16.10.210 Appeals.
(1) The City establishes the following administrative appeal procedures under RCW 43.21C.075 and WAC 197-11-680:
(a) Project Permits. Any agency or person may appeal the City’s procedural compliance with Chapter 197-11 WAC for issuance of the following. The appeal must be made to the Administrative Hearing Examiner within 14 days of the date of issuance. A decision involving a SEPA determination of nonsignificance which required public comments shall have the appeal period extended an additional seven days:
(i) A DNS;
(ii) A DS; or
(iii) A final EIS.
(b) Legislative Proposals. There is no administrative appeal of a DNS, DS, or final EIS adequacy associated with a legislative decision.
(2) Appeals of an environmental determination will be in the same manner as the project requiring the environmental determination.
(a) For any appeal under this section, the City will provide for a record that will consist of the following:
(i) Findings and conclusions;
(ii) Testimony under oath; and
(iii) A taped or written transcript.
(b) The City may require the appellant to provide an electronic transcript.
(c) The procedural determination by the responsible official will carry substantial weight in any appeal proceeding.
(3) The City will give official notice under WAC 197-11-680(5) whenever it issues a permit or approval for which a statute or ordinance established a time limit for commencing judicial appeal. (Ord. 17-16 § 10; Ord. 102-98 § 2)