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within two hundred (200) feet of designated shorelines as well as certain wetlands, river deltas, <br />floodways and floodplains associated with such shorelines. <br />The SMA establishes a balance of authority between local and state governments. Cities and counties <br />have the primary review responsibility for development along their shorelines, and the state (through <br />the Washington State Department of Ecology) has authority to review local master programs and <br />local shoreline development permit decisions. (Ord. 2016-006,2016) <br />17B.01.O2O Scope and jurisdiction of the Shoreline master program. <br />The Shoreline Management Act (SMA) applies to all 39 counties and more than 200 cities in <br />Washington State that have "shorelines of the state" (RCW 90.58.030(2) within their jurisdictional <br />boundaries. Shorelines of the state include: <br />. All marine waters; <br />r Streams with greater than twenty cubic feet per second (20 cfs) mean annual flow; <br />. Lakes twenty (20) acres or larger; <br />. Upland areas called shorelands that extend two hundred (200) feet landward, in all <br />directions on a horizontal plane, from the edge of the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) <br />of these waters; and <br />. The following areas when they are associated with one of the above: <br />o Wetlands and river deltas; and <br />o Floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward two hundred (200) feet <br />from such floodways. <br />The Act recognizes that certain waters are so important to citizens that they necessitate a special <br />status for classification and protection. These are "shorelines of statewide significance." The Act lists <br />the following criteria for defining "shorelines of statewide significance" in Eastern Washington: <br />Any [natural rivers or segments thereofl eost of the crest of the Cascode range downstreom of a point <br />where the annual flow is meosured at two hundred cubic feet per second or more, or those portions of <br />rivers east of the crest of the Cascode range downstream from the first three hundred square miles of <br />drainage areo, whichever is longer. (RCW 90.58.030(2)(DU)@) <br />All or portions of the following water bodies in Kittitas County are shorelines of statewide <br />sig nificance: <br />. Cle Elum River <br />. Columbia River. Kachess Riverr Little Naches River. Teanaway River <br />. Yakima River. Priest Rapids Dam Reservoir. Wanapum Dam Reservoir. Cle Elum Lake. Keechelus Lake <br />. Kachess Lake