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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 <br />Page 206 <br /> <br /> <br />to continue operation of such businesses as farming, timber harvesting, sports and recreation, and other uses permitted within the zone remain with the owner of the underlying fee. Transfer through conversion of the acquired development rights to density credits redeemable on eligible sites, designated as "receiving sites" per KCC 17.13.030(1), shall be accomplished as set out herein. ( Ord. 2010-006, 2010 ; Ord. 2009-25, 2009) <br />17.13.015 Definitions <br /> 1. Receiving Site means the location available to receive a TDR Credit which may be located <br />within all the Rural Lands as designated by Kittitas County. A Receiving Site may use a TDR Credit to <br />increase density of a parcel beyond the underlying zoning limitations. <br />2. Sending Site means any land in Kittitas County deemed to contain a public benefit or as further <br />described in this KCC 17.13.015. <br />3. Units of Density means any parcel with an established Kittitas County Parcel Number as shown on the <br />Kittitas County Official Land Use Map. <br />4. Parcel means any divided plot of land located in Kittitas County that has been issued a County Parcel <br />Number. <br />5. Lot means a parcel of land as described in number 4 above. <br />6. Kittitas County Official Land Use Map means that map maintained by Kittitas County titled Kittitas <br />County Compas. <br />7. TDR Density Credit means a credit of residential density that removes the right to construct a <br />residential home or other structure on the Sending Site parcel and allows for the increase of density <br />with in the receiving site. TDR Density Credit may be used to increase the density of a parcel in any City, <br />Urban Growth Area, LAMIRD, or land with a Rural Land designation. <br />8. TDR Easement means an easement placed on the Sending Site that eliminates the possibility of <br />residential development on said sending site. The easement shall be granted by the owner of the <br />sending site that extinguishes the right to develop said site. Said easement shall be filed with the Kittitas <br />County Auditor and shall become a limitation on title of the sending site parcel. <br /> <br />17.13.020 TDR Sending Sites. Sending sites must contain a public benefit such that the preservation of that benefit by transferring residential development rights, in the form of TDR Density Credit, to another site is in the public interest. A sending site will be presumed to contain a public benefit if it meets either criteria 1, 2, 3 or 4, as stated below: 1. Farm and Agricultural Land (must satisfy criteria 1.a. thru 1.e.) <br />a. Is land in the Commercial Agriculture, Ag-20, Ag-5, Forest & Range, or R-5 zoning; b. Is a minimum of five (5) acres in size;