This article contains rules for consulting, commenting, and responding on all environmental documents under SEPA, including rules for public notice and hearings. The town adopts the following sections 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. 294 Pt. 4 § 3, 1984)
(1) 
Whenever the town issues a DNS under WAC 197-11-340(2) or a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the town shall give public notice as follows:
(a) 
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.
(b) 
If no public notice is required for the permit or approval, the town shall give notice of the DNS or DS by one of the following:
(i) 
Posting the notice in a conspicuous manner on the property or mailing to property owners who share a common boundary;
(ii) 
Publishing notice on the same day of each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, town or general area where the proposal is located;
(iii) 
Notifying public or private groups which have expressed interest in a certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
(iv) 
Notifying the news media;
(v) 
Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, ethnic, or trade journals;
(vi) 
Publishing notice in agency newsletters and/or sending notice to agency mailing lists (either general lists or lists for specific proposals for subject areas); and/or
(vii) 
Filing a notice of action with the Department of Ecology in Olympia, Washington, prior to the date of the last publication.
(c) 
Whenever the town issues a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the town shall state the scoping procedure for the proposal in the DS as required in WAC 197-11-408 and in the public notice.
(2) 
Whenever the town 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 indicating the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license, and by any one of the following:
(a) 
Posting the notice in a conspicuous manner on the property or mailing the notice to property owners who share a common boundary;
(b) 
Publishing notice on the same day of each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, town 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;
(f) 
Publishing notice in agency newsletters and/or sending notice to agency mailing lists (general lists or specific lists for proposals or subject areas); and/or
(g) 
Filing a notice of action with the Department of Ecology in Olympia, Washington, prior to the date of the last publication.
(3) 
Whenever possible, the town shall integrate the public notice required under this section with existing notice procedures for the town's nonexempt permit(s) or approval(s) required for the proposal.
(4) 
The town may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirements for the applicant's proposal at his/her expense.
(Ord. 294 Pt. 4 § 4, 1984; Ord. 809 §§ C – H, 2023)
(1) 
The mayor or his designee shall be responsible for preparation of written comments for the town in response to a consultation request prior to a threshold determination, participation in scoping, and reviewing a DEIS.
(2) 
The mayor shall be responsible for the town's compliance with WAC 197-11-550 whenever the town 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 town.
(Ord. 294 Pt. 4 § 5, 1984)