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EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures Page 18 of 94 The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. A. Individual Procedure Option. Under the individual procedure option, an applicant may request: (1) processing land use permits separately; or (2) processing land use and all other project permits including construction permits in a single consolidated project review process, which may include a request for a designated permit coordinator. An application that involves two or more Review Process I, II, or III procedures shall be processed collectively under the highest numbered procedure required for any part of the application unless the applicant requests that the application be processed under the individual procedure option. Based upon the specific content of the application and the required permits, the planning director may grant or deny a request to process the application under individual procedures for separate permit decisions. If an applicant elects a single consolidated project review process for all city permits, as provided by RCW 36.70B.120, the planning director may determine the specific scope and procedures for the project review on the proposed action consistent with this title and other applicable city requirements. B. Timing of Notice of Application and SEPA Threshold Determination. The planning director shall integrate the timing of the notice of application with environmental review under SEPA as follows: 1. Except for a determination of significance and except as otherwise expressly allowed in this subsection B, the planning director may not issue a threshold determination (where required), or issue a decision or a recommendation on a project permit until the expiration of the public comment period on the notice of application. 2. For all Review Process III applications, if the city’s threshold determination requires public notice under the SEPA ordinance (Chapter 19.43), the city shall issue its threshold determination at least fifteen days prior to the hearing examiner’s open public hearing. As a general matter, unless the applicant prefers otherwise, the city should try to issue the SEPA threshold determination sufficiently in advance of the open public hearing to allow any administrative appeals to be filed and consolidated with the hearing on the application, so as to avoid postponing a hearing for which public notice has already been given. C. Combined Decision on Review Process I and II Applications. For all applications that involve two or more Review Process I or II decisions, the planning director shall issue a single decision on the applications. The decision may be the permit; provided, however, an applicant may request an interpretation of applicable provisions of the city’s development regulations under Section