23.76.010

A. 1. Applications for Master Use Permits shall be made by the property owner, lessee, contract purchaser, a City agency, or other public agency, or by an authorized agent of any of them. A public agency, or an authorized agent of the agency, proposing a project with a location that must be approved by the Council, may apply for a Master Use Permit after the project's location is identified in a Council Bill or resolution that has been referred to the Council, or one of its committees, to consider approving the project. 2. A claim made by a person that the person possesses title to any portion of the property for which a Master Use Permit application has been submitted, whether the claim is made by a judicially-filed pleading or not, is not grounds for the Department to suspend processing the application unless: a. A court injunction has been issued and is delivered to the Department; or b. The application is for a subdivision or short subdivision, the claim is made in a pleading to quiet title to a portion of the property that has been filed in court, and a copy of the pleading has been delivered to the Department. B. All applications for Master Use Permits shall be made to the Director on a form provided by the Department. C. Applications shall be accompanied by payment of the applicable filing fees, if any, as established in Subtitle IX of Title 22 . Payment of applicable filing fees is required for a determination that an application is procedurally complete. D. All applications shall contain the submittal information required by the applicable sections of this Title 23 ; Title 15 ; Chapter 25.05 ; Chapter 25.09 ; Chapter 25.12 ; Chapter 25.16 ; Chapter 25.20 ; Chapter 25.22 ; Chapter 25.24 ; and other codes as determined applicable and necessary for review by the Director. All shoreline substantial development, conditional use or variance applications shall also include applicable submittal information as specified in WAC 173-27-180. The Director shall outline the submittal requirements for a complete application in the permit application. E. Notice of complete application 1. The Director shall determine whether an application is procedurally complete and shall notify the applicant in writing within 28 days of the date the application is filed whether the application is complete or that the application is incomplete and what additional information is required before the application will be complete. Within 14 days of receiving the additional information, the Director shall notify the applicant in writing if the application is still incomplete and what additional information is necessary. An application shall be deemed to be complete if the Director does not notify the applicant in writing that the application is incomplete by the deadlines in this subsection 23.76.010.E. A determination that the application is complete is not a determination that the application is vested. 2. A Master Use Permit application is procedurally complete for purposes of this Section 23.76.010 if it meets the submittal requirements outlined on the permit application. The determination of completeness shall not preclude the Director from requesting additional information or studies either at the time the application is determined complete or, subsequently, if additional information is required to complete review of the application or substantial changes in the permit application are proposed. However, if the submittal requirements outlined on the permit application have been met the need for additional information or studies shall not preclude a determination of completeness. 3. A determination under this Section 23.76.010 that an application is complete is not a determination that the application is vested. A vesting determination shall be made only if needed because of a change in applicable laws and shall entail review of the application for compliance with RCW 19.27.095, RCW 58.17.033, and Section 23.76.026. F. If the applicant fails to supply all required information or data within 60 days of a written request from the Director, the Director may provide the applicant a notice of intent to cancel. The Director may cancel the application if the requested information is not provided within the time required by the notice of intent to cancel. G. A letter of eligibility for exemption from design review is required for applications subject to temporary provisions in subsection 23.41.004.E.3. This letter of eligibility shall document a proposal's consistency with the qualifications for design review exemption in subsection 23.41.004.E.3.a, including: 1. Describing the proposed uses within the proposal per subsection 23.41.004.E.3.a.1; 2. Identifying the location of the development site within the area subject to temporary design review exemption per subsection 23.41.004.E.3.a.2; 3. A statement that the proposal does not involve a Type IV or Type V Council land use decision; and 4. An acknowledgement that complete Master Use Permit application materials must be submitted within 90 days to establish vesting as indicated in subsection 23.76.026.A.4. (Ord. 127300 , § 2, 2025; Ord. 127228 , § 24, 2025; Ord. 127100 , § 5, 2024; Ord. 126685 , § 56, 2022; Ord. 123963, § 29, 2012; Ord. 123913, § 8, 2012; Ord. 123668, § 1, 2011; Ord. 123649, § 53, 2011; Ord. 121476, § 18, 2004; Ord. 120857, § 2, 2002; Ord. 119904, § 3, 2000; Ord. 118794, § 47, 1997; Ord. 118012, § 27, 1996; Ord. 117570, § 20, 1995; Ord. 117430 , § 80, 1994; Ord. 117263 , 55, 1994; Ord. 115751 , § 1, 1991; Ord. 114473, § 2, 1989; Ord. 112522, § 2, 1985.)