21.07.010 Notice of development application.
(a) A notice of application shall not be required for project permits that are categorically exempt under SEPA (Chapter 43.21C RCW) unless a public comment period or an open record predecision hearing is required such as but not limited to:
(1) Application for building permits;
(2) Application for lot line adjustments (short plat exemption);
(3) Application for administrative approval.
(b) Within fourteen days of issuing a letter of completeness under Chapter 21.05, the city shall issue a notice of development application. The notice shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Name of the applicant;
(2) Date of application;
(3) The date of the letter of completeness;
(4) The location of the project;
(5) A project description;
(6) The requested approvals, actions, and/or required studies;
(7) A public comment period not less than fourteen nor more than thirty days;
(8) Identification of existing environmental documents;
(9) A city staff contact and telephone number;
(10) The date, time, and place of a public hearing if one is scheduled;
(11) A statement that the decision on the application will be made within one hundred twenty days of the date of the letter of completeness.
(c) The notice of development application shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation. This notice may be issued prior to or together with other required notices when possible, but is not a substitute for the other notices.
(d) Except for a determination of significance, the city may not issue its threshold determination or issue a decision or recommendation on a project permit until the expiration of the public comment period on the notice of development application (RCW 36.70B.110). (Ord. 2174, § 2 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 1641, § 21, 2004.)