14.50.720 Application – Notices.
The following is applicable for the notice requirements of all notices related to actions under the SMP:
A. Within fourteen (14) days from making a determination of complete application, the shoreline administrator shall provide public notice of the application. Notice of environmental review under SEPA (Chapter 43.21C RCW) may be combined with the application notice.
B. The public notice shall include:
1. The date the application was made and the date the application was determined to be complete;
2. A description of the proposed project action and a list of the project permits included in the subject application;
3. The identification of other permits not included in the subject application, if known;
4. The identification of existing environmental documents that evaluate the proposed project and where such documents may be reviewed;
5. A statement of the public comment period, which shall be at least thirty (30) days;
6. The date, time and place of the public hearing, if any, and a statement that a person desiring to present his/her views may do so orally or in writing at the public hearing, or may submit written comments prior to the public hearing which will be provided to the hearing examiner at the public hearing;
7. A statement of preliminary determination, if one has been made; and
8. Any other information determined appropriate by the city.
C. The shoreline administrator shall provide notice by at least one (1) of the following noticing methods:
1. Mailing of the notice to the latest recorded real property owners as shown by the records of the Grays Harbor County Assessor within three hundred (300) feet of the property boundary of the subject proposal;
2. Posting the notice in a conspicuous manner on the property upon which the project is to be undertaken; or
3. Publishing the notice in the legal newspaper for the city.
D. The notification system shall also provide notice to all agencies with jurisdiction in the proposal per Chapter 43.21C RCW and to all other agencies that request in writing any such notice.
E. The shoreline administrator shall give notice of the application no less than thirty (30) days prior to permit issuance.
F. When a public hearing is required, public notice shall be given at least fifteen (15) days before the public hearing. The notices shall include a statement that a person desiring to present his/her views may do so orally or in writing at the public hearing or may submit written comments prior to the public hearing which will be provided to the hearing examiner.
G. The public notice shall also state that a person interested in the hearing examiner’s action on an application for a permit may notify the shoreline administrator of his/her interest in writing within thirty (30) days of the last date of publication of the notice. Such notification to the shoreline administrator or the submission of views to the hearing examiner shall entitle said persons to a copy of the action taken on the application.