KCC 17A_Critical Areas Ordinance Draft

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Kittitas County,WA § 17A.07.060 CRITICAL AREAS § 17A.07.060 1. When required. If a proposed development is located within or adjacent to a known or suspected wetland, the Director shall require the applicant to submit a wetland critical areas report prepared by a qualified professional that includes the information listed in this Section. a. The requirement to provide a wetland critical areas report may be waived for a single-family residence where no encroachment into a regulated wetland or its standard buffer will occur.Prior to issuance of a building permit, site development permit, or on-site sewage system permit, the applicant shall submit a single-family wetland certification form completed by a wetland specialist that certifies either: i. No regulated wetlands are present within 250 feet of the project area; or ii. Wetlands are present within 250 feet of the project area, but all regulated alterations and development associated with the dwelling (i.e., landscaped areas, septic facilities, outbuildings, etc.)will occur outside of the standard buffer of the identified wetland. 1. If regulated wetland buffers extend onto the site and are within 250 feet of the project area, the wetland specialist shall place permanent, clearly visible, wetland buffer signs at the edge of the buffer.A wetland buffer sign affidavit, signed by the wetland specialist,shall be submitted to the Department as verification that the wetland buffer signs have been placed on the site. 2. The single-family certification form may be used only to authorize single-family dwellings and associated homesite features such as garages, driveways, gardens, fences, wells, lawns, and on-site septic systems. It may not be used for new agricultural activities, expansion of existing agricultural activities, forest practice activities, commercial projects, land divisions, buffer width modifications, or violations. The single-family form may not be used to make a claim for exemption. 1. The single-family certification process will be monitored by the Department for accuracy, and enforcement actions will be initiated should encroachment into a regulated wetland or buffer occur. 2. The applicant/property owner assumes responsibility for any and all errors of the single-family certification form and all associated mitigation imposed by the Department. 3, Single-family certification forms shall be filed with the Kittitas County Auditor's Office in accordance with the department standards. 2. Contents. When required by this Title, wetland critical areas reports shall include the general critical areas report requirements of KCC § 17A.01.080 in addition to the following: a. Map showing the location of all wetlands and required buffers within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the proposed development; and b. An analysis of the onsite wetland(s) including the following site-and proposal-related information: i. Historical and Existing On site and Surrounding Land use/Conditions ii. Wetland acreage; Downloaded from https:Hecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15