16.10.160 Public notice.
(1) Whenever possible, the City will integrate the public notice required under this section with existing notice procedures for the City’s nonexempt permit(s) or approval(s) required for the proposal.
(2) Whenever the City issues a DNS under WAC 197-11-340(2) or a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3) the City will give public notice as follows:
(a) If an environmental document is issued concurrently with the notice of application, the public notice requirements for the notice of application in RCW 36.70B.110(4) will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements in WAC 197-11-510(1);
(b) If no public notice is otherwise required for the permit or approval, the City will give notice of the DNS or DS by:
(i) Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
(ii) Notifying public or private groups, which have expressed interest in a certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
(iii) Sending notice to agency mailing lists (either general lists or lists for specific proposals for subject areas); or
(c) Whenever the City issues a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the City will state the scoping procedure for the proposal in the DS as required in WAC 197-11-408 and in the public notice.
(3) If a DNS is issued using the optional DNS process, the public notice requirements for a notice of application in RCW 36.70B.110(4), as supplemented by the requirements in WAC 197-11-355, will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements in WAC 197-11-510(b).
(4) Whenever the City issues a DEIS under WAC 197-11-455(5) or an SEIS under WAC 197-11-620, notice of the availability of those documents will be given by indicating the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license, and by at least one of the following:
(a) Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
(b) Publishing the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the County, City, or general area where the proposal is located;
(c) Notifying public or private groups, which have expressed interest in a certain proposal or in the type of proposal being considered;
(d) Notifying the news media;
(e) Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, ethnic, or trade journals; and/or
(f) Publishing notice in agency newsletter and/or sending notice to agency mailing lists (either general lists or lists for specific proposals for subject areas); or
(g) Such other method as determined by the responsible official.
(5) Public notice for projects that qualify as planned actions will be tied to the underlying permit as specified in WAC 197-11-172(3) and meet requirements for notices to tribes and agencies with jurisdiction as provided in RCW 43.21C.440(3)(b).
(6) The City may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirement for the applicant’s proposal at applicant’s expense. (Ord. 17-16 § 7; Ord. 102-98 § 2)