Ordinance 1348-87 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • individual approvals or decisions. The threshold determination and the EIS, if required, should ideally be completed at the beginning of this process. The threshold determination and the EIS (if required) should be completed at the earliest point in the planning and decision making process, at which time, principal features of a proposal and its environmental impacts can be reasonably identified. B. To the fullest extent possible, the procedures required by this Ordinance shall be integrated with existing planning and licensing procedures utilized by the City. These procedures should be initiated early, and undertaken in conjunction with other governmental operations to avoid lengthy time delays and unnecessary duplication of effort. C. A private applicant may, and is encouraged to, file a completed environmental checklist prior to the filing of an application for a license. The City shall provide for applicant review at the conceptual stage of a proposed action. An applicant shall submit a preliminary site plan in conjunction with a completed environmental checklist for SEPA review at the conceptual stage. If the Responsible Official determines that the information initially supplied is not reasonably sufficient to evaluate the environmental impacts of the proposal, further information may be required of the applicant in conformance with WAC 197-11-100 and WAC 197-11-335. D. At a minimum, the threshold determination and any required EIS shall be completed prior to the City making any decision irreversibly committing itself to adopt, approve or otherwise undertake any proposed non-exempt action. E. For non-exempt proposals, the final DNS 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 or public workshops 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 non-project nature, and the City is also the lead agency, then the maximum time limits contained in this ordinance for the threshold determination and EIS process shall not apply to the proposal. Section IIF: ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TIME LIMITS APPLICABLE TO THE SEPA PROCESS The Responsible Official shall make the following determinations as part of the initial review of every non-exempt project or proposal, subject to the specified time limits which shall be applicable to private projects and to those governmental proposals submitted to the City by other agencies: 1. Categorical exemptions. A determination whether the project or proposal is categorically exempt shall be made by the Responsible Official within seven days of receiving a request for such a determination from a private applicant or another governmental agency. -8-