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Kittitas County, WA <br />§ 17A.07.030 KITTITAS COUNTY CODE § 17A.07.030 <br />Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />4. Standard buffer widths. The width of the standard buffer does not include the building setback (KCC <br />§ 17A.01.090.4) and shall be based on the wetland category and the intensity of the proposed land <br />use adjacent to the buffer as indicated in Table KCC 17A.07.030. <br /> <br />Table 17A.07.030: Standard Buffer Widths <br /> <br />Category of Wetland <br />Land Use with Low <br />Impact1 <br />Land Use with <br />Moderate Impact2 <br />Land Use with High <br />Impact3 <br />I 125 ft 190 ft 250 ft <br />II 100 ft 150 ft 200 ft <br />III 75 ft 110 ft 150 ft <br />IV 25 ft 40 ft 50 ft <br /> <br /> <br />1 Low impact use and developments include: forestry (cutting of trees only), low intensity open <br />space (hiking, bird-watching, and like uses), unpaved trails, and utility corridor without a <br />maintenance road and little or no vegetation management. <br />2 Moderate impact use and developments include: residential (1 unit/acre or less), moderate intensity <br />open space (parks with biking, jogging, and like uses), conversion from non-agricultural lands <br />to moderate intensity agriculture (orchard, hay fields, and like uses), paved trails, building of logging <br />roads, and utility corridor or right-of-way shared by several utilities and including access/ <br />maintenance roads. <br />3 High impact use and developments include: commercial, urban, industrial, institutional, retail sales, <br />residential (more than 1 unit/acre), conversion from non-agricultural lands to high intensity <br />agriculture (dairies, animal feed lots, nurseries and green houses, and like uses), high intensity <br />recreation (golf courses, ball fields, and like uses). <br />5. Wetland buffer condition. Wetland buffer areas shall be retained in a natural condition or may be <br />improved to enhance buffer functions and values. Where buffer disturbance is allowed pursuant to <br />this Title, re-vegetation with native vegetation shall be required. The Kittitas County noxious weed <br />ordinance shall be adhered to. Alterations of the buffer that are inconsistent with this Title shall be <br />prohibited. <br />6. Multiple buffers. In the event that buffers for any shorelines and/or critical areas are contiguous or <br />overlapping, the landward-most edge of all such buffers shall apply. <br />7. Interrupted buffer. When a wetland buffer contains an existing legally established public or private <br />road and/or a legally established development which creates a significant interruption of buffer <br />function, the Administrator may allow development on the landward side of the road or development <br />provided that the actions will not have a detrimental impact to the wetland. The applicant may be <br />required to provide a wetland critical areas report to describe the potential impacts. In determining <br />whether a critical areas report is necessary, the County shall consider the hydrologic, geologic, and/ <br />or biological habitat connection potential and the extent and permanence of the buffer interruption <br />8. Buffers of restored wetlands. The buffer for a wetland created, restored, or enhanced as compensation <br />for approved wetland alterations shall be the same as the buffer required for the category of the created, <br />restored, or enhanced wetland.