Chapter 22.84
COMMENTING

Sections:

22.84.010    Adoption of WAC sections by reference.

22.84.020    Public notice.

22.84.030    Designation of official to perform consulted agency responsibilities for the city.

22.84.010 Adoption of WAC sections by reference.

This chapter contains rules for consulting, commenting, and responding on all environmental documents under SEPA, including rules for public notice and hearings. The city adopts the following sections by reference, as supplemented in this chapter:

WAC

(Statutory authority: RCW 43.21C.130. 84-13-036 (Order DE 84-25), WAC 173-806-128, filed 6/15/84. Formerly WAC 173-805-020.) (Ord. 1206 § 6, 1998).

22.84.020 Public notice.

(a) Whenever possible, the city shall integrate the public notice required under this section with existing notice procedures for the city’s nonexempt permit(s) or approval(s) required for the proposal.

(b) Whenever the city issues a DNS under WAC 197-11-340(2) or a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3) the city shall give public notice as follows:

(1) If a SEPA document is issued concurrently with the notice of application, the public notice requirements for the notice of application will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements.

(2) If no public notice is otherwise required for the permit or approval, the city shall give notice of the DNS or DS by:

(A) Posting the property, for site-specific proposals, or posting in the City Hall building, for nonsite-specific proposals; and

(B) Publishing notice in the city’s newspaper of record.

(3) Whenever the city issues a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the city shall state the scoping procedure for the proposal in the DS as required in WAC 197-11-408 and in the public notice.

(c) If a DNS is issued using the optional DNS process, the public notice requirements for the notice of application in RCW 36.70B.110(4) as supplemented by the requirements in WAC 197-11-355 will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements in WAC 197-11-510(b).

(d) Whenever the city issues a DEIS under WAC 197-11-455(5) or a SEIS under WAC 197-11-620, notice of the availability of those documents shall be given by:

(1) Indicating the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license; and

(2) Posting the property for site-specific proposals, or posting in the City Hall building, for nonsite-specific proposals; and

(3) Publishing notice in the city’s newspaper of record.

(e) The city may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirements for the applicant’s proposal at his or her expense. (Statutory authority: RCW 43.21C.130. 84-13-036 (Order DE 84-25), WAC 173-806-130, filed 6/15/84. Formerly Chapter 173-805 WAC.) (Ord. 1206 § 6, 1998).

22.84.030 Designation of official to perform consulted agency responsibilities for the city.

(a) The planning/building director shall be responsible for preparation of written comments for the city in response to a consultation request prior to a threshold determination, participation in scoping and reviewing a DEIS.

(b) The planning/building director shall be responsible for the city’s compliance with WAC 197-11-550 whenever the city is a consulted agency and is authorized to develop operating procedures that will ensure that responses to consultation requests are prepared in a timely fashion and include data from all appropriate departments of the city. (Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.130. 84-13-036 (Order DE 84-25), WAC 173-806-170, filed 6/15/84. Formerly WAC 173-805-110.) (Ord. 1206 § 6, 1998).