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Kittitas County Code <br /> <br />Title 17B | SHORELINES <br />Chapters <br />17B.01 Framework, Purpose, Principles and Applicability <br />17B.02 Definitions <br />17B.03 Goals and Objectives <br />17B.04 Environment Designations and Management <br />17B.05 General Policies and Regulations <br />17B.06 Shoreline Use and Modification Policies and Regulations <br />17B.07 Administration and Procedures <br />17B.08 Appendix A <br />17B.09 Appendix B <br /> <br />Chapter 17B.01 <br />FRAMEWORK AUTHORIZATION, PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES, AND APPLICABILITY <br />Sections <br />17B.01.010 The Shoreline Management Act. <br />17B.01.020 Scope and jurisdiction of the Shoreline master program. <br />17B.01.030 Purpose and intent. <br />17B.01.040 Title and references. <br />17B.01.050 Public involvement process, advisory committee and agency coordination. <br />17B.01.060 Relationship to other plans. <br />17B.01.070 Applicability. <br />17B.01.080 Governing principles. <br />17B.01.090 Severability. <br />17B.01.100 Effective date. <br /> <br />17B.01.010 The Shoreline Management Act. <br />The Washington State Shoreline Management Act (also referred to in this document as SMA or the <br />Act) was passed by the legislature in 1971 and adopted by a vote of Washington’s citizens in a 1972 <br />referendum (RCW 90.58). The goal of the Shoreline Management Act is "to prevent the inherent <br />harm in an uncoordinated and piecemeal development of the state’s shorelines." The Act also <br />recognizes that "shorelines are among the most valuable and fragile" of the state’s resources. <br />The Act provides for the management and protection of the state’s shoreline resources by requiring <br />planning for their reasonable and appropriate use. The area regulated under the Act includes lands