Title 14A LAND USE PERMIT PROCEDURES
Chapter 14A.04 PERMIT PROCESSING
14A.04.060 Technically complete application.
A. The Mayor, or other officers designated by the Mayor,
shall determine that the application is technically complete, as provided
herein.
B. The Town shall have twenty-eight calendar days after the
submission of a counter complete application to determine whether an application
is technically complete; provided, that in the event that an application is
returned to the applicant as not technically complete, the Town shall have
fourteen calendar days from resubmittal to determine technical
completeness.
C. An application is technically complete if it includes the
following:
1. Except for Town-initiated actions, a complete original
application form signed by the owner(s) of the subject property or by a
representative authorized to do so by written instrument executed by the
owner(s) and filed with the application.
2. A legal description supplied by Snohomish County survey
records division, a title company, surveyor licensed in the state of Washington,
or other party approved by the Planning Commission, and current Snohomish County
assessor map(s) showing the property(ies) subject to the application.
3. A copy of the applicable Snohomish County
Assessor’s parcel map; list of all property owners within six hundred feet
of the boundary of the proposed project; and one set of stamped envelopes
addressed to all property owners within six hundred feet of the boundary of the
proposed project, with return address of the Town of Woodway, 23920 -- 113th
Place West, Woodway, WA 98020. If the project requires SEPA review, a second
set of stampedenvelopes will be required.
4. The applicable fee(s).
5. An application shall include all of the information
listed as application requirements in the relevant sections of applicable Town
ordinances.
6. Any applicable SEPA document, typewritten or in ink and
signed.
7. Environmentally Sensitive Areas Questionnaire.
D. If the Mayor, or officers designated by the Mayor,
determines an application is not technically complete, then, within the time
provided in subsection B of this section, the Town shall send the applicant a
written statement rejecting the application based on a lack of information and
listing what is required to make the application technically complete.
1. The statement shall set a date by which the missing
information must be provided. The statement shall state that an applicant may
apply to extend the deadline and explain how to do so.
2. The statement also may include recommendations for
additional information that, although not necessary to make the application
technically complete, is recommended to address other issues that are or may be
relevant to the review.
E. If the required information is not submitted by the date
specified and the Mayor has not extended that date, within five working days
after that date the Mayor or his designee shall take the action in subsection
(E)(1) or (2) of this section. If the required information is submitted by the
date specified, then within fourteen calendar working days the Mayor or
Mayor’s designee shall decide whether the application is technically
complete and, if not, the Mayor or his designee shall:
1. Reject and return the application and the unexpended
portion of the application fees, less ten percent of the total application fee,
and mail to the applicant a written statement which lists the remaining
additional information needed to make the application technically
complete.
2. The Mayor or Mayor’s designee may allow the
applicant to restart the technically complete review process a second time by
providing the required missing information by a specified date.
F. If the Mayor or Mayor’s designee determines an
application is technically complete, then the Mayor shall, within the time
specified in Section 14A.04.060(B):
1. Forward the application to the Town Clerk-Treasurer for
processing and schedule of proceedings. 2. Send a letter of completeness to
the applicant acknowledging acceptance, listing the name and telephone number of
a contact person for the Town, and describing the expected review schedule,
including the date of a hearing. As a courtesy, the letter may also identify, to
the extent known, any other local, state or federal agencies that may have
jurisdiction over some aspect of the application.
G. An application shall be determined technically complete
if a written determination as provided herein has not been postmarked and sent
by registered mail to the applicant within twenty-eight calendar days of the
date the application is submitted. (Ord. 01-412 §1 (Exh. 1 (part)), 2001;
Ord. 319 §VI, 1996)