This part contains rules for consulting, commenting and responding on all environmental documents under SEPA, including rules for public notice and hearings. The city hereby adopts the following WAC 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 197-11-535
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. 761 § 14, 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 publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city or general area where the proposal is located.
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 and in the public notice.
B. 
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 indicating the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license; and in addition one of the following methods:
1. 
Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
2. 
Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city or general area where the proposal is located;
3. 
Notifying public or private groups which have express interest in a certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
4. 
Notifying the news media;
5. 
Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, ethnic or trade journals; and
6. 
Publishing notice and agency newsletters and/or sending notice to agency mailing lists (general lists for 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. 761 § 15, 1984; Ord. 772 § 1, 1984)
A. 
The city manager or his designee shall be responsible for the 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 city manager or his designee 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. 761 § 16, 1984; Ord. 1777 § 1 (Exh. A), 2012)