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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas County, Washington <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 3: Community Profile 28 <br />Figure 3-5. Kittitas County Zoning and Future Land Use <br /> <br />3.5. CHANGES IN DEVELOPMENT <br />Kittitas County addresses future growth challenges through the County’s Comprehensive Plan. The <br />Comprehensive Plan is adopted by the County in compliance with the Washington State Growth <br />Management Act (RCW 36.70A) and under authority of the Planning Commission Act (RCW 35.63). The <br />Plan is based on a framework of community goals and objectives which are adopted by the County with <br />the help of other subarea groups and citizens as a final expression of public policy. <br /> <br />The Comprehensive Plan includes eight (8) elements – land use, housing, capital facilities plan, utilities, <br />rural, transportation, economic, and park and recreation. Amendments to the RCW 36.70A Code in 2023 <br />added a ninth mandatory element, Climate Change and Resiliency, which will be included in the next <br />iteration of the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan. The most current Kittitas County Comprehensive <br />Plan can be accessed via the following link https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/cds/comp-plan/default.aspx. <br /> <br />This Hazard Mitigation Plan will work together with these programs to support future comprehensive land <br />use by providing vital information on the risks associated with natural hazards in Kittitas County. All <br />municipal planning partners will seek to incorporate by referencing the Kittitas County Hazard Mitigation <br />Plan in their comprehensive plans. This will ensure that all future development trends can be established <br />with the benefits of the information on risk and vulnerability to the natural hazards identified in this Plan.