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Lake Stevens planning staff outline 2024 work and hold hearing on interim ordinance setting new permit review timelines
Summary
City Planning Director Wright and Principal Planner David Levitan presented the Planning and Community Development 2024 annual report to the City Council on Feb. 11 and held a required public hearing on interim ordinance 11-92, staff said.
City Planning Director Wright and Principal Planner David Levitan presented the Planning and Community Development 2024 annual report to the City Council on Feb. 11 and held a required public hearing on interim ordinance 11-92, staff said. The interim ordinance, adopted initially on Dec. 10 and effective Dec. 18, temporarily adjusts permit-review timelines to comply with changes required by Senate Bill 5290.
Why it matters: the interim ordinance shortens statutorily prescribed review windows for permit applications; staff said the city must comply and will pursue permanent code language through the planning commission and subsequent council hearings.
Levitan told the council the interim ordinance established new internal deadlines that took effect Jan. 1 under the state legislation: Type 1 administrative reviews must be completed within 65 days; Type 2 reviews…
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