2.23.020 Purpose.
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The purpose of this chapter is to provide an administrative land use regulatory system which will best satisfy the following needs:
A. Provide a single, efficient, integrated land use regulatory hearing system;
B. Render land use regulatory decisions;
C. Render land use regulatory recommendations to the city council;
D. Provide a greater degree of fairness and due process in land use regulatory hearings;
E. Separate the city’s land use planning program from the land use regulatory process;
F. Protect the community’s general health, safety and welfare as provided for in Chapter 35.63 RCW. (Ord. 2137-96 § 1, 1996; Ord. 692-80 § 2, 1980.)