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Cateoory of Wetland Land Use with Low lmpactl Land Use with Moderate lmoact2 Land Use with Hiqh lmpact3 I 125ft 190 ft 250 ft il 100 ft 150 ft 200ft lil 75ft 110 ft 150 ft IV 25ft 40ft 50ft 1 Low impact use and developments include: forestrv (cuttinq of trees onlv), low intensitv open space (hikino. bird-watchino. and like uses), unpaved trails. and utility corridor without a maintenance road and little or no veqetation manaqement. 2 Moderate impact use and developments include: residential (1 uniVacre or less). moderate intensity open space (parks with biking. joqqing. and like uses). conversion from non- agricultural lands to moderate intensity agriculture (orchard. hay fields. and like uses). paved trails. buildinq of logging roads. and utilitv corridor or rioht-of-wav shared bv several utilities and includino access/maintenance roads. 3 Hiqh impact use and developments include: commercial. urban. industrial. institutional. retail sales. residential (more than 1 uniVacre). conversion from non-aqricultural lands to hiqh intensitv aqriculture (dairies. animalfeed lots. nurseries and qreen houses, and like uses). hiqh intensitv recreation (golf courses. ball fields, and like uses). 5. Wetland buffer condition. Wetland buffer areas shall be retained in a natural condition or mav be improved to enhance buffer functions and values. Where buffer disturbance is allowed pursuant to this Title. re-veoetation with native veqetation shall be required. The Kittitas County noxious weed ordinance'shall be adhered to. Alterations of the buffer that are inconsistent with this Title shall be prohibited. 6. Multiple buffers. ln the event that buffers for any shorelines and/or critical areas are contiouous or overlappino. the landward-most edoe of all such buffers shall apply. 7. lnterrupted buffer. When a wetland buffer contains an existinq legallv established public or private road and/or a leqallv established development which creates a siqnificant interruption of buffer function. the Administrator mav allow development on the landward side of the road or development provided that the actions will not have a detrimental impact to the wetland. The applicant mav be required to provide a wetland critical areas report to describe the potential impacts. ln determininq whether a critical areas report is necessarv. the County shall consider the hydrolooic, oeoloqic. and/or bioloqical habitat connection potential and the extent and permanence of the buffer interruption. 8. Buffers of restored wetlands. The buffer for a wetland created, restored. or enhanced as compensation for approved wetland alterations shall be the same as the buffer required for the cateoory of the created. restored. or enhanced wetland. 9. lncreased Buffers. The Director shall increase the wetland buffers widths where the standard buffer is inadequate to prevent siqnificant adverse environmental impacts or address hazards associated with the site or the proposed development. The Director may increase the buffer up to a maximum of two times the standard width. When determininq how much to increase the standard buffer. the Director shall consider the followinq conditions: a. Whether the wetland provides habitat for state priority or federalllr listed endanqered, threatened. or sensitive species for which a habitat manaqement plan indicates a laroer buffer is necessarv to protect habitat values for such soecies: or 59