Chapter 18.88
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Sections:
18.88.010 Procedures.
All applications and petitions processed under this title shall comply with DPMC Title 19 in addition to complying with the procedural provisions of this title.
A. Upon receipt of an application or petition for a variance, conditional use permit, special use permit, rezone, or any amendments, supplementations, or modifications of the comprehensive plan or this zoning title of the municipal code of the city, the planning director shall cause to be set a date and time for a public hearing before the hearing examiner or the planning commission and give appropriate notice of the date, time, and place of such hearing, within the time frames required by DPMC Title 19 before the date set for such hearing.
1. As provided for in certain chapters of this title and in DPMC Title 19, the city’s legislative actions pertaining to the comprehensive plan, the text of this title, and the text of other titles of this municipal code governed by Chapters 36.70A and 36.70B RCW, have more flexibility in notification procedures, the number of public hearings, and the timing for final notices of decisions.
B. The findings and determination of hearing examiner or the planning commission made after such public hearing shall be in writing, in the form of a notice of decision as required in DPMC Title 19, and a copy thereof shall be submitted to the applicant or petitioner, other parties of record, municipal departments and interested agencies, and also to the city council within the time frame required in DPMC Title 19 after such findings and determinations have been made. (Ord. 974 § 1, 2018: Ord. 722 § 163, 1998; Ord. 394 § 2.48.02, 1981)
18.88.020 Filing of petition.
A petition or application for any variance, conditional use permit, special use permit, change of zone, amendment or supplement of the comprehensive plan or the text of this title shall be filed with the planning commission or hearing examiner, as the case may be, through the city’s planning director, by the owner, owners, or contract purchaser of land subject to the petition or application at issue. The city council, through its own initiative, may initiate amendment or supplement of the comprehensive plan or the text of this title, or area-wide change of zone proceedings to implement the comprehensive plan. (Ord. 722 § 164, 1998; Ord. 394 § 2.48.04, 1981)
18.88.030 Notice.
When the petition or application has been filed with the city and has been issued a determination of completeness, the city clerk and/or the planning director shall give notice in advance of the public hearing in accordance with the time frames established in this title, DPMC Title 19, or other titles of this code. In accordance with the individual chapters of this title and the requirements of DPMC Title 19 and other titles of this code, notice shall be published in the local newspaper (if required), posted on the site, posted at the City Hall and other public locations, furnished to interested municipal departments and other agencies, and, depending upon the nature of the application and specific state law or city code requirements, mailed to abutting and/or surrounding property owners. (Ord. 974 § 1, 2018: Ord. 722 § 165, 1998; Ord. 394 § 2.48.04, 1981)