22.02.005 Policy.
A. The policies and objectives of the State Environmental Policy Act of 1971, as amended, herein referred to as SEPA, are adopted as the policies and objectives of the city.
B. Any action by the city may be conditioned or denied pursuant to Chapter 43.21C RCW, the State Environmental Policy Act, and in accordance with BCC 22.02.140.
C. Furthermore, the city, recognizing that each person has a fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful environment and that each person has a responsibility to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the environment, declares to the fullest extent possible the city will utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach to ensure the integrated use of the natural, physical and social sciences to:
1. Take action necessary to provide the people of the city with clean air and water, freedom from unnecessary noise and an opportunity to enjoy the aesthetic, natural, scenic and historic qualities of the environment;
2. Take all action necessary to protect, rehabilitate, and enhance the environment of the city;
3. Ensure that the long term protection of the environment shall be one of the guiding criteria in public decision-making;
4. Create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony to fulfill the social and economic requirements of present and future generations. (Ord. 3305 § 1, 1983; Ord. 2340 § 2, 1976.)