Ordinance 582-79 - Laserfiche WebLink

• D. If it is determined that a proposal is exempt, none of the procedural requirements of these guidelines shall apply to the proposal. No environmental checklist shall be required for an exempt proposal. E. If a proposal includes both exempt and nonexempt actions, exempt actions may be authorized with respect to the proposal prior to compliance with the procedural requirements of these guidelines subject to the following limitations: 1. No major action (non-exempt action) shall be authorized. 2. No action shall be authorized which will irrevocably commit the City to approve or authorize a major action. 3. The Responsible Official may withhold approval of an exempt action which would lead to modification of the physical environ- ment, when such modifications would serve no purpose if later approval of a major action is not secured. 4. The Responsible Official may withhold approval of exempt actions which would lead to substantial financial expenditures by a private applicant which would serve no purpose if later approval of a major action is not secured. Section 8. - Lead Agency Determination and Responsibilties A. The Responsible Official shall assume lead agency status for proposals initiated by the City or for proposals initiated by a private applicant when those proposals involve a major action pursuant to the criteria set forth in WAC 197-10-205 through -270, using the procedures of WAC 197-10-203. This determination shall be made for each proposal involving a major action unless the lead agency has been previously determined, or the Responsible Official is aware that another agency is in the process of determining the lead agency. A lead agency must be an agency with jurisdiction. B. In those instances in which the City is the lead agency, the Responsibl_ Official shall supervise the compliance with the threshold determina- tion, and if an EIS is necessary, shall supervise preparation of the draft and final EIS, in accordance with Section 11 of this Ordinance. C. In those instances in which the City is not the lead agency under the criteria of WAC 197-10-205 through -270, the Responsible Official of the City, subject to the limitations of WAC 197-10-390, -660, and -690 shall utilize and consider as appropriate either the declaration of non-significance or the final EIS of the lead agency in conjunction with the decisions of the City on the proposal. In such instances, the Responsible Official shall not prepare or require preparation of a declaration of non-significance or EIS in addition to that prepared by the lead agency. D. In the event that the Responsible Official receives a lead agency determination made by another agency which does not appear to be in accord with the criteria of WAC 197-10-205 through -245, he may object thereto. Any such objection must be made and resolved within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the determination, or the City must petition CEP for a lead agency determination pursuant to WAC 197-10-260 within the fifteen (15) days time period. Any such petition on behalf of the City shall be initiated by the Responsible Official. -14-