RCW 36.70B.060: Local governments planning under the growth management act to establish integrated and consolidated project permit process—Required elements.

Not later than June 30, 2027, each local government planning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall establish by ordinance or resolution an integrated and consolidated project permit process that may be included in its development regulations. In addition to the elements required by RCW 36.70B.050, the process shall include the following elements:

(1) A determination of completeness to the applicant as required by RCW 36.70B.070;

(2)(a) The designation of a permit responsible official for project permit applications related to a residential project. This official has the authority to make all final administrative decisions on project permit applications related to residential projects consistent with the procedural requirements of this chapter. If a local government is also the lead agency responsible for the environmental analysis and procedural requirements under chapter 43.21C RCW for the residential project, then the permit responsible official must be designated as the responsible official under that chapter.

(b) The local government shall designate, for each project permit application, a single point of contact, which may be a designated official, position, office, or functional unit of the local government and may be identified by a publicly available telephone number or electronic mail address for purposes of applicant communication. The designation may vary by application. The designated official, position, office, or functional unit must coordinate with other departments and with other agencies or government entities with permit review responsibilities as necessary to ensure that a final decision on project permit applications is issued within the applicable timeline under RCW 36.70B.080. The designation of a single point of contact does not confer independent final decision-making authority unless otherwise provided under local ordinance;

(3) A notice of application to the public and agencies with jurisdiction as required by RCW 36.70B.110;

(4) Except as provided in RCW 36.70B.140, an optional consolidated project permit review process as provided in RCW 36.70B.120. The review process shall provide for no more than one consolidated open record hearing and one closed record appeal. If an open record predecision hearing is provided prior to the decision on a project permit, the process shall not allow a subsequent open record appeal hearing;

(5) Provision allowing for any public meeting or required open record hearing to be combined with any public meeting or open record hearing that may be held on the project by another local, state, regional, federal, or other agency, in accordance with provisions of RCW 36.70B.110;

(6) A single report stating all the decisions made as of the date of the report on all project permits included in the consolidated permit process that do not require an open record predecision hearing and any recommendations on project permits that do not require an open record predecision hearing. The report shall state any mitigation required or proposed under the development regulations or the agency's authority under RCW 43.21C.060. The report may be the local permit. If a threshold determination other than a determination of significance has not been issued previously by the local government, the report shall include or append this determination;

(7) Except for the appeal of a determination of significance as provided in RCW 43.21C.075, if a local government elects to provide an appeal of its threshold determinations or project permit decisions, the local government shall provide for no more than one consolidated open record hearing on such appeal. The local government need not provide for any further appeal and may provide an appeal for some but not all project permit decisions. If an appeal is provided after the open record hearing, it shall be a closed record appeal before a single decision-making body or officer;

(8) A notice of decision as required by RCW 36.70B.130 and issued within the time period provided in RCW 36.70B.080; and

(9) Any other provisions not inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter or chapter 43.21C RCW.