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 Thurston County
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 19. SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM
 Chapter 19.08. AMENDMENTS

§ 19.08.010. Procedure.

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  • (a)

    Amendments to the shoreline master program, including changes in mapped environmental designations, shall be processed pursuant to Chapter 173-19 WAC as now or hereafter amended, and as provided below.

    (b)

    Applications for proposed amendments shall be submitted to the planning department on forms supplied 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)

    The board of county commissioners shall hold the public hearing prescribed by WAC 173-19-062(1). The board shall refer a proposed amendment to the planning commission for a recommendation. If the planning commission elects to hold a public hearing, a notice of the hearing shall be given in the same manner as the hearing held by the board.

    (d)

    If the proposed amendment is a map change of environmental designation, regardless of the size or number of parcels affected, or regardless of whether the applicant is a private person or governmental agency, notice of the proposed amendment shall be mailed to all the owners of the property which is proposed for redesignation, as shown by the records of the county assessor. In addition, notice shall be mailed to all the owners of property which lies within three hundred feet of the boundary of the property proposed for redesignation. Notices given pursuant to this subsection shall be mailed at least ten calendar days before the date of the hearing. The applicant shall furnish to the planning department the names and addresses of property owners who are to receive notice.

    (e)

    (1)

    Any judicial action to review the amendment of the master program shall be commenced within thirty days from the date the Department of Ecology order adopting the amendment is filed with the state Code Reviser. Any judicial action to review a decision not to amend the master program shall be commenced within thirty days from the date of the board of county commissioner decision not to amend.

    (2)

    The plaintiff bringing any such action shall pay the full cost of transcription of the record prepared for judicial review.

(Ord. 6996 § 3 (part), 1981)