17.80.310 Permit review process | Stanwood Municipal Code

17.80.310 Permit review process.

Tables 3A and 3B, Decision Making and Appeals, outline the permit review process for the five levels of land use permits. Once the permit type has been determined, applications are processed according to the associated processes.

Table 3A – Decision Making and Appeals: Nonshoreline Permits
Permit Type	Public Meeting With PC	Open Record Public Hearing	Project Decision	Open Record City Appeal	Closed Record Appeal	Noncity or Judicial Appeal¹
Type I	No	No	CDD/CE	HE	No	Yes
Type II	Yes²/No	No	CDD/CE	HE	No	Yes
Type III	Yes	HE	HE	No	No	Yes
Type IV	Yes	HE³	CC	No	No	Yes
Type V	No	Yes/No⁴	CC	No	No	Yes

Abbreviations:
CC = City Council	HE = Hearing Examiner
CE = City Engineer	PC = Planning Commission
CDD = Community Development Director

1Noncity or judicial appeals are filed with Snohomish County Superior Court.

2Only the following Type II permit applications require a public meeting with the planning commission: multifamily residential projects greater than 40 units, commercial and industrial developments greater than 12,000 square feet, and mixed-use developments greater than 20 units.

3Hearing examiner makes a recommendation to the city council after holding a public hearing.

4Final plats are approved by the city council at a public meeting; a public hearing is not required.

Table 3B – Decision Making and Appeals: Shoreline Permits
Permit Type	Public Meeting With PC	Open Record Public Hearing	City: Project Decision	State: Final Project Decision	Administrative Appeal	SHB Appeal
Type II Shoreline Substantial Development	Yes	No	CDD/CE	N/A	SHB	Superior Court
Type III Shoreline Conditional Use and Variance	Yes	HE	HE	DOE	SHB	Superior Court

Abbreviations:
CC = City Council	PC = Planning Commission
CE = City Engineer	SHB = Shorelines Hearings Board
CDD = Community Development Director	DOE = Department of Ecology
HE = Hearing Examiner

(Ord. 1499 § 6 (Exh. F), 2021).