Chapter 17.62
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Sections:
17.62.010 Impact assessment.
A. The impacts of a proposed use shall be considered in determining whether the use is to be allowed, and shall be considered in determining the conditions under which a land use permit or building permit will be granted. This process is not intended to permit uses that are prohibited within a given zoning district or for developments that are required to complete a SEPA checklist. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give any property owner a right to use any property in any manner that requires a land use permit unless such permit has first been granted and is in full force and effect pursuant to all conditions attached thereto.
B. All administrative permits (Chapter 17.50 WMC) will require an impact assessment. Applicants will be required to submit a completed impact assessment checklist as part of the application process. The town shall use the impact assessment checklist as one means of notifying applicants of performance standards that may pertain to a given development proposal or permit application and providing guidance in meeting those standards.
C. In making a determination regarding impacts, the administrator or designated decision-making body shall consider the performance standards specified in WMC Title 19. Decisions will be based on the information provided in the applicant’s completed impact assessment checklist; the administrator or designated decision-making body may require additional information considered necessary to fully and fairly evaluate the impacts of the proposed use.
D. The applicant for a proposed use may use design features or other measures to mitigate impacts, where feasible. Examples of mitigation include buffering and limitations on hours of operation. Any mitigating measures required by the town shall be considered conditions of approval, and shall be reduced to writing and recorded, or entered on the face of a recorded plat or site plan map. (Ord. 815 § 3 (Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 779 § 1(F) (Att. D), 2017).