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Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15 <br /> <br /> <br />Kittitas County, WA <br />§ 17A.01.090 CRITICAL AREAS § 17A.01.100 <br /> <br />used will be agreed to by the applicant and determined by the Director depending on site conditions <br />and inspection requirements. Field markers shall be spaced at a minimum of every fifty (50) feet, <br />unless alternative placement or spacing is authorized by the Director. The location of field markers <br />must be shown on all site plans and final plats associated with the proposed development. Field <br />markers shall remain in place until any required final inspections are completed and approved. Field <br />markers may be waived by the Director if an alternative to field marking achieves the same objective, <br />or if the development and construction activity(ies) is located at a sufficient distance so that impacts <br />to the critical area and its buffer are unlikely to occur. The Director may require permanent, wildlife- <br />passable fencing and/ or signage if necessary to protect a critical area and its buffer from adjacent land <br />uses. <br />4. Building setbacks. Unless otherwise provided, buildings and other structures shall be set back a <br />distance of fifteen (15) feet from the edges of all critical area buffers, RMZs, or from the edges of all <br />critical areas, except CARAs, if no buffers are required. The following are allowed in the building <br />setback area: <br />a. Landscaping; <br />b. Uncovered decks; <br />c. Building overhangs, if such overhangs do not extend more than eighteen (18) inches into the <br />setback area; and <br />d. Impervious ground surfaces, such as driveways and patios. <br />5. Notice on title. Any property on which a development proposal requiring a critical areas report is <br />submitted shall have filed with the Kittitas County Auditor: <br />a. A notice on title of the presence and location of the critical area and/or buffer; <br />b. A statement as to the applicability of this Title to the property; and <br />c. A statement describing possible limitations on action in or affecting critical areas or buffer as <br />approved by the Director. The Applicant shall record such documents and will provide a copy <br />of the recorded notice to the County. Development proposals which are defined as normal repair <br />and maintenance of existing structures or developments, including, but not limited to, roof repair, <br />interior remodeling, wood stove permits, and on-site sewage disposal systems repairs, are <br />exempt from this requirement. <br />(Ord. 2021-016, 2021) <br /> <br />§ 17A.01.100. Critical areas mitigation. <br />1. Mitigation sequence. Adverse impacts caused by new alterations and developments shall be mitigated <br />using the following actions in order of priority: <br />a. Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain action or parts of an action; <br />b. Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action and its implementation, <br />by using appropriate technology, or by taking affirmative steps, such as project redesign, <br />relocation, or timing, to avoid or reduce impacts; <br />c. Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected environment; <br />d. Reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance operations;