ProceduresforLandUsePermitApplications,PublicNotice,HearingsandAppeals | Administration
21.09.010 Procedures for Land Use Permit
or no administrative discretion. For Type 1 decisions for which the department has issued a SEPA threshold determination, the issuance of any subsequent permits shall not occur until any allowed administrative appeal of the SEPA threshold determination is decided. b. Type 2 decisions are made by the director, or his or her designee. Type 2 decisions are discretionary decisions that are subject to administrative appeal in accordance with applicable provisions of law or ordinance. c. Type 3 decisions are quasi-judicial decisions made by the hearing examiner following an open record hearing. Type 3 decisions may be appealed to superior court. d. Type 4 decisions are quasi-judicial decisions made by the hearing examiner. Type 4 decisions may be appealed to the State Shoreline Hearings Board. 2. Except as provided in SDC 21.09.030L.1.f. or unless otherwise agreed to by the applicant, all Type 2, 3 and 4 decisions included in consolidated permit applications that would require more than one type of land use decision process may be processed and decided together, including any administrative appeals, using the highest numbered land use decision type applicable to the project application. 3. Certain development proposals are subject to additional procedural requirements beyond the standard procedures established in this chapter. 4. Land use permits that are categorically exempt from review under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) will not require a threshold determination (determination of nonsignificance (DNS) or determination of significance
Applications, Public Notice, Hearings and Appeals
A. Chapter purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to establish standard procedures for land use permit applications, public notice, hearings, and appeals in the City of Sammamish. These procedures are designed to promote timely and informed public participation in discretionary land use decisions; eliminate redundancy in the application, permit review, hearing and appeal processes; provide for uniformity in public notice procedures; minimize delay and expense; and result in development approvals that implement the policies of the comprehensive plan. These procedures also provide for an integrated and consolidated land use permit and environmental review process consistent with Chapter 347, Laws of 1995.
B. Classifications of land use decision processes
1. Land use permit decisions are classified into four types, based on the amount of discretion associated with each decision. Procedures for the four different types are distinguished according to who makes the decision, whether public notice is required, whether a public hearing is required before a decision is made, and whether administrative appeals are provided. The types of land use decisions are listed in Exhibit A of this section. a. Type 1 decisions are made by the director (director) of the department of community development (department). Type 1 decisions are nonappealable administrative decisions that require the exercise of little
Effective | January 1, 2022
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