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Kittitas County, WA § 17A.01.060 CRITICAL AREAS § 17A.01.070 Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15 the following: a. Exception request and review process. An application for a reasonable use exception shall be made to the County and shall include a critical areas report, as described in KCC § 17A.01.080, including mitigation plan, if necessary; and any other related project documents, such as permit applications to other agencies, special studies, and environmental documents prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Policy Act (Chapter 43.21C RCW and rules thereunder in Chapter 197-11 WAC). The application shall follow the administrative project permit review process outlined in KCC Chapter 15A.03. In determining what is considered reasonable use of an undeveloped parcel, the Director may consider additional information such as zoning, and comparable structure sizes and land uses of the surrounding area. b. Director review. The Director shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request based on the proposal's ability to comply with all the reasonable use exception criteria in Subsection 2(c). c. Reasonable use review criteria. Criteria for review and approval of reasonable use exceptions include: i. The application of this Title would deny all reasonable economic use of the property; ii. No other reasonable economic use of the property has less impact on the critical area and its buffer; iii. The proposed impact to the critical area is the minimum necessary to allow for reasonable economic use of the property; iv. The inability of the applicant to derive reasonable economic use of the property is not the result of actions by the applicant after the effective date of this Title; v. The proposal does not pose an unreasonable threat to the public health, safety, or welfare on or off the development proposal site; vi. The proposal will result in no net loss of critical area functions and values consistent with the best available science; vii. The proposal is consistent with other application regulations and standards. d. Burden of proof. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant to bring forth evidence in support of the application and to provide sufficient information on which any decision must be made on the application. (Ord. 2021-016, 2021) § 17A.01.070. Non-conforming structures and uses. The following provisions apply to lots, structures and uses lawfully established prior to the effective date of this Title, or amendments thereto, which do not conform to the current regulations or standards of this Title. The following provisions do not apply to lots, structures or uses that were unlawfully established. 1. Non-conforming lots: a. An undeveloped lot, tract, parcel, site, or division of land located landward of the ordinary high water mark which was established in accordance with local and state subdivision requirements prior to the effective date of this Title but which does not conform to the present lot size