§ 19.04.010. Procedure—Appeals.

(a)

Applications for shoreline substantial development permits, conditional use permits, and variance permits are subject to and shall be processed pursuant to Chapter 173-14 WAC as now or hereafter amended, and as provided below.

(b)

Applications for shoreline substantial development, conditional use, and variance permits shall be submitted to the planning department on forms supplied by the department. The application shall contain the information required by WAC 173-14-110 and such other information as may be required by the department. The applicant shall pay to the department the application fee prescribed by the approved fee schedule. In addition to the application fee, the applicant may have to pay fees for environmental analysis pursuant to RCW 43.21C (SEPA), and for other necessary actions or approvals.

(c)

Pursuant to WAC 173-14-080, a public hearing shall be held by the Thurston County hearing examiner to hear and render a decision regarding applications identified in subsection (a).

(d)

Pursuant to WAC 173-14-070, notice of the application and hearing shall be published in the manner prescribed therein and mailed to the latest recorded real property owners as shown by the records of the county assessor within at least three hundred feet of the boundary of the subject property, ten days before the hearing. In addition, the planning department in its discretion may give notice in any other manner deemed appropriate.

(e)

The decision of the hearing examiner may be appealed to the board of county commissioners pursuant to Chapter 2.06, Thurston County Code, and the decision of the board may be appealed to the shorelines hearing board pursuant to WAC 173-14-170.

(f)

Pursuant to WAC 173-14-060 and 173-14-064, the planning director or his designee shall review and decide requests for time extensions and permit revisions. The decision of the director may be appealed pursuant to Section 19.12.010.

(Ord. 6996 § 3 (part), 1981)