This part contains rules for agency compliance with SEPA, including rules for charging fees under the SEPA process, designating environmentally sensitive areas, listing agencies with environmental expertise, selecting the lead agency, and applying these rules to current agencies activities. The city adopts the following sections by reference:
WAC 197-11-900
Purpose of this part.
WAC 197-11-902
Agency SEPA policies.
WAC 197-11-916
Application to ongoing actions.
WAC 197-11-920
Agencies with environmental expertise.
WAC 197-11-922
Lead agency rules.
WAC 197-11-924
Determining the lead agency.
WAC 197-11-926
Lead agency for governmental proposals.
WAC 197-11-928
Lead agency for public and private proposals.
WAC 197-11-930
Application to ongoing actions.
WAC 197-11-932
Lead agency for private projects requiring licenses from more than one agency, when one of the agencies is a county/city.
WAC 197-11-934
Lead agency for private projects requiring licenses from a local agency, not a county/city, and one or more state agencies.
WAC 197-11-936
Lead agency for private projects requiring licenses from more than one state agency.
WAC 197-11-938
Lead agencies for specific proposals.
WAC 197-11-940
Transfer of lead agency status to a state agency.
WAC 197-11-942
Agreements on lead agency status.
WAC 197-11-944
Agreements on division of lead agency duties.
WAC 197-11-946
DOE resolution of lead agency disputes.
WAC 197-11-948
Assumption of lead agency status.
(Ord. 761 § 23, 1984; Ord. 1808 § 28, 2012)
A. 
Lands located within the 100-year floodway of Wapato Creek as shown on the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development National Flood Insurance Program Floodway Boundary and Floodway Map, dated November 5, 1980, are designated as environmentally sensitive areas and are adopted herein by reference. For each environmentally sensitive area, the exceptions within WAC 197-11-800 that are inapplicable for that area are: WAC 197-11-800(1)(a) through (c), (2)(a) through (h), (3)(a) and (c).
B. 
The city shall treat proposals located wholly or partially within an environmentally sensitive area no differently than other proposals under this ordinance, making a threshold determination for all such proposals. The city shall not automatically require an EIS for a proposal merely because it is proposed for location in an environmentally sensitive area.
C. 
Certain exemptions do not apply on lands covered by water, and this remains true regardless of whether or not lands covered by water are mapped.
(Ord. 761 § 24, 1984; Ord. 772 § 4, 1984)