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Kittitas County Development Regulations Proposed Changes for Periodic Update 2026 Red underlined is new text Strikethrough text is proposed to be rernov_.- 17.15.0060.2 Footnotes Associated with Rural Non-LAMIRD Use Table. g. No commercial or manufacturing activities will be permitted within any building or storage unit except for RV storage when authorized under KCC§17.15.060.2, Footnote 60; h. Lease documents shall spell out all conditions and restriction of the use; i. Signs, other than on-site direction aids, shall number not more than two and shall not exceed 40 square feet each in area. 59. Recreational vehicle/equipment service and repair is permitted by conditional use permit in the Forest and Range zoning district.The site shall either be: a. Contiguous to a State Highway,or b. Contiguous to a designated urban arterial or rural collector road located near a highway intersection or freeway interchange. c. It is not necessary for the site to have direct access to such arterial,collector or highway to meet this requirement. Vehicles under repair shall either be kept inside buildings or visually screened from surrounding areas. No on-streetvehicle parking shall be allowed associated with the use.Allvehicles,including recreational vehicles and customer and employee automobiles shall be stored or parked on-site at all times. Maintenance and repair activities shall not take place in RV storage enclosures or spaces,except limited maintenance and minor repairs may be performed on RV's that are already being stored at the site in order to avoid having to move them,when such maintenance and repair activities can be completed in two hours or less and only in the enclosures or spaces in which the RV's are already being kept.This use shall be designed to be compatible with the surrounding rural character, subject to the following standards: a. Findings shall be made thatthe use does not require urban governmental services such as municipal sewer or water service and does not compromise the long-term viability of designated resource lands. b. Additional setbacks, physical barriers or site-screening may be required on sites that border resource lands in the Commercial Agriculture or Commercial Forest zoning districts. c. Measures shall be taken to protect ground and surface water. 60. Nurseries limited to the growth, display, and/or sale of plants, shrubs, trees, and materials used in indoor or outdoor planting.Sale of bulk landscape materials such as rock, bark, mulch and topsoil shall not be permitted in this zone. Pre-packaged landscape materials are excluded from this restriction. 61. Agricultural direct marketing activities shall comply with all of the following standards: a. The subject property shall be actively farmed by the property owner. b. Retail structures shall not total more than 3,000 square feet. c. The parcel,or adjacent parcel,shall include the residence of the owner or operator of the farm. d. Carnival rides, helicopter rides, inflatable features and other typical amusement park games, facilities and structures are not permitted. e. The use shall be operated in accordance with all applicable federal,state,and local ordinances. f. New structures or existing structures converted for public use shall meet current building and fire codes. g. Adequate sanitary facilities shall be provided in accordance with Kittitas County Public Health Department requirements. h. Adequate ingress/egress shall be provided to and from the site in accordance with Kittitas County Public Works requirements. Chapter 17.15 ALLOWED USES Page 26 of 72