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North: Quilomene Wildlife Area South: Sparse residential, larger parcels of farmland East: Vacant sageland West: Sage land and sparse residential development Access: The proposal has access from Parke Creek Road. 6. The Comprehensive Plan designation is Rural Working. 7. The subject property is currently located within the Agriculture 20 zoning district and is within the Rural Working Land Use. Forest and Range Zoning is being requested, which is consistent with land uses to the north and east of the property as well as the uses located in the vicinity, including hiking trails and the Quilomene Wildlife area. The purpose and intent of this zone is to provide for areas of Kittitas County wherein natural resource management is the highest priority and where the subdivision and development of lands for uses and activities incompatible with resource management are discouraged. A primary goal and intent in siting R-R zones will be to promote rural recreation residential development associated with the many natural amenities found within Kittitas County. Application for a comprehensive plan map amendment, rezone from Rural Working Land Use and Agriculture 20 Zoning to Rural Working land use, Forest and Range Zoning, and SEPA environmental checklist was received on June 28, 2024. This submittal packet was received prior to the June 30th docketing deadline. The application was deemed complete on July 26, 2024. A Notice of Application was issued on August 15, 2024. These notices were published in the official county paper of record and were mailed to jurisdictional government agencies, adjacent property owners within 500 feet and other interested parties. 9. Based upon review of the submitted application materials including an environmental checklist, correspondence received during this comment period and other information on file with Community Development Services, Kittitas County issued a Mitigated Determination of Non -Significance (MDNS) on October 16, 2024. 10. The proposal is consistent with the goals and policies of the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan. As referenced above in Section IV of this staff report, the following Comprehensive Plan GPOs apply to this proposal: RR-G22, RR-G23, RR-G24, and RR-G25. This proposal is consistent with the intent of the Rural and Resource Lands of Kittitas County. 11. This proposal is consistent with the provisions of Kittitas County Roads and Bridges Title 12. 12. This proposal is consistent with the provisions of KCC 13 Water and Sewers Code. 13. This proposal is consistent with Kittitas County Code Title 14 for Building and Construction. 14. This proposal is consistent with the Kittitas County Zoning Code Title 17, more specifically KCC 17.56 Forest & Range. 15. This proposal is consistent with Kittitas County Code Title 17A Critical Areas. 16. This proposal is consistent with Kittitas County Code Title 20 Fire Life Safety. 17. This proposal is consistent with Kittitas County Code (KCC 17.13) Transfer of Development Rights.