Ordinance 2534-01 - Laserfiche WebLink

3. The responsible official may set reasonable deadlines, not to exceed one year, for the submittal of information, studies or documents necessary for the threshold determination. Failure to meet such deadlines and fully comply shall cause the application to be deemed withdrawn. In which case, the responsible official shall either notify the applicant or return the plans or other data submitted to the city for review together with any unexpended portion of the application review fee. This provision shall also apply to SEPA applications submitted prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, amendment subject to the responsible official providing the applicant notice of pertinent deadlines. D. At a minimum, any DNS or MDNS shall be completed prior to the city making any decision irreversibly committing itself to adopt, approve or otherwise undertake any proposed nonexempt action. E. For nonexempt proposals, the final DNS, MDNS or final EIS for the proposal shall accompany the city's final staff recommendation to any appropriate advisory body, such as the planning commission; provided, however, that preliminary discussions, public workshops or preliminary hearings before the advisory body may occur prior to the final SEPA determinations. F. When the city is the proponent for either a governmental action of a project nature or a governmental action of a nonproject nature, and the city is also the lead agency, then the maximum time limits contained in this chapter for the threshold determination and EIS process shall not apply to the proposal. BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY SUPERSEDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S LOCAL PROJECT REVIEW PROCEDURES ORDINANCE: SECTION 11: That Section 2F of Ordinance No. 1348-87 as amended by Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1968-93 (EMC 20.04.110) which reads as follows: 20.04.110 Additional considerations in applicable time limits. The responsible official shall make the following determinations as part of the initial review of every nonexempt project or proposal: A. Categorical Exemptions. A determination whether the project or proposal is categorically exempt shall be made by the responsible official within fifteen days of receiving a request for such a determination from a private applicant or another governmental agency. B. Threshold Determinations. The city's SEPA process is an integrated permit and land use process. Nevertheless, the time to complete a threshold determination shall not exceed ninety days from the date of submittal of a completed application and supporting documentation and payment of fees; provided, however, additional time to complete a threshold determination may be required whenever: 1. A threshold determination requires further information from the applicant and/or consultation with other agencies with jurisdiction, as determined by the responsible official, in which case the running of the ninety-day period shall be stayed until the required information and/or consultation is provided; 15