18A.20.050 Complete permit applications, notice and time periods.
A. Determination of Complete Application. An application shall be deemed complete by the City when it meets the City’s procedural submission requirements and is sufficient for continued processing even though additional information may be required. An application shall not be deemed complete unless it is accompanied by the appropriate application fee and includes all information specifically required as listed at LMC 18A.20.030, including the signature of the property owner(s) or an authorized representative thereof.
B. Notice of Completeness. The Department shall provide a written notice within twenty-eight (28) days of the date of receipt of any application stating whether the application is complete, and identifying any other governmental agencies known to have jurisdiction over the proposal; or if not complete, setting forth any deficiency of the application, and specifying a date upon which the application will be null and void if any deficiencies have not been corrected.
Upon receipt of any required additional information, the Department shall notify the applicant within fourteen (14) days whether the application is now complete or what additional information is necessary.
Should the Department fail to provide a timely notice that an application is incomplete, the application shall be deemed vested as if complete on the 29th day after submittal.
C. Provision of Additional Information. Any information necessary to complete or to supplement an application must be submitted within six (6) months of the date of the notice describing such deficiency. The Department shall specify the date upon which the application will be null and void in any requests for supplemental information or studies. Should such information not be timely received, the application shall be null and void on the said date. Upon failure of the applicant to cure any deficiency by timely completing an application, fifty (50) percent of the application fee(s) submitted with the incomplete application shall be refunded.
D. Weekends and Holidays. Regardless of whether any period is a minimum or maximum, when any permit review, notice or decision time limit of this title terminates upon a weekend or City holiday, such time limit shall automatically be extended to the first following nonholiday weekday.
E. Review Period. The review and processing of project permit applications shall result in a decision being rendered within time limits set forth below.
F. Notice of Delayed Decision. If the City is unable to issue its final decision within the time limits listed below, the City will provide written notice of this fact to the applicant. The notice shall include a statement of reasons why the time limits have not been met and an estimated date for issuance of a final decision.
G. Request for Timeline. Where no time limit is specified, upon written request the City will provide an estimated time of review.
H. Application Time Limits.
Application | Planning Permit | Engineering Permit | Building Permit | Review Time Limits (Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Y | N | N | 90 | |
Y | N | N | 90 | |
Administrative Nonconforming Determination | Y | N | N | 90 |
Y | N | N | 180 | |
Y | Y | Y | 90 | |
Y | N | N | 120 | |
Binding Site Plan Amendment | Y | N | N | 120 |
Business License | Y | N | N | 120 |
N | N | Y | 60 | |
Commercial Addition/Remodel | N | N | Y | 120 |
Comprehensive Map amendment, Area Wide | Y | N | N | 120 |
Comprehensive Map amendment, site specific | Y | N | N | 120 |
Comprehensive text only amendment | Y | N | N | 120 |
Conditional Use Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Conditional Use Permit – Major Modification | Y | N | N | 120 |
Conditional Use Permit – Minor Modification | Y | N | N | 120 |
Cottage Housing Development | Y | N | N | 120 |
Demolition Permit | N | N | Y | 120 |
Design Review Permit | Y | N | N | 90 |
Development Agreement | Y | N | N | 120 |
Emergency Housing Permit* |
N |
N |
Y |
120 |
Emergency Shelter Permit* |
N |
N |
Y |
120 |
Environmental Review (SEPA Checklist and Threshold Determination) | Y | N | N | 120 |
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft) | Y | N | N | 365 |
Final Subdivision Plat (10 or more lots) | Y | N | N | 120 |
Foster Care Facility Permit |
N |
N |
Y |
60 |
Home Occupation Permit | Y | N | N | 90 |
Housing Incentives Permit | Y | N | N | 90 |
Landscape Plan Review | Y | N | N | 90 |
Y | N | N | 120 | |
Lot Line Adjustment | Y | N | N | 90 |
Major Modification to a Type III Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Manufactured/Mobile Home Setup Permit | N | N | Y | 90 |
New Commercial Permit | N | N | Y | 120 |
New Single-Family Permit | N | N | Y | 60 |
New Multifamily Permit | N | N | Y | 120 |
|
N |
N |
Y |
120 | |
Pre-Application | Y | Y | Y | 60 |
Preliminary and Final Short Plats (creating 2 – 9 lots) | Y | Y | N | 120 |
Preliminary Plat (10 or more lots) | Y | Y | N | 120 |
Planned Development District | Y | N | N | 120 |
Rapid Rehousing Permit* |
N |
N |
Y |
120 |
Reasonable Accommodation Request | Y | N | N | 90 |
Residential Addition/Remodel | N | N | Y | 60 |
Scrivener Corrections to Comprehensive Plan Map, and/or Comprehensive Plan text, Zoning Map, and/or Zoning Development Regulations | Y | N | N | N/A |
Senior Housing Overlay Permit | Y | N | N | 90 |
Shoreline Conditional Use Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Shoreline Conditional Use Permit when Referred by the Shoreline Administrator | Y | N | N | 120 |
Shoreline Exemption Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Shoreline Master Program amendment | Y | N | N | 120 |
Shoreline Substantial Development Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Shoreline Substantial Development Permit when Referred by the Shoreline Administrator | Y | N | N | 120 |
Shoreline Variance Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Shoreline Variance Permit when Referred by the Shoreline Administrator | Y | N | N | 120 |
Short Plat Amendment | Y | Y | N | 120 |
Sign Permit | Y | N | N | 60 |
Site Development Permit | N | Y | N | 90 |
Small Cell Wireless Permit | Y | N | N | |
Subdivision Plat Alteration | Y | Y | N | 120 |
Temporary Use Permit | Y | N | N | 90 |
Transfer of Development Rights | Y | N | N | 120 |
Transitional Housing Permit* |
N |
N |
Y |
120 |
Transitory Accommodation Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Tree Removal Permit | Y | N | N | 90 |
Tree Retention Plan | Y | N | N | 90 |
Time Extension or Minor Modification to a Type I Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Time Extension or Minor Modification to a Type II Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Time Extension or Minor Modification to a Type III Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Y | N | N | 120 | |
Unusual Use(s) Permit | Y | N | N | 120 |
Y | N | N | 60 | |
Zoning Interpretations (map and/or text) | Y | N | N | 90 |
Y | N | N | 120 | |
Zoning Map, site specific | Y | N | N | 120 |
N | N | N | 120 |
Notes:
“Y” means Yes.
“N” means No.
I. Time Limit Exceptions. The time limits set forth above do not include:
1. Up to the first twenty-eight (28) days after receipt of an application during which the City determines whether the application is complete.
2. Any period during which the applicant has been requested by the City to correct plans, perform studies or provide additional information requested by the City.
3. If the City determines that the additional information submitted to the City by the applicant under subsection (I)(2) of this section is insufficient, the City shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies and the procedures of subsection (I)(2) shall apply as if a new request for information has been made.
4. Any appeal period. Decisions regarding appeals shall be issued by the Examiner within ninety (90) days of receipt of an appeal.
5. Any extension of time mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the City.
6. The time required to prepare and issue a final EIS in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act. [Ord. 794 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 789 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 726 § 2 (Exh. B), 2019.]