30.91E.170 Essential public facility.
“Essential public facility” or “EPF” means any public facility or facilities owned or operated by a unit of local, state, or federal government, public or private utility, transportation company, or any other entity that provides a public service as its primary mission, and is difficult to site. EPFs include but are not limited to those facilities listed in RCW 36.70A.200 and may also include facilities such as regional wastewater treatment facilities, hospitals and trails.
(1) A “regional, state or federal EPF” means an essential public facility identified and designated by the director as a facility that is likely or required to be built within six years and has been evaluated through a state, regional or federal siting process or by a state or federal agency where state or federal law preempts the exercise of local regulatory authority over facility siting.
(2) A “local EPF” means an essential public facility that is not a regional, state or federal EPF. (Added by Ord. 13-067, Sept. 25, 2013, Eff date Oct. 11, 2013).