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3. Habitat boundarv survev. lf the Director determines that a fish and wildlife habitat conservation area may be present within the project vicinity. he/she may require the habitat area to be delineated and/or mapoed by a qualified professionalwho is knowledgeable about fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas within Kittitas Countv. or confirmed bv the Washinqton Department of Fish and Wildlife. The existino maos showino the locations of fish and wildlife habitat conseruation areas are coarse-scaled. and for planninq purposes only. A survey performed bv a qualified bioloqist mav be necessarv to determine the precise boundarv of a habitat area. Unless otherwise defined in this Chapter. the boundarv of aquatic habitats shall be the ordinarv hiqh water mark of the waterbodv. The manaqement recommendations for Washinqton's prioritv habitats and species or federal equivalent should be used as a toolfor identifuinq and delineatinq fish and wildlife habitat boundaries. The Countv mav waive this requirement if there is adequate information available on the area proposed for develooment to determine the impacts of the proposed develooment and appropriate mitioatino measures. 4. Waters of the state classification. For purposes of this Chapter, Kittitas Countv herebv adoots the water typinq system specified in WAC 222-16-030. as described below: a. Type S: allwaters, within their ordinary hiqh water mark. meeting the criteria as "shorelines of the state" and "shorelines of statewide siqnificance" under RCW Chapter 90.58. The current list of Shoreline waters. alonq with their specific shorelines environments. is provided in the Kittitas Countv Shoreline Master Program (KCC Title 17B). Tvpe S streams and lakes are protected bv the Shoreline Master Proqram. rather than through this Title. b. Tvpe F: seqments of naturalwaters other than Tvpe S Waters. which are within the bankfull widths of defined channels and periodicallv inundated area of their associated wetlands. or within lakes. ponds. or impoundments havino a surface area of 0.5 acre or qreater at seasonal low water and which in any case contain fish habitat.c. Type Np: all seqments of natural waters within the bankfull width of defined channels that are perennial non-fish habitat stream. Perennial stream waters do not oo dry any time of a vear of normal rainfall. However. for the purpose of water tvpinq, Tvpe Np Waters include the intermittent drv portions of the perennial channel below the uppermost point of perennial flow. d. Tvpe Ns: All seqments of natural waters within the bankfull width of the defined channels that are not Tvpe S. F. or Np waters. These are seasonal. non-fish habitat streams in which surface flow is not oresent for at least some portion of a vear of normal rainfall and are not located downstream from any stream reach that is a Tvpe Np. F or S Water. Ns Waters must be upstream from and phvsicallv connected by an above-qround channel system to Type S. F. or Np Waters. MAC 222-76-030J 17A.04.030 Riparian Manaqement Zones and Buffers. 1. Purpose. Riparian Manaqement Zones (RMZs) and Buffers shall be established and maintained to protect fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas. RMZs refer to areas established and maintained to protect streams. Buffers refer to areas established and maintained to protect nonaquatic fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas.2. Measurement. RMZs for streams shall be measured in all directions from the ordinary hiqh water mark (OHWM) as identified in the field. Buildinq setbacks (17A.01090.5) are in addition to RMZs and buffers and are measured outward from the edqe of the RMZ or buffer boundary. (See 174.04.030(8) for information reqardinq nonaquatic fish and wildlife habitat conservation area buffers.)3. RMZ and Buffer Gondition. RMZs and buffers shall be maintained in a predominantlv well- veoetated and undisturbed condition to ensure that they perform their intended function of 38