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Any use or development that is subject to the requirements for site plan review, unless exempt as provided for in GHMC 17.96.025, shall be classified and processed as provided for in this section.

A. Minor Site Plan Review.

1. Applications for minor site plan review shall be processed in accordance with the procedures established under GHMC Title 19 for a Type I project permit application. A decision on a minor site plan review application shall be rendered prior to or concurrent with the issuance of any other applicable permit. The following are classified as minor site plan reviews:

a. Change in use of an existing structure which increases the number of required off-street parking spaces and/or requires a change of use capacity evaluation as provided for in GHMC 19.10.004;

b. Modifications to the number of off-street parking stalls, amount of hard/impermeable surfaces and height of structures on an existing site or approved site plan, provided such modifications do not exceed a 10 percent increase over the original;

c. Modifications to the parking lot layout or parking lot landscaping on an existing site or approved site plan;

d. Modifications to the landscaping, common area, or vegetation retention areas, provided the modifications do not adversely affect the basic character and quality of such;

e. Modifications to the total amount of gross floor area on an existing site or approved site plan which do not exceed a 10 percent increase over the original or 1,000 square feet increase, whichever is less;

f. Removal of some but not all buildings on a site;

g. Modification or expansion of existing stormwater facilities;

h. Modifications to the conditions of approval of a minor site plan review decision;

i. Installation and modification of rapid charging stations as defined in GHMC 17.73.030(P).

2. If a minor site plan review includes any use or development classified as a major site plan review in subsection B of this section, the entire project shall be processed under the provisions for major site plan review.

B. Major Site Plan Review.

1. Applications for major site plan review shall be processed in accordance with the procedures established under GHMC Title 19 for a Type II project permit application, except as provided for in subsection (B)(3) of this section. The following are classified as major site plan reviews:

a. Construction of a building or installation of hard/impermeable surfaces on a vacant parcel;

b. Modifications to an existing site or approved site plan which are not classified as a minor site plan review in subsection A of this section or are exempt from site plan review under GHMC 17.96.025;

c. Any development subject to a SEPA threshold determination pursuant to Chapter 18.04 GHMC;

d. Creation of new regional stormwater ponds;

e. Establishment of a new use or change of use which is not located in an existing building;

f. Modifications to the conditions of approval of a major site plan review decision;

g. Installation and modification of battery exchange stations as defined in GHMC 17.73.030(C).

2. If a SEPA threshold determination for a development requiring major site plan review is appealed, the major site plan review application shall be processed in accordance with the procedures established under GHMC Title 19 for a Type III project permit and the SEPA open record appeal hearing shall be consolidated with the Type III project permit open record hearing.

3. A major site plan review application for a project which has an associated administrative interpretation, as provided for in GHMC 17.66.050, shall be processed as a Type III application as defined in GHMC Title 19.

C. A minor or major site plan review application that is part of a project that requires additional applications with other procedure types may be processed collectively under the highest numbered procedure for any application unless the applicant chooses to have each application processed individually following the permit processing procedures in GHMC 19.01.002(B). (Ord. 1347 §§ 61, 62, 2016; Ord. 1220 § 5, 2011; Ord. 1197 § 63, 2010; Ord. 573 § 2, 1990).