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4. Forest practices conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 76.09 RCW and <br />forest practice regulations Title 222 WAC, and which are exempt from Kittitas County <br />jurisdiction. <br />5. Reconstruction as a result of destruction by a natural disaster or disintegration over <br />time, maintenance, or remodeling of structures, provided that such reconstruction, <br />maintenance, or remodeling does not involve an expansion of the structure's footprint <br />when located within a critical area. Any such activity shall nevertheless comply with the <br />county's flood damage prevention ordinance, No. 93-18. <br />6. Construction, maintenance, repair, or replacement of Kittitas County permitted or <br />franchised utility facilities. <br />7. Educational activities, scientific research, and outdoor recreational activities, including <br />hunting and fishing. <br />8. Emergencies that threaten the public health, safety and welfare, including private or <br />public property. <br />9. Existing and ongoing natural resource activities. <br />10. Fencing shall not be required for critical areas protection. (Ord. 95-15 (part), 1995; Ord. <br />94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.03.025 Preliminary identification of critical areas - Maps and reference material. <br />Preliminary identification of critical areas - Maps and reference material. Critical areas may be <br />depicted generally on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) FIRM and floodway <br />maps; National Wetlands Inventory maps; The Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating <br />Jurisdictional Wetlands (1987 revised edition); Washington State Tier Wetlands Rating System as it <br />pertains to Category I - IV wetlands; Washington State Department of Natural Resources geologic <br />hazard areas maps; Washington State Department of Natural Resources mine hazard area maps <br />base; U.S. Bureau of Land Management mine hazard area maps; Washington State Department of <br />Fish and Wildlife priority habitats and species maps; Washington State Department of Natural <br />Resources water type maps; U.S.G.S landslide activity and slope maps; U.S. Soil Survey's National <br />Soils Survey Interpretations Handbook; snow avalanche hazard area maps in the Snoqualmie Pass <br />Sub-Area Comprehensive Plan; Uniform Building Code seismic risk zone maps. <br />The dates of all of the foregoing maps shall precede the date of adoption of the ordinance codified <br />in this chapter. Revised maps as issued by various governmental authorities after the date of <br />adopting this chapter shall not be utilized as a preliminary source of information until such time as <br />utilization of such maps are authorized by amendments to this chapter. This chapter is designed to <br />protect county critical areas based upon the best available information at this time, which <br />information has been subject to considerable review and comment from the general public as well as <br />from scientific and technical sources. Utilization of revised maps must be subject to that same <br />critique prior to adoption by the county. <br />These maps are used as a general guide to the location and extent of critical areas. Any presumption <br />created by these maps may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. These maps are also <br />intended to alert the development community, county residents, as well as current and prospective <br />landowners of the possibility of site development constraints which may limit or alter development <br />plans. This chapter does not apply if critical areas do not exist on a given parcel. (Ord. 95-15 (part), <br />1995; Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994).