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                          HOUSE BILL 1535

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives G. Chandler, Grant, Sump, Quall and Dunn

Read first time 01/29/2001.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Exempting certain activities from the state environmental policy act.

    AN ACT Relating to categorical exemptions from the state environmental policy act for certain activities; and adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.21C RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Decisions pertaining to the following activities are exempt from this chapter:  (a) Construction of or location of any residential structures of ten or fewer dwelling units; (b) construction of an office, school, commercial, recreational, service, or storage building with eight thousand or fewer square feet of gross floor area, and with associated parking for forty or fewer automobiles; (c) construction of a parking lot designed for forty or fewer automobiles; (d) division of land into nine or fewer lots or parcels; and (e) any landfill or excavation of five hundred cubic yards throughout the total lifetime of the fill or excavation.

    (2) The legislative authority of a county or city may raise the exemption levels specified in subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section by ordinance or resolution to the following maximum levels within urban growth areas:  (a) Construction of or location of any residential structures of a maximum of twenty or fewer dwelling units; and (b) construction of an office, school, commercial, recreational, service, or storage building with a maximum of twelve thousand or fewer square feet of gross floor area, and with associated parking for forty or fewer automobiles.

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