18A.20.070 Approval and appeal authorities.
The project review process for an application or a permit may include review and approval by one or more of the following processes:
A. Department Staff. Individual staff shall have the authority to review and approve, deny, modify, or conditionally approve, among others, the following actions and/or permits:
3. Administrative nonconforming determination;
4. Appeal to Hearing Examiner;
7. Business license;
9. Commercial addition/remodel;
10. Conditional use permit;
11. Conditional use permit – minor modification;
12. Cottage housing development;
13. Demolition permit;
14. Design review permit;
15. Emergency housing permit;
16. Emergency shelter permit;
17. Environmental review (SEPA checklist and threshold determination);
18. Final subdivision plat (10 or more lots);
19. Foster care facility permit;
20. Home occupation permit;
21. Housing incentives permit;
22. Landscape plan review;
23. Land use approval;
24. Lot line adjustment;
25. Manufactured/mobile home setup permit;
26. New commercial permit;
27. New multifamily permit;
28. New single-family permit;
29. Permanent supportive housing permit;
30. Pre-application;
31. Preliminary and final short plats (creating 2 to 9 lots);
32. Rapid rehousing permit;
33. Reasonable accommodation request;
34. Residential addition/remodel;
35. Senior housing overlay permit;
36. Shoreline conditional use permit;
37. Shoreline substantial development permit;
38. Shoreline exemption;
39. Shoreline variance permit;
40. Short plat amendment;
41. Sign permit;
42. Site development permit;
43. Senior housing permit;
44. Small cell wireless permit;
45. Subdivision plat alteration;
46. Temporary use permit;
47. Transfer of development rights;
48. Transitional housing permit;
49. Transitory accommodation permit;
50. Tree retention plan;
51. Time extension or minor modification to a Type I permit;
52. Time extension or minor modification to a Type II permit;
53. Transitory accommodation permit;
54. Tree removal permit;
55. Unusual use(s) permit;
56. Zoning certification;
57. Zoning interpretations (map and/or text).
B. Director. Pursuant to Chapter 18A.30 LMC, Article V, Land Use Review and Approval, the Director shall have the authority to conduct presubmission conferences and to grant, conditionally grant, deny, or modify, land use approvals regarding projects for which a public hearing is not required, and to extend the period of approval for land use approval granted by the Director or by the Hearing Examiner.
C. Lakewood Hearing Examiner. Lakewood Hearing Examiner shall have the authority vested pursuant to Chapter 1.36 LMC.
D. The City Environmental Review Officer shall administer the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), Chapter 14.02 LMC, Environmental Rules and Procedures, and Chapter 14.142 LMC, Critical Areas.
E. Shoreline Permit Review Process. See City of Lakewood Shoreline Master Program, Ordinance No. 711 or as amended hereafter.
F. Subdivision Review Process. See LMC Title 17. [Ord. 794 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 789 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 726 § 2 (Exh. B), 2019.]