2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.21C - State Environmental Policy. › 43.21C.440 - Planned action—Defined—Authority of a county, city, or town—Community meetings.

RCW 43.21C.440
Planned action—Defined—Authority of a county, city, or town—Community meetings.
(1) For purposes of this chapter, a planned action means one or more types of development or redevelopment that meet the following criteria:
(a) Are designated as planned actions by an ordinance or resolution adopted by a county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040;
(b) In conjunction with, or to implement, a comprehensive plan or subarea plan adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW, or a fully contained community, a master planned resort, a master planned development, or a phased project, have had the significant impacts adequately addressed:
(i) In an environmental impact statement under the requirements of this chapter; or
(ii) In a threshold determination or, where one is appropriate, in an environmental impact statement under the requirements of this chapter, if the planned action contains mixed use or residential development and encompasses an area that:
(A) Is within one-half mile of a major transit stop; or
(B) Will be within one-half mile of a major transit stop no later than five years from the date of the designation of the planned action;
(c) Have had project level significant impacts adequately addressed in a threshold determination or, where one is required under (b) of this subsection or where otherwise appropriate, an environmental impact statement, unless the impacts are specifically deferred for consideration at the project level pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section;
(d) Are subsequent or implementing projects for the proposals listed in (b) of this subsection;
(e) Are located within an urban growth area designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.110;
(f) Are not essential public facilities, as defined in RCW 36.70A.200, unless an essential public facility is accessory to or part of a residential, office, school, commercial, recreational, service, or industrial development that is designated a planned action under this subsection; and
(g) Are consistent with a comprehensive plan or subarea plan adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW.
(2) A county, city, or town shall define the types of development included in the planned action and may limit a planned action to:
(a) A specific geographic area that is less extensive than the jurisdictional boundaries of the county, city, or town; or
(b) A time period identified in the ordinance or resolution adopted under this subsection.
(3)(a) A county, city, or town shall determine during permit review whether a proposed project is consistent with a planned action ordinance adopted by the jurisdiction. To determine project consistency with a planned action ordinance, a county, city, or town may utilize a modified checklist pursuant to the rules adopted to implement RCW 43.21C.110, a form that is designated within the planned action ordinance, or a form contained in agency rules adopted pursuant to RCW 43.21C.120.
(b) A county, city, or town is not required to make a threshold determination and may not require additional environmental review, for a proposal that is determined to be consistent with the development or redevelopment described in the planned action ordinance, except for impacts that are specifically deferred to the project level at the time of the planned action ordinance's adoption. At least one community meeting must be held before the notice is issued for the planned action ordinance. Notice for the planned action and notice of the community meeting required by this subsection (3)(b) must be mailed or otherwise verifiably provided to: (i) All affected federally recognized tribal governments; and (ii) agencies with jurisdiction over the future development anticipated for the planned action. The determination of consistency, and the adequacy of any environmental review that was specifically deferred, are subject to the type of administrative appeal that the county, city, or town provides for the proposal itself consistent with RCW 36.70B.060.
(4) For a planned action ordinance that encompasses the entire jurisdictional boundary of a county, city, or town, at least one community meeting must be held before the notice is issued for the planned action ordinance. Notice for the planned action ordinance and notice of the community meeting required by this subsection must be mailed or otherwise verifiably provided to:
(a) All property owners of record within the county, city, or town;
(b) All affected federally recognized tribal governments; and
(c) All agencies with jurisdiction over the future development anticipated for the planned action.
(5) For purposes of this section, "major transit stop" means a commuter rail stop, a stop on a rail or fixed guideway or transitway system, or a stop on a high capacity transportation service funded or expanded under chapter 81.104 RCW.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 16 § 7; 2012 1st sp.s. c 1 § 303.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—Limitation—Jurisdiction/authority of Indian tribe under act—2012 1st sp.s. c 1: See notes following RCW 77.55.011.
Authority of department of fish and wildlife under act—2012 1st sp.s. c 1: See note following RCW 76.09.040.