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EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures Page 17 of 94 <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />15.02.040 Determining appropriate review. <br />A. The planning director shall determine the proper classification for all project permit <br />applications. If the planning director determines that the choice among appropriate <br />classifications cannot be ascertained from the code and its intent, the planning director shall <br />resolve it in favor of the higher classification number. <br />B. A project that involves two or more land use permits may be processed collectively under <br />the highest numbered classification required for any part of the application or processed <br />individually under each of the classifications identified by the specific city regulation. The <br />applicant may determine whether the application is processed under the individual procedure <br />option (see Section 15.02.050). If the application is processed under the individual procedure <br />option, the highest numbered classification must be processed prior to the subsequent lower <br />numbered procedure. <br />C. For any project dependent on a legislative decision, including a change in the <br />comprehensive plan (see Section 15.02.095), the legislative decision must be made prior to <br />processing the land use permit application. <br />D. Applications processed in accordance with subsection B of this section that have the same <br />highest-numbered classification, but are assigned different hearing bodies, shall be heard by <br />the highest decisionmaker. The city council is the highest, followed by the hearing examiner or <br />planning commission, as applicable, the planning director, and then the planning department <br />or other authorized city staff. (Ord. 3774-20 § 3 (Exh. 2), 2020.) <br />15.02.050 One project review process. <br />The city shall provide a project review process that is integrated with the SEPA review process <br />to the maximum extent feasible. For projects that require more than one project permit <br />approval, the SEPA threshold determination and all land use permit decisions shall be made <br />concurrently to the extent permissible by law. To promote integration and avoid duplication, it <br />is the intent of this process that any studies be used to fulfill all regulatory needs for which they <br />provide adequate information, regardless of the specific law or requirement that caused their <br />preparation. Likewise, it is the intent of this process to avoid duplication under different laws or <br />regulations of measures to avoid or otherwise mitigate the same project impacts.