Title 08 Taxation and Revenue
Chapter 08.02 Fees and Charges
Article VI. Land Use and Occupancy
Section 08.02.061 Environmental Policy
Whenever the City is lead agency under the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), the responsible official collects from applicants the following fees:
- Initial review of completed environmental checklist: Two hundred fifty dollars.
- When a threshold determination results in a mitigated determination of nonsignificance: One hundred sixty-five dollars.
- When a threshold determination results in a declaration of significance, the actual cost associated with:
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- scoping,
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- production of a draft environmental impact statement or draft supplemental environmental impact statement,
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- review and addressing comments on draft statements,
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- conducting public hearings on draft statements,
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- production of a final environmental impact statement or final supplemental environmental impact statement, and
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- any miscellaneous operations performed in conjunction with the aforementioned functions is recovered from the applicant,
costs are based on an hourly rate for the persons performing the work, including salary, personnel benefits and overhead, as well as the actual cost of large expenditure items such as printing and mailing. Before any work begins, the applicant makes a deposit of not less than two thousand four hundred fifty dollars, against which administrative and other costs are charged. As the deposit is depleted, the applicant makes additional deposits as requested by the planning director. Production of the statement is suspended in the event additional moneys are not deposited upon request.
- The full cost of all public notices is borne by the applicant.
- The full cost of reproducing an environmental document is recovered from the party requesting such document as provided in SMC 8.02.011.
Date Passed: Monday, June 23, 2008
Effective Date: Monday, August 4, 2008
ORD C34254 Section 2
