Chapter 20.03
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING

Sections:

20.03.001    Public notice of application.

20.03.002    Additional public hearing notice requirements.

20.03.001 Public notice of application.

A. Generally. A notice of application shall be issued on nonexempt development permit or approval types listed in Table 20.01.004.

B. Contents. The notice of application shall include:

1. The name, address, and phone num­ber of the applicant and/or applicant’s repre­sentative;

2. The location and a description of the development project and a list of city and other development permits required, and included, by the application. If applicable, a list of any studies requested by the city, includ­ing but not limited to an environmental impact statement, shall be indicated in the notice;

3. The date of original application, the date of the notice of completion for the appli­cation, and the date of the notice of application (current date);

4. The name, address, and phone num­ber of a local government contact where addi­tional information, including the application, staff report, and/or environmental documents may be reviewed and/or obtained, if and when available;

5. A preliminary statement indicating the development regulations that will be used to evaluate consistency and require project mitigation;

6. A statement of the 21-calendar-day official public comment period, including the right of any person to provide written and/or oral comments on the application, receive notice of and participate in any hearings, request a copy of the decision once made, and any appeal rights. The city may accept public comments at any time prior to the closing of the record of an open record predecision hear­ing, if any, or, if no open record predecision hearing is held, prior to the decision on the project permit;

7. The date, time, place and type of public hearing, if applicable and scheduled at the date of notice of the application;

8. Any other information determined appropriate by the city, including the city’s threshold SEPA determination, if it is a deter­mination of significance (DS). A DS and scop­ing notice can be issued prior to the notice of application.

C. Timeframe for Issuance and Publica­tion of Notice of Application.

1. Within 14 calendar days after the city has made a determination of completeness of a development permit application, the city shall issue and publish a notice of application as follows:

a. By sending the notice of appli­cation to all departments and agencies with jurisdiction;

b. By posting the subject property in one or more locations as conspicuously as possible;

c. By mailing the notice of appli­cation to all adjacent property owners. Adjacent property owners are the owners of real property, as shown by the records of the county assessor, located within 300 feet of any portion of the boundary of the proposed devel­opment site. If the owner of the real property subject to the development permit application owns another parcel(s) which lies adjacent to the proposed development property, notice shall be given to owners of real property located within 300 feet of any portion of the boundaries of such adjacently located real property. Mailing labels shall be provided by the applicant with a county assessor’s map indexing respective ownerships;

d. By publication of the notice of application in a newspaper of general circula­tion within the Upper Snoqualmie Valley, at least once a week for two consecutive weeks preceding any scheduled hearing;

e. By posting the notice of applica­tion at official city posting places;

f. The city may choose to publish and distribute the notice of application by additional mechanisms, including but not lim­ited to those identified in RCW 36.70B.110(4) (c) through (g);

g. All notice of applications shall include, at a minimum, the project location, project description, type of permit(s) required, public hearing date (if scheduled), comment period dates, and location where the applica­tion can be reviewed.

2. If an open record predecision hear­ing is required for the development permit(s), the notice of application shall be provided at least 15 calendar days prior to the open record hearing.

D. Public Comment on Notice of Applica­tion. All public comments received on the notice of application must be received in the department of community services by 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the 21-day comment period. Comments may be mailed, personally delivered, or sent by facsimile. Comments should be as specific as possible.

E. Except for a determination of signifi­cance, the city may not issue its threshold determination or issue a decision or recom­mendation on a development permit(s) until the expiration of the public comment period on the notice of application. (Ord. 989 § 1 (part), 1996).

20.03.002 Additional public hearing notice requirements.

As indicated in NBMC 20.03.001(B)(7), to the extent possible, the notice of application shall include the public hearing date, if required and scheduled. If not scheduled and indicated in the notice of application, the pub­lic hearing must be noticed separately, and:

A. Include information listed in NBMC 20.03.001(C)(1)(g);

B. Be issued in the same locations as NBMC 20.03.001(C)(1)(a) through (f);

C. Any published or mailed public hear­ing notice shall be issued not less than 15 nor more than 30 calendar days prior to the hearing date. (Ord. 989 § 1 (part), 1996).