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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program prepared by a qualified ecologist, forester, arborist, or landscape architect prior to approving the invasive species removal. The vegetation management plan shall identify and describe the location and extent of vegetation management. For properties within designated landslide or erosion hazard areas, the Administrator may require review of the vegetation management plan by an engineering geologist or geotechnical engineer to ensure that the vegetation management will not cause or exacerbate hazards associated with soil or slope instability. The location and size of the invasive species management area shall be clearly defined on the site plan. f. Public trails and other public access improvements: Public trails and public access improvements may be allowed in the shoreline when there is no suitable alternative location outside the buffer and when they are otherwise consistent with the policies and regulations of this Program. g. Utilities and essential public facilities: Utilities and essential public facilities that meet the definition of water-dependent or water-related may be allowed in the shoreline buffer when there is no suitable alternative location outside the buffer and when they are consistent with the policies and regulations specified in Section 6.19 of this Program. h. lrrigation structures: Water control structures and sprinkle irrigation structures that reduce siltation and retard surface runoff, and associated leveling and filling on land not currently in agricultural use, may be allowed in the shoreline buffer provided the new agricultural activities are located landward of existing agricultural activities. A letter of exemption pursuant to Section 7.3.3 is not required for irrigation structures, provided the development is exempt pursuant to WAC 173-27-040(2)(e), as amended.i. Water-dependent and water-related uses: Water-dependent and water-related uses provided the amount of buffer encroachment and disturbance are the minimum needed to accommodate the use or development. 5. Buffer averaging: The Administrator may allow averaging of the shoreline buffer widths in Table 5.5-1 when necessary to accommodate a single-family residence, residential subdivision of four (4) or fewer lots, or a water-dependent or water-related use or development. The buffer averaging shall be allowed only in those limited instances when adherence to the standard buffer is infeasible or presents a substantial hardship because of site conditions, lot configuration or other circumstances. Buffers that have been averaged or reduced by any prior actions administered by Kittitas County shall not be further averaged. Prior to approving buffer averaging the Administrator shall require a critical area report (per the requirements in Section 5.2). With buffer averaging, the buffer width is reduced in one location and increased in another location to maintain the same overall buffer area. Proposals for buffer averaging shall not require a shoreline variance or compensatory mitigation if the following conditions are met: a. The minimum width of the buffer at any given point is at least seventy five percent (75o/o) of the standard width per Table 5.5-1, or twenty-five (25) feet, whichever is greater; Chapter 5 March 7, 2016 98