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Medical Lake staff outlines new land‑use policies after city code changes; notice rules clarified
Summary
Planning staff told the Medical Lake Planning Commission that recent municipal code changes adopted by the city council have been submitted to the state and that two new internal policies — a consolidated land‑use application policy and a notice‑of‑application policy — will guide how applications and public notices are handled going forward.
Planning staff told the Medical Lake Planning Commission on Dec. 19 that recent municipal code changes adopted at the city council have been submitted to the Washington State Department of Commerce and were found to comply with the changes in state law identified as Senate Bill 5290.
The staff report said the city corrected a citation in the shoreline management plan via resolution and that, separately, the city has adopted two planning policies intended to make application and notice procedures easier to use for applicants and clearer for staff.
The first policy, “land‑use review applications,” consolidates multiple separate forms into a single application form (staff pointed…
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