1458-S.E AAS 04/11/01 S2506.1

ESHB 1458 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on State & Local Government

                                                  ADOPTED 04/11/01

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 36.70B.080 and 1995 c 347 s 410 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Development regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 36.70A.040 shall establish time periods for local government actions on specific project permit applications and provide timely and predictable procedures to determine whether a completed project permit application meets the requirements of those development regulations.  The time periods for local government actions on specific complete project permit applications or project types should not exceed one hundred twenty days, unless the local government makes written findings that a specified amount of additional time is needed for processing of specific complete project permit applications or project types.

    Such development regulations shall specify the contents of a completed project permit application necessary for the application of such time periods and procedures.

(2)(a) Counties subject to the requirements of RCW 36.70A.215 and the cities within those counties that have populations of at least twenty thousand shall identify the types of project permit applications for which decisions are issued according to the provisions of this chapter.  For each type of project permit application identified, these counties and cities shall establish a deadline for issuing a notice of final decision as required by subsection (1) of this section and minimum requirements for applications to be deemed complete under RCW 36.70B.070 as required by subsection (1) of this section.  Counties and cities subject to the requirements of this subsection also shall, through September 1, 2003, prepare at least two annual performance reports that include, at a minimum, the following information for each type of project permit application:

(i) Total number of complete applications received during the year;

(ii) Number of complete applications received during the year for which a notice of final decision was issued before the deadline established under this subsection;

(iii) Number of applications received during the year for which a notice of final decision was issued after the deadline established under this subsection;

(iv) Number of applications received during the year for which an extension of time was mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the county or city; and

(v) Variance of actual performance, excluding applications for which mutually agreed time extensions have occurred, to the deadline established under this subsection during the year.

(b) Until July 1, 2003, counties and cities subject to the requirements of this subsection shall provide notice of and access to the annual performance reports required by this subsection through the county's or city's web site.  If a county or city subject to the requirements of this subsection does not maintain a web site, notice of the report shall be given by reasonable methods, including but not limited to those methods specified in RCW 36.70B.110(4).

(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a county or city from extending a deadline for issuing a decision for a specific project permit application for any reasonable period of time mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the local government."

ESHB 1458 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on State & Local Government

                                                  ADOPTED 04/11/01

    On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "applications;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 36.70B.080."

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