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COMMUNITY PLANNING BUILDING INSPECTION PLAN REVIEW ADMINISTRATION PERMIT SERVICES CODE ENFORCEMENT
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
411 N. Ruby St., Suite 2, Ellensburg, WA 98926
CDS@CO.KITTITAS.WA.US
Office (509) 962-7506
Fax (509) 962-7682
“Building Partnerships – Building Communities”
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: October 6, 2026
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve Transfer of Development Rights Conservation Easement
(TD-26-00001 Solar Dolar LLC)
BACKGROUND: Project TD-26-00001 Solar Dolar LLC is a transfer of development rights application.
The applicant wants to remove the development rights from one (1) parcel and place
the portion of the parcel impacted by critical area and flood plane into a conservation
easement. The subject parcel is located west of S Railroad Ave in Ellensburg, WA.
The parcel totals 20 acres. Critical areas and flood plain cover a total of 3 acres of the
parcel. Per KCC17.13.020 frequently flooded areas are eligible to be a sending site.
After a review of the application materials and a site visit, staff have determined that
the parcel qualifies for the transfer of development rights. When signed and recorded,
the TDR conservation easement will create eighteen (18) development right
certificates. The conservation easement is before you.
This action will create the certificates; however a separate receiving site application
would need to be submitted to redeem the TDR credits. Currently there is a moratorium
in place preventing the application for TDR Applications, therefore no new certificates
may be applied for, and no credits may be redeemed until after the moratorium is lifted.
INTERACTION: CDS, Board of County Commissioners
ATTACHMENTS: Conservation Easement for Solar Dolar LLC Transfer of Development Rights (TD-26-
00001).
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION: CDS staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the
conservation easement for the Solar Dolar LLC Transfer of Development Rights (TD-
26-00001).
HANDLING: Presentation to the Board by Kittitas County Community Development Services.
RESPONSIBLE STAFF: Jamey Ayling, Community Development Services Planning Manager