This article contains rules for consulting, commenting and responding on all environmental documents under SEPA, including rules for public notice and hearings. The city adopts the following sections of the WAC by reference, as supplemented in this article:
WAC 197-11-500
Purpose of this part.
WAC 197-11-502
Inviting comment.
WAC 197-11-504
Availability and cost of environmental documents.
WAC 197-11-508
SEPA register.
WAC 197-11-535
Public hearings and meetings.
WAC 197-11-545
Effect of no comment.
WAC 197-11-550
Specificity of comments.
WAC 197-11-560
FEIS response to comments.
WAC 197-11-570
Consulted agency costs to assist lead agency.
(Ord. 574 § 18A.20.010, 1984)
A. 
Whenever the city issues a DNS under WAC 197-11-340(2) or a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the city shall give public notice as follows:
1. 
If public notice is required for a nonexempt license, the notice shall state whether a DS or DNS has been issued and when comments are due.
2. 
If no public notice is required for the permit or approval, the city shall give notice of the DNS or DS by at least one of the following:
a. 
Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
b. 
Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or general area where the proposal is located;
c. 
Notifying public or private groups which have expressed interest in a certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
d. 
Notifying the news media;
e. 
Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, ethnic, or trade journals; and/or
f. 
Publishing notice in agency newsletters and/or sending notice to agency mailing lists (either general lists or lists for specific proposals or subject areas).
3. 
Whenever the city issues a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the city shall state the scoping procedure for the proposal in the DS as required in WAC 197-11-408.
B. 
Whenever the city issues a draft EIS under WAC 197-11-455(5) or a supplemental EIS under WAC 197-11-620, notice of the availability of those documents shall be given by:
1. 
Indicating the availability of the draft EIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license, and by at least one of the following methods:
a. 
Posting of property, for site-specific proposals;
b. 
Publishing notice in a newsletter of general circulation in the county, city, or general area where the proposal is located;
c. 
Notifying the public or private groups which have expressed interest in a certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
d. 
Notifying the news media;
e. 
Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, ethnic, or trade journals; and/or
f. 
Publishing notice in agency newsletters and/or sending notice to agency mailing lists (either general lists or lists for specific proposals or subject areas).
C. 
Whenever possible, the city shall integrate the public notice required under this section with existing notice procedures for the city's nonexempt permit(s) or approval(s) required for the proposal.
D. 
The city may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirements for the applicant's proposal at his or her expense.
(Ord. 574 § 18A.20.020, 1984)
A. 
The responsible official shall be responsible for preparation of written comments for the city in response to a consultation request prior to a threshold determination, participation in scoping, or reviewing a draft EIS.
B. 
This person shall be responsible for the city's compliance with WAC 197-11-550 whenever the city is a consulted agency, and is authorized to develop operating procedures that will ensure that responses to consultation requests are prepared in a timely fashion and include data from all appropriate departments of the city.
(Ord. 574 § 18A.20.030, 1984)