15.02.090 Review Process V—Quasi-judicial city council review.
A. Description. Review Process V (“REV V”) applies to discretionary decisions that require a recommendation by the planning commission and a decision by the city council. REV V actions are a quasi-judicial decision that relates to an approval of a specific proposed project on specific property. This review process is similar to REV IIIB, except that an open public hearing and recommendation for REV V is from the planning commission and not the hearing examiner. See Section 15.02.095 for discretionary legislative land use decisions of city council.
B. REV V Decisions Included. The following land use decisions are REV V decisions:
1. Adoption of a rezone or other zoning revision that is not of area-wide significance or general applicability;
2. Adoption of a “planned development” overlay that is not of area-wide significance or general applicability;
3. Adoption of institutional overlay zone that is not of area-wide significance or general applicability as provided by Chapter 19.31;
4. Changes or revisions to institutional overlay zone master plan which are not consistent with prior city council approval;
5. Special aviation uses (Section 19.13.060).
C. Public Notice Requirements. Public notice shall include notice of the public hearing or meeting and opportunity to comment on the application, and a notice of the final city council action taken.
1. Notice of the public hearing or meeting, including notice of opportunity to comment, shall be provided in the same manner for the planning commission and city council public hearings or meeting on the application, as follows:
a. Posting notice on or near the property with signs no less than twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches in size, as specified by Section 15.02.110(A)(1);
b. Posting additional signs if the project is a linear project, as specified by Section 15.02.110(A)(2);
c. Mailing notice to the property owners located within five hundred feet;
d. Mailing notice to the SEPA mailing list (unless the project is categorically exempt);
e. Mailing notice to the neighborhood leader mailing list if applicable; and
f. Publishing notice in the official city newspaper.
2. Notice of the public hearing or meeting shall be provided at least fifteen days prior to the hearing date.
3. Official notice of the final city council action taken shall be provided to the applicant and to any person who has made a written request to the office of the city council for notice of the decision. This notice shall state the date and place for commencing an appeal. (Ord. 3774-20 § 3 (Exh. 2), 2020.)