22.02.160 Integration with permit and land use decision.
A. The process under the State Environmental Policy Act (Chapter 43.21C RCW) and this chapter shall be integrated, insofar as possible, with any applicable process for decision-making on permit and land use applications, in accordance with the procedures in subsection B of this section.
B. For each application for a permit or land use decision which is subject to review under the State Environmental Policy Act, the environmental coordinator shall determine how environmental review best can be integrated with review of the permit or land use application. In making this determination, the environmental coordinator shall integrate the following procedures:
1. Staff review of the application under city codes and regulations and the environmental review and determination thereon;
2. The staff report on the application, and the report or documentation concerning environmental review;
3. Hearings and other public processes, including required public notices, required by city code or regulation, and hearings and other public processes, including public notices, required or conducted under the State Environmental Policy Act. This section shall include appeals, except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
C. The threshold determination and the decision or recommendation on the underlying permit or action will be consolidated except when a determination of significance is issued or when the environmental coordinator makes a finding that unusual environmental issues or uncertainty linked to the underlying proposal are present. The environmental coordinator must find that separating environmental review from the underlying or related decision making processes would result in a more efficient process and would not result in conflict, overlap, or duplication of permit or review processes. (Ord. 4817 § 13, 1995; Ord. 4344 § 1, 1992.)