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After review of the application for temporary outdoor encampment, safe parking areas or tiny <br />liomc communities, an outdoor emergency shelter, the planning director shall make a decision <br />regarding the issuance of a temporary use permit together with any modifications requested. A <br />notice of such decision regarding the issuance of a temporary use permit stating whether the <br />permits and any modifications are granted or denied, along with information regarding the <br />procedure for appeal of the decision, shall be mailed as required for the notice of application <br />within three business days after the decision. The information regarding the procedure for <br />appeal shall state at a minimum as follows: <br />1. The deadline for filing a notice of appeal of the planning director's decision is fifteen <br />calendar days from the date the decision is mailed; and <br />2. The notice of appeal of the planning director's decision shall be filed with the city clerk. <br />3. The planning director's decision may be appealed to the city's hearing examiner, who <br />has jurisdiction to hear this matter and who will issue the final decision of the city after a <br />public hearing. The notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be provided to <br />the applicant and to any person who, prior to the rendering of the decision on the permit, <br />made a written request for notice or submitted substantial comments on the application <br />for the permit. <br />4. The public hearing procedures shall be as specified in Section 15.24.400. The hearing <br />examiner shall issue findings within ten business days of the conclusion of the hearing. <br />Within three business days of rendering the written decision, copies shall be mailed to the <br />applicant and all who have requested notice by signing a register provided at the hearing. <br />The hearing examiner's decision shall constitute the city's final decision. Any appeal of the <br />city's final decision may only be made to Snohomish County superior court in accordance <br />with Chapter 36.70 RCW. The burden of proof on appeal shall be on the appellant. <br />D. Additional Requirements for Applications Requesting Modification of Standards for <br />Temporary Outdoor Encampment, Safe Parking Areas or Tiny Home Communities Emergency <br />Shelter. <br />1. The applicant may apply for an administrative use a temporary use permit that applies <br />standards that differ from those in Section 19.08.200{B) only where, in addition to <br />satisfying thc requirements in Scction 19.05.068, the applicant submits a description of the <br />standard to be modified and demonstrates how the modification would result in a safe <br />temporary outdoor encampment, safe parking areas or tiny home communities emergency <br />shelter under the specific circumstances of the application. Such requests shall be reviewed <br />by the city's hearing examiner planning director at a public hearing. The hearing examiner <br />planning director shall make a decision regarding the issuance of a temporary use permit <br />and modification of standards. The <br />2. Notice of the request for modification of standards of thc time and place of thc public <br />hearing shall be provided with a ten-day comment period to thc applicant and to any <br />person who, prior to the rendering of the decision on the permit, made a written request <br />for notice or submitted substantial comments on the application for the permit. The public <br />hearing procedures shall be as specified in Scction 15.02.200. <br />ORDINANCE -22 <br />Page 6 of 22 <br />