Lake Stevens staff previews process-code package: permit timelines, design-review integration, site-plan rule changes

City planning staff briefed the Lake Stevens Planning Commission on a Phase 1 process-code package that would (1) make permanent the permit-review timelines adopted under an interim ordinance required by Senate Bill 5290, (2) integrate design review into associated land-use approvals instead of treating design review as a stand-alone land-use application, and (3) shift site-plan review from a Type 2 (administrative with public comment) to a Type 1 (administrative, no public notice) where compliance is clear and objective.