall contain sufficient area outside of the shoreline buffer (see Table <br />5.5-1), wetland and/or wetland buffer, aquatic habitat conservation area <br />and/or aquatic habitat conservation area buffer, floodway, channel migration <br />zone or landslide hazard area and/or landslide hazard area buffer to <br />accommodate the use and/or development. Land divisions for non-water- <br />dependent and non-water-related developments that create more than four <br />(4) new lots shall adhere to the standard shoreline buffer requirements shown <br />in Table 5.5-1 without buffer averaging or reduction. Buffers that have been <br />averaged or reduced by any prior actions administered by Kittitas County <br />shall not be further averaged or reduced. <br />b. A new lot or parcel may be created in a seismichazard area as long as there <br />is a note on the face of the plat or other recorded document which indicates <br />the presence of a potential hazard. <br />c. Open space or conservation area lots may be established without a site that <br />is suitable for use and/or development provided there is a note on the face of <br />the plat or other recorded document which indicates the purpose of the lot. <br />5. Compensatory mitigation measures shall occur in the vicinity of the impact or at an <br />alternative location within the same watershed that provides greater and more <br />sustainable ecological benefits. When determining whether offsite mitigation <br />provides greater and more sustainable benefits, the Administrator shall consider <br />limiting factors, critical habitat needs, and other factors identified by the April2014 <br />Shoreline Restoration Plan, or an approved watershed or comprehensive resource <br />management plan. The Administrator may also approve use of alternative mitigation <br />practices such as in-lieu fee programs, mitigation banks, and other similar <br />approaches when they meet the requirements of 5.2.D.4. <br />6. The Administrator shall prohibit any shoreline use or development that will result in <br />unmitigated cumulative impacts. <br />7. When compensatory mitigation plans for impacts to shoreline resources are <br />required, all of the following shall apply: <br />a. The quality and quantity of the replaced, enhanced, or substituted resources <br />shall be the same or better than the affected resources; <br />b. The mitigation site and associated vegetative planting shall be nurtured and <br />maintained such that healthy native plant communities grow and mature over <br />time; <br />c. The mitigation shall be informed by pertinent scientific and technical studies, <br />including, but not limited to, the May 2013 Shoreline lnventory and <br />Chapter 5 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />56