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Anacortes staff present SEPA appeals ordinance; council debates removing local appeal for legislative actions
Summary
City staff presented a first reading of Ordinance 4096 to change how SEPA threshold-determination appeals are processed for non‑project actions. Council members debated whether appeals should go to the hearing examiner, to council, or be removed entirely.
City planning and legal staff presented a first reading of Ordinance 4096 on Aug. 18 to change how appeals of State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) threshold determinations are handled for non‑project actions such as ordinances, plans and development regulations.
Planner and city attorney staff framed the issue: "SEPA is the State Environmental Policy Act codified at RCW chapter 43.21," staff attorney Swetnam told council, and current Anacortes Municipal Code does not differentiate between project and non‑project threshold determinations. Under the existing code, a threshold determination on a non‑project action is processed as a Type 2 administrative decision and can be appealed to the hearing examiner, which…
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