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EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures Page 41 of 94 <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />5. When the city is the proponent for either a governmental action of a project nature or a <br />governmental action of a nonproject nature, and the city is also the lead agency, then the <br />maximum time limits contained in this chapter for the threshold determination and EIS <br />process shall not apply to the proposal. <br />B. Use of Categorical Exemptions. <br />1. The responsible official shall determine if a permit or governmental proposal initiated <br />by the city is categorically exempt. The determination of whether or not a proposal is <br />exempt shall be made by: <br />a. Ascertaining that the proposal is properly defined and by identifying the <br />governmental permit required (WAC 197-11-060); and <br />b. Determining whether the proposal is exempt as minor new construction as set <br />forth in Section 19.43.130 or new infill development as set forth in Section 19.43.140. <br />c. If a proposal includes a series of actions, physically or functionally related to each <br />other, some of which are exempt and some of which are not, the proposal shall not be <br />exempt. <br />d. The responsible official’s determination that a proposal is exempt shall be final and <br />not subject to administrative review. <br />2. If a proposal includes both exempt and nonexempt actions, exempt actions may be <br />authorized with respect to the proposal prior to compliance with the procedural <br />requirements of these guidelines subject to the following limitations: <br />a. No nonexempt action shall be authorized; <br />b. No action shall be authorized that would have an adverse environmental impact or <br />limit the choice of reasonable alternatives; <br />c. The responsible official may withhold approval of an exempt action that would lead <br />to modification of the physical environment, when such modifications would serve no <br />purpose if later approval of a nonexempt action is not secured;