KCC 17A_Critical Areas Ordinance Draft

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Kittitas County,WA § 17A.03.010 CRITICAL AREAS § 17A.03.040 CHAPTER 17A.03 CRITICAL AQUIFER RECHARGE AREAS(CARAs) § 17A.03.010. Purpose and intent. The purpose of this chapter is to protect critical aquifer recharge areas from degradation resulting from alterations and development. It is the intent of this chapter to safeguard groundwater resources against contaminants from alterations and development. (Ord. 2021-016,2021) § 17A.03.020. Designation, and mapping. 1. Classification and designation. Critical aquifer recharge areas are areas of unconsolidated deposits within the Roslyn and Kittitas Basins, and all Group A well head protection areas, as shown on the County's critical areas maps. All projects proposing uses listed in 17A.03.030 that are within the unconsolidated deposits within the Kittitas and Roslyn basins, or within a Group A wellhead protection area shall be reviewed for potential hazards to groundwater. 2. Mapping.The designated Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas are mapped in the Kittitas County Critical Areas Ordinance Critical Aquifer Recharge Area Map.Permit reviews will be based on the mapped critical area designation shown on the critical areas maps. (Ord. 2021-016,2021) § 17A.03.030. Applicability. This chapter regulates the following uses when located in a critical aquifer recharge area: 1. Storage tanks; 2. Commercial vehicle repair, servicing,and salvaging facilities; 3. Reclaimed wastewater; 4. New landfills, including hazardous or dangerous waste, municipal solid waste, special waste, wood waste of more than two thousand(2,000)cubic yards, and inert and demolition waste landfills; 5. Injection wells used for disposal of waste products including,but not limited to,stormwater discharge, hazardous or radioactive waste, or industrial waste; 6. Wood treatment facilities that allow any portion of the treatment process to occur over permeable surfaces(both natural and manmade); 7. Commercial coal, ore mining operations, and natural gas exploration and extraction; 8. Facilities that store, process, or dispose of chemicals containing perchloroethylene (PCE) or methyl tertiary butyl ether(MTBE)or other chemicals with the potential to contaminate groundwater; 9. Dairy farms and feedlots; 10. Man-made stormwater detention or infiltration ponds,manure lagoons, and irrigation ponds;and 11. Any other alteration or development that the Director determines -based on best available science - is likely to have a significant adverse impact on ground water. (Ord. 2021-016,2021) Downloaded from https:Hecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15