19.01.003 Project permit application framework

19.01.003 Project permit application framework.

	PROCEDURE FOR PROJECT PERMIT APPLICATIONS (TYPE I – IV)					LEGISLATIVE
	TYPE I	TYPE II	TYPE III	TYPE III-A	TYPE IV	TYPE V
Recommendation made by:	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A; Planning commission for site specific zones	Planning commission
Final decision made by:	Director	Director	Hearing examiner	Hearing examiner	City council	City council
Notice of application:	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Open record public hearing or open record appeal of a final decision:	No	Only if appealed, open record hearing before hearing examiner	Yes, before hearing examiner to render final decision	Yes, before hearing examiner to render final decision	No	Yes, before planning commission which makes recommendation to council
Closed record appeal/final decision:	No	No	No	No	Yes, before council to render final decision	Yes, or council could hold its own hearing
Judicial appeal:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

TYPE I	TYPE II	TYPE III	TYPE III-A	TYPE IV	TYPE V
Final short plat	Preliminary short plat	Plat vacations and alterations	Preliminary plats/major preliminary plat revisions	Final plats	Comprehensive plan amendments
Minor site plan review	Major site plan review	Conditional use permit	Preliminary PRD/PUD	Final PRD/PUD	Development regulation amendments
Minor amendments to PUD/PRD	Alternative design review¹	General variances, sign permit variances, height restriction area variance	Major amendment to PRD	Site-specific rezone³	Zoning text amendments; area-wide zoning map amendments
Special use permits	Binding site plan	Shoreline substantial development, shoreline variance, shoreline conditional use			Annexations
Temporary trailers	Revisions to shoreline management permits²	Major amendments to PUD
Sign permits	Administrative variances
Administrative design review¹	Administrative interpretations	Mobile/manufactured home park or subdivision
Land clearing	Shoreline permit exemptions²	Performance-based height exception
Home occupation permit	Short-term rental permit	Changes from one nonconforming use to another
Alternative landscape plan
Nonconforming review		Critical area variances
Minor preliminary plat revisions		Critical area reasonable use exceptions
Boundary line adjustment

1In addition to the procedures in this title, applications for design review shall follow the procedures set forth in Chapter 17.98 GHMC.

2The notice of application requirements of GHMC 19.02.004 and notice of decision requirements of GHMC 19.02.007 shall not apply to shoreline permit exemptions. The decision shall be subject to the procedural requirements of Shoreline Master Program subsection 8.2.3 and the appeal procedures of GHMC 19.06.004.

3A site-specific rezone may have only one public hearing to be conducted by the city’s planning commission.

(Ord. 1522 § 10, 2024; Ord. 1507 § 4 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1278 § 4, 2013; Ord. 1197 § 87, 2010; Ord. 1132 § 8, 2008; Ord. 1093 § 14, 2007; Ord. 950 § 2, 2004; Ord. 903 § 1, 2002; Ord. 864 § 2, 2001; Ord. 806 § 2, 1998; Ord. 711 § 1, 1996).