{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-58.17.330","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 58.17.330","heading":"Hearing examiner system—Adoption authorized—Procedures—Decisions.","body":"(1) As an alternative to those provisions of this chapter requiring a planning commission to hear and issue recommendations for plat approval, the county or city legislative body may adopt a hearing examiner system and shall specify by ordinance the legal effect of the decisions made by the examiner. The legal effect of such decisions shall include one of the following:\n(a) The decision may be given the effect of a recommendation to the legislative body;\n(b) The decision may be given the effect of an administrative decision appealable within a specified time limit to the legislative body; or\n(c) The decision may be given the effect of a final decision of the legislative body.\nThe legislative authority shall prescribe procedures to be followed by a hearing examiner.\n(2) Each final decision of a hearing examiner shall be in writing and shall include findings and conclusions, based on the record, to support the decision. Each final decision of a hearing examiner, unless a longer period is mutually agreed to by the applicant and the hearing examiner, shall be rendered within ten working days following conclusion of all testimony and hearings.","path":["Title 58","Chapter 58.17"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=58.17.330","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:33:57Z","sha256":"2993d18d8aa4b1faf1275d847619bb2c5b8ec00a676d9b069cc15e4eae3cdbc7","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-58.17.320","next":"us-wa/rcw-58.17.900"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}