State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Procedures | Administration
21.09.030 State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Procedures A. Lead agency The procedures and standards regarding lead agency responsibility contained in WAC 197-11-050 and 197-11-922 through 197-11-948 are adopted, subject to the following: 1. The department shall serve as the lead agency and the director shall serve as the responsible official for all SEPA activity by the City of Sammamish.
4. The director may set reasonable deadlines for the submittal of information, studies, or documents necessary for, or subsequent to, threshold determinations. Failure to meet such deadlines shall cause the application to be deemed withdrawn, and plans or other data previously submitted for review may be returned to the applicant together with any unexpended portion of the application review fees.
C. Categorical exemptions and threshold determinations
1. The City of Sammamish adopts the standards and procedures specified in WAC 197-11-300 through 197-11-390 and 197-11-800 through 197-11-890 for determining categorical exemptions and making threshold determinations subject to the following: a. The following exempt threshold levels are hereby established pursuant to WAC 197-11-8001.c. for the exemptions in WAC 197-11-8001.b.: i. The construction or location of any residential structures of up to 20 dwelling units; ii. The construction of an office, school, commercial, recreational, service, or storage building with up to 12,000 square feet of gross floor area, and with associated parking facilities designed for up to 40 automobiles;
B. Purpose and general requirements
The procedures and standards regarding the timing and content of environmental review specified in WAC 197-11-055 through 197-11-100 are adopted subject to the following: 1. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-0554., the department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 2.55 SMC establishing a process for environmental review at the conceptual stage of permit applications that require detailed project plans and specifications (i.e., building permits and PUDs). This process shall not become effective until it has been reviewed by the council.
2. The optional provision of WAC 197-11-0603.c. is adopted.
3. Under WAC 197-11-100, the applicant shall prepare the initial environmental checklist, unless the lead agency specifically elects to prepare the checklist. The lead agency shall make a reasonable effort to verify the information in the environmental checklist and shall have the authority to determine the final content of the environmental checklist.
iii. The construction of a parking lot designed for up to 20 automobiles; iv. Any fill or excavation of up to 500 cubic yards throughout the total lifetime of the fill or excavation.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 639
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