The applicable director shall review existing policies, procedures, and rules and determine which constitute rules pursuant to this chapter. All policies, procedures, and rules in effect on the effective date of this title which the director within 60 days thereafter files with the clerk of the county council and posts on the departmental website shall remain in effect until amended or repealed; provided, that all such policies, procedures, and rules shall no later than December 31, 2004, be repromulgated through the rulemaking procedures of this title except policies, procedures, and rules related to critical area regulations. The pre-existing policies, procedures, and rules related to critical area regulations shall be repromulgated within six months after the adoption of any critical area regulation amendments required under RCW 36.70A.130 or within six months following the final resolution of any subsequent related appeals, whichever is later. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 04-069, July 28, 2004, Eff date Aug. 22, 2004; Amended by Ord. 18-025, Apr. 25, 2018, Eff date May 20, 2018).