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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-26-00002 Windy City Holdings LLC)
BACKGROUND: Project TD-26-00002 Windy City Holdings is a transfer of development rights
application. The applicant wants to remove the development rights from three (3)
parcels and place the parcels in a conservation easement. The subject parcels are
located east of Reecer Creek Road, south of Bender Road and adjacent to the Palouse
to Cascades Trail. The three (3) parcel total 28.7 acres and are partially or wholly
covered by critical areas and flood plain. 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 parcels qualify for the transfer of development
rights. When signed and recorded, the TDR conservation easement will create one
hundred sixty-seven (167) 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 Windy City Holdings Transfer of Development Rights
(TD-26-00002).
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION: CDS staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the
conservation easement for the Windy City Holdings Transfer of Development Rights
(TD-26-00002).
HANDLING: Presentation to the Board by Kittitas County Community Development Services.
RESPONSIBLE STAFF: Jamey Ayling, Community Development Services Planning Manager