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Pasco staff propose raising SEPA exemption thresholds to reduce duplicate reviews
Summary
City planning staff outlined proposed increases to State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) categorical exemption thresholds — for example, raising residential triggers from 4 to 30 units — while retaining SEPA review for shorelines, wetlands and mapped cultural‑resource areas and adding inadvertent‑discovery protections.
City planning staff presented a two‑part land‑use update at the Pasco City Council workshop: an overview of the comprehensive‑plan and zoning framework and a proposed change to SEPA categorical‑exemption thresholds intended to reduce redundant reviews.
Haley Mattson, senior planning staff, described the comprehensive plan as a 20‑year vision required by state law and said the municipal code and zoning implement that vision. She then turned to SEPA, explaining that Pasco’s current thresholds trigger review for very small projects (for instance, four units) and that…
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