30.44.230 Filing with the state Department of Ecology.
(1) Any final decision by the county on an application for a shoreline permit or a shoreline permit revision shall be mailed using return receipt requested mail to the state department of ecology within 10 calendar days of the county’s final decision, as defined pursuant to WAC 173-27-130(1). When a shoreline substantial development permit and a shoreline conditional use permit or shoreline variance, or both, are required for a development, the county shall transmit its final decision on the shoreline substantial development permit and its recommendation on the shoreline conditional use permit or shoreline variance, or both, concurrently. Documents to be submitted to the regional office of the state department of ecology shall include:
(a) A copy of the complete application;
(b) Findings and conclusions that establish the basis for the decision including but not limited to identification of shoreline environment designation, applicable master program policies and regulations and the consistency of the project with appropriate review criteria for the type of permit(s);
(c) The final decision of the local government;
(d) The permit data sheet; and
(e) Where applicable, documents required by chapter 30.61 SCC and chapter 43.21C RCW, the State Environmental Policy Act, or in lieu thereof, a statement summarizing the actions and dates of such actions taken under chapter 43.21C RCW.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter, "date of filing" refers to:
(a) The date the state department of ecology receives the county’s final decision to approve or deny a shoreline substantial development permit; or
(b) The date the state department of ecology’s decision on a variance or conditional use permit is transmitted to the county and to the applicant.
(c) When the department simultaneously transmits to the state department of ecology its decision on a shoreline substantial development permit with its recommendation on either a shoreline conditional use permit or shoreline variance, or both, "date of filing" has the same meaning as subsection (2)(b) of this section. (Added by Amended Ord. 12-025, June 6, 2012, Eff date July 27, 2012; Amended by Amended Ord. 19-020, July 3, 2019, Eff date Oct. 14, 2019).