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Attachment A <br /> Proposed Amendments to the January 291h Comprehensive Plan Draft and Easton Subarea Plan Draft Kittitas County 2026 Periodic Update <br /> Existing Policy Batch#4-Proposed Policy Change Rationale Source <br /> StFikAthFoughs are proposed to be removed from <br /> existing policy language.Where words are in red,the <br /> language is intended to be included. <br /> Where feasible,utilize mitigation for impacts including, for a sewer treatment facility <br /> but not limited to,incorporation of buffers to separate or large road improvement or <br /> uses,and providing amenities such open space and trails how to mitigate for industrial <br /> to provide environmental benefits.Incorporation of uses which could impact air or <br /> SEPA mitigation and application of existing water quality near where <br /> environmental regulations will also assist in mitigating people live. <br /> impacts. <br /> 2.Designation Criteria. Futurewise <br /> In order to be designated Agricultural Lands of Long- <br /> Term Commercial Significance in Kittitas County,the <br /> land must:(1)not be characterized by urban growth;(2) <br /> be primarily devoted to agriculture;,and(3)have long- <br /> term significance for agriculture.Land shall be <br /> designated Agricultural Lands of Long-Term Commercial <br /> Significance(referred to as Commercial Agricultural Since the last periodic <br /> Lands in the Kittitas County Code in accordance with the comprehensive plan update, <br /> designation criteria and considerations set forth herein. there have been updates to <br /> A.Land Grade Consideration.Agricultural Lands of Long- state rules which detail the <br /> Term Commercial Significance shall be prime and unique process for designating and <br /> Rural and Resource Lands Element farmland soils as mapped by the US Department of redesignating agricultural <br /> Agriculture(USDA) resource lands and the criteria <br /> Rural and Resource Lands Natural Resources which could be evaluated.This <br /> Conservation Service and considered capable of section is updated to reflect <br /> agricultural use according to land capability criteria in those changes. <br /> Agriculture Handbook No.210 or successor guide <br /> adopted by the federal agency. <br /> B.Other considerations.In determining whether land <br /> should be designated or de-designated as Agricultural <br /> Land of Long-Term Commercial Significance,the County <br /> should also consider additional criteria to determine if <br /> land has lone-term commercial significance for <br /> May 2026 Links in this document are available to download at https://www.kittitascountV2026.com/ Page 14 of 18 <br />