This part 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 by reference, as supplemented in this part:
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 197-11-510
Public notice.
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. 1273 NS § 1, 2002)
A. 
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.
B. 
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 an environmental document is issued concurrently with the notice of application, the public notice requirements for the notice of application in RCW 36.70B.110(4) will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements in WAC 197-11-510(1).
3. 
If no public notice is otherwise required for the permit or approval, the city shall give notice of the DNS or DS by: (Note: Select 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 for subject areas).
4. 
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 and in the public notice.
C. 
If a DNS is issued using the optional DNS process, the public notice requirements for a notice of application in RCW 36.70B.110(4) as supplemented by the requirements in WAC 197-11-355 will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements in WAC 197-11-510(1)(b).
D. 
Whenever the city issues a DEIS under WAC 197-11-455(5) or a SEIS under WAC 197-11-620, notice of the availability of those documents shall be given by:
1. 
Indicating the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license; and one or more of the following:
2. 
Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
3. 
Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or general area where the proposal is located;
4. 
Notifying public or private groups which have expressed interest in a certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
5. 
Notifying the news media;
6. 
Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, ethnic, or trade journals; and/or
7. 
Publishing notice in agency newsletters and/or sending notice to agency mailing lists (general lists or specific lists for proposals or subject areas).
E. 
Public notice for projects that qualify as planned actions shall be tied to the underlying permit as specified in WAC 197-11-172(3).
F. 
The city may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirements for the applicant's proposal at his or her expense.
(Ord. 1273 NS § 1, 2002)
A. 
The administrative 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, and reviewing a DEIS.
B. 
The department of building and planning 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. 1273 NS § 1, 2002)