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Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15 <br /> <br /> <br />Kittitas County, WA <br />§ 17A.04.060 CRITICAL AREAS § 17A.04.070 <br /> <br />Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife habitat management recommendations, that have <br />been developed for species or habitat located on or adjacent to the project area; <br />e. A detailed discussion of the direct and/or indirect potential impacts on the fish and wildlife <br />habitat conservation area by the project. Such discussion shall include a discussion of the <br />ongoing management practices that will protect habitat after the project site has been developed; <br />f. The general mitigation plan requirements of KCC § 17A.01.080 as well as the fish and wildlife <br />habitat conservation area mitigation requirements of KCC § 17A.04.070, if the alteration or <br />development will result in unavoidable impacts to fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas; <br />and <br />g. Methods and measures to avoid, minimize and/or compensate for adverse impacts associated <br />with the proposed development, including, but not limited to: <br />i. Prohibition or limitation of use, alteration, and development within the fish and wildlife <br />habitat conservation area; <br />ii. Retention of vegetation and/or re-vegetation of areas/habitats critically important to <br />species; <br />iii. Special construction techniques; <br />iv. Implementation of erosion and sediment control measures; <br />v. Habitat restoration or enhancement (e.g., fish passage barrier removal); <br />vi. Seasonal restrictions on construction activities on the subject property; <br />vii. Clustering of alterations or development on the subject property; and <br />viii. Any other requirements and/or recommendations from federal, state, or local special <br />management recommendations, including the Washington State Department of Fish and <br />Wildlife's habitat management guidelines. <br />(Ord. 2021-016, 2021) <br /> <br />§ 17A.04.070. Mitigation requirements. <br />1. General mitigation requirements. Mitigation for alteration or impacts to fish and wildlife habitat <br />conservation areas shall achieve equivalent or greater biological functions and shall include mitigation <br />for adverse impacts upstream and downstream of the development project site. Mitigation shall <br />address each functional attribute affected by the alteration to achieve functional equivalency or <br />improvement on a per function basis. Mitigation elements may include, but are not limited to: <br />restoration of previously degraded areas and key habitat features; restoration of riparian vegetation <br />communities to provide shade and large woody debris; addition of large woody debris; and installation <br />of upland habitat features. <br />2. Buffer for aquatic habitat conservation mitigation sites. Any aquatic fish and wildlife habitat <br />conservation area that is created, restored, or enhanced as compensation for approved alterations shall <br />be assigned the same buffer as would be required for the category of the original aquatic fish and <br />wildlife habitat conservation area. <br />3. Type of mitigation required. In determining the extent and type of mitigation required, the Director <br />may consider all the following: