2.16.010 Land use procedures summary table.

Table 2.16.010-1: Summary Table of Land Use Procedures
R = Review and Recommendation, (R) = Optional Review, D = Decision, A = Appeal, P = Public Hearing, (P) = Optional Public Hearing
	DRB	Planning Comm.	Director	Hearing Examiner	City Council	Courts
Administrative Approvals
Tree Removal/Vegetation Maintenance Permit			D	A
Conversion Option Harvest Plan Permit			D	A
Minor Conditional Use	(R)	(R)	D	A
Minor Variance		(R)	D	A
Agricultural Conditional Use			D	A
Large Lot Subdivisions (Prelim)		R	D	A
(Final)			D			A
Minor Shoreline Variance [1]		(R)	D	A		A [2]
Minor Shoreline Conditional Use [1]		(R)	D	A		A [2]
Public Works Administrative Decisions			D			A
SEPA Determinations			D	A
Shoreline Substantial Development Exemption [1]			D	A
Shoreline Substantial Development [1]		(R)	D	A		A [2]
Short Subdivisions (Prelim)		(R) [3]	D	A
(Final)			D	A		A
Sign Permits			D			A
Minor Site Plan and Design Review Outside the Winslow Master Plan Study Area	(R)	(R)	D	A
Minor Site Plan and Design Review Within the Winslow Master Plan Study Area	(R)		D	A
Major Site Plan and Design Review (Any SPR in the B/I district must be processed through a major SPR)	R	R	D	A
Critical Area Permit – Major and Minor			D	A
All other administrative decisions: This includes agricultural retail plans, boundary line adjustments (see BIMC 2.16.090), building and other construction permits, building administrative decisions, BIMC interpretations, extension of construction noise hours (see BIMC 16.16.025), and any other administrative land use decision authorized by this code to be made by the director.
			D	A
Quasi-Judicial Decisions by the Hearing Examiner
Conditional Use Permits	R	R	R	D/P		A
Variances		(R)	R	D/P		A
Reasonable Use Exception (See BIMC 16.20.080)		(R)	R	D/P		A
Major Shoreline Variances [1]		(R)	R	D/P		A [2]
Major Shoreline Conditional Use Permits [1]		R	R	D/P		A [2]
Long Subdivisions (Prelim)		R [4]	R	D		A
Quasi-Judicial Decisions by City Council
Long Subdivisions (Final)			R		D	A
Site-Specific Rezones		(R)	R	R/P	D	A
Consolidated Project Review
See BIMC 2.16.170
Legislative Approvals
Adoption or Amendment of Development Regulations		R/P	R		D (P)	A
Comprehensive Plan Amendments		R/P	R		D (P)	A
Legislative Area-Wide Rezones		R/P	R		D (P)	A
Special Area Plans		R/P	R		D (P)	A

[1] City decisions on shoreline variances, shoreline substantial development permits, and shoreline conditional use permits must be reviewed by the Washington Department of Ecology pursuant to WAC 173-27-130 and RCW 90.58.140(10). The Department of Ecology may approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application.

[2] The hearing examiner’s decision is forwarded to the Department of Ecology (DOE) for decision. The DOE decision is then appealable to the Shoreline Hearings Board. (See BIMC 2.16.165.I.)

[3] The planning commission shall review all requests for departures for three or more lot short subdivisions from the applicable subdivision standards pursuant to the criteria in BIMC 17.12.040.

[4] The planning commission shall review all requests for departures from applicable subdivision standards for long subdivisions pursuant to the criteria in BIMC 17.12.040.

(Ord. 2025-07 § 3 (Exh. B), 2025; Ord. 2020-03 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 2018-20 § 5 (Exh. A), 2018: Ord. 2018-08 § 1 (Exh. A), 2018: Ord. 2014-04 § 5 (Exh. 3 § 2), 2014: Ord. 2011-21 § 2, 2011: Ord. 2011-02 § 2 (Exh. A), 2011)