16.10.200 Substantive authority | Covington Municipal Code

16.10.200 Substantive authority.

(1) The policies and goals set forth in this chapter are supplementary to those in the existing authorization of the City.

(2) The City may attach conditions to a permit or approval for a proposal so long as:

(a) Such conditions are necessary to mitigate specific probable significant adverse environmental impacts identified in environmental documents prepared pursuant to this chapter; and

(b) Such conditions are in writing; and

(d) The City has considered whether other local, State or Federal mitigation measures applied to the proposal are sufficient to mitigate the identified impacts; and

(e) Such conditions are based on one or more policies in subsection (4) of this section and cited in the license or other decision document.

(3) The City may deny a permit or approval for a proposal on the basis of SEPA so long as:

(a) A finding is made that approving the proposal would result in probable significant adverse environmental impacts that are identified in an FEIS or final SEIS prepared pursuant to this chapter; and

(b) A finding is made that there are no reasonable mitigation measures capable of being accomplished that are sufficient to mitigate the identified impact; and

(c) The denial is based on one or more policies identified in subsection (4) of this section and identified in writing in the decision document.

(4) The City designates and adopts the following policies as the basis for the City’s exercise of authority pursuant to this section:

(a) The City will use all practicable means, consistent with other essential consideration of State policy, to improve and coordinate plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the State and its citizens may:

(i) Fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations;

(ii) Assure for all Washington safe, healthful, productive and aesthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings;

(iii) Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degrading, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences;

(iv) Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage;

(v) Maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity and variety of individual choice;

(vi) Achieve a balance between population and resource use which will permit high standards of living and a wide sharing of life’s amenities; and

(vii) Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources.

(b) The City recognizes that each person has a fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful environment and that each person has a responsibility to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the environment.

(i) The City’s most recently adopted comprehensive plan, as amended;

(ii) The City’s zoning code (CMC Title 18), as amended;

(iii) The City’s subdivision code (CMC Title 17), as amended;

(iv) The City’s most recently adopted International Building Code, as amended;

(v) The City’s most recently adopted International Residential Code;

(vi) The City’s most recently adopted Uniform Plumbing Code, as amended;

(vii) The City’s most recently adopted International Mechanical Code, as amended;

(viii) The City’s most recently adopted International Fire Code, as amended;

(ix) The City’s most recently adopted International Existing Building Code;

(x) The City’s most recently adopted International Energy Conservation Code, as amended;

(xi) The City’s most recently adopted International Property Maintenance Code, as amended;

(xii) The City’s street, sidewalk, and bridges code (CMC Title 12), as amended;

(xiii) The City’s planning and development code (CMC Title 14), as amended;

(xiv) The City’s most recently adopted Shoreline Master Program, as amended;

(xv) The State Department of Health’s Water System Planning Handbook, as amended;

(xvi) The City’s stormwater manuals (CMC Title 13), as amended;

(xvii) The City’s current six-year transportation improvement program, as amended;

(xviii) The City’s current capital improvement program, as amended;

(xix) All other City-adopted land development ordinances and policies; and

(xx) The City’s current Design and Construction Standards. (Ord. 17-16 § 9; Ord. 6-05 § 1; Ord. 23-04 § 7; Ord. 52-02 § 2; Ord. 102-98 § 2)