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recommendation to any appropriate advisory body, such as the Planning <br /> Commission; provided, however, that preliminary discussions,public workshops <br /> or preliminary public hearings or meetings before the advisory body may occur <br /> prior to the final SEPA determinations. Exception: The SEPA threshold <br /> determination does not need to be final prior to a public hearing or meeting by the <br /> Historic Commission on a proposed project in the Historic Overlay Zone since the <br /> Historic Commissions action is advisory to the responsible official. <br /> 6. When the City is the proponent for either a governmental action of a project <br /> nature or a governmental action of a nonproject nature, and the City is also the <br /> lead agency, then the maximum time limits contained in this chapter for the <br /> threshold determination and EIS process shall not apply to the proposal. <br /> C. Time Limit for Determining Categorically Exempt Proposals <br /> A determination whether the project or proposal is categorically exempt shall be <br /> made by the responsible official within fifteen(15) days of receiving a request for <br /> such a determination from a private applicant or another governmental agency. <br /> D. Use of Categorical Exemptions <br /> 1. The responsible official shall determine if a permit or governmental proposal <br /> initiated by the City is categorically exempt. The determination of whether or not <br /> a proposal is exempt shall be made by ascertaining that the proposal is properly <br /> defined and by identifying the governmental permit required (WAC 197-11-060). <br /> The responsible official's determination that a proposal is exempt shall be final <br /> and not subject to administrative review. <br /> 2. 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 <br /> not be exempt. <br /> 3. If the proposal includes a series of exempt actions which are physically or <br /> functionally related to each other,but which together may have a probable <br /> significant adverse environmental impact, the proposal shall not be exempt. <br /> a. If the Director determines a proposal is exempt, SEPA procedural and <br /> substantive provisions shall not apply to the proposal. No environmental checklist <br /> shall be required for an exempt proposal. <br /> b. The City may itself prepare and use an environmental checklist to review a <br /> proposal whenever it would assist in its planning and decision making process. <br /> 47 <br />