RCW 86.09.730: Residential project permit application review—Required time frame.

(1) Whenever a district imposes a fee on an applicant for the review of a project permit application related to a residential project, the district must complete its review within the time frames provided for in RCW 36.70B.080(3).

(2) If a district does not complete its review within the required time frame, it must refund or forgo 20 percent of the fee that it charged, or would have charged, the applicant for the review. A district that does not collect a fee for its review of a portion of a project permit application is not required to provide any refund under this section.

(3) For the purposes of this section, "project permit" has the same meaning as in RCW 36.70B.020.