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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program 2. Residential development and appurtenant structures and uses should be set back an adequate distance from steep slope areas and shorelines vulnerable to erosion to ensure that shoreline and/or soil stabilization structures will not be needed to protect the residential use. (e.9., bulkheads, rip-rap or other shoreline or slope stabilization structures.) 3. Residential development and appurtenant structures and uses should be sited in locations sufficiently set back from flood prone areas to ensure that flood hazard protection measures are not necessary to protect the structure. 4. Single-family residences are a priority use when planned and built in accordance with the policies and regulations of this Program. New over-water residences, including floating homes, are not a preferred shoreline use and should be prohibited 5. New multi-unit residential developments, including short plats and subdivisions, should provide access (visual and physical)to the shoreline in conformance with Section 5.4, Public access. 6. New lot creation should not create a need for new shoreline stabilization or flood hazard reduction measures and should be consistent with the shoreline environment designation policies and general shoreline policies. 7. Measures to conserve native vegetation should be implemented in conformance with Section 5.2, Environmental protection and critical areas and Section 5.5 Shoreline buffers and vegetation conservation. 8. Whenever possible, non-regulatory methods to protect, enhance and restore shoreline ecologicalfunctions and other shoreline resources should be encouraged for residential development. Such methods may include resource management planning, low impact development techniques, voluntary protection and en ha ncement projects, ed ucation, and/or incentive programs. L Encourage residential development that provides common ownership of the shoreline to protect views of the shoreline, provide equitable access for property owners and to protect the natural character and functions of the shoreline consistent with other provisions in the Master Program. B. Requlations 1. New residential development, including lot creation, will not be approved in cases when it can be reasonably foreseeable that the use or development would require structural flood hazard reduction measures within the floodway during the life of the use or development. 2. New residential development shall assure that the proposal will not require shoreline or slope stabilization measures. Where located in a designated geologically hazardous area, a geotechnical analysis of the site and shoreline characteristics Chapter 6 March 7, 2016 122