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5. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE UGA. 5.1. Except as may be otherwise allowed by law, the City and County agree to adopt and maintain land use designations for the UGA that will accommodate the population and employment allocation agreed upon by the City and County within their comprehensive plans and consistent with the GMA. The Parties agree adoption of the regulations required to implement this subsection shall be made concurrently with the updates of their comprehensive plans, but no later than by Decemb er 37 ,2022, and updated annually thereafter, as required by Chapter 36.70ARCW. 5.2. Said land use designations are identified on the Preferred Land Use Designation Map attached hereto as EXHIBIT B, as of the date of the execution of this Agreement and as it may be amended in the future. 6. ADOPTION OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR LAND USE ACTIONS IN THE UGA. 6.1. Upon adoption of this Agreement, the County agrees to adopt and apply as County regulations the City's regulations controlling land uses, setback standards, density requirements and the most current City Public Works development regulations and standards (collectively referred to hereafter as "urban development standards") to project permits, as defined in Section 11.4 below, within the UGA. The County agrees adoption of the regulations required to implement this subsection shall be made concurrently with the update of its comprehensive plan, but no later than by December 31 , 2022, and updated annually thereafter, as required by Chapter 36.70A RCW. The specific City regulations to be adopted by the County are identified in EXHIBIT C and shall include the relevant substantive provisions of the Ellensburg City Code ("ECC") as codified at the date of execution of this agreement, or thereafter amended, prior to the County's adoption of the relevant City development regulations for the UGA. 6.2. Subject to Washington State regulations pertaining to individual domestic water wells and septic systems, for subdivisions for which imposition of the City's urban development standards are deemed by the City to be economically impractical at time of subdivision, the County may issue a variance as permitted by County regulations with notification to the City at the time the variance application is filed. Any variance issued pursuant to this subsection shall be conditioned upon the permit applicant's agreement that the subdivision must connect to City utilities when they become available for later participation pursuant to either a latecomer utility agreement or utility extension agreement, which must be recorded with the Kittitas County Auditor. In the event that a water right has been granted from the County water bank that later is connected to City utilities the City will document for the County that it is providing water from its system such that the County can repossess the water right back to its water bank. 6.3. The City will provide comments to the County that address the future phasing of urban services to those lots when application is made for re-subdivision and/or development of those large lots to higher densities. The City and County shall coordinate UGA Interlocal Agreement (12-20-21) -Page 3 of 14