Seattle Municipal Code Table of Contents

Title 25 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION



   Chapter 25.05 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Sections:

Subchapter I. Purpose/Authority
           25.05.010. Authority.
           25.05.020. Purpose.
           25.05.030. Policy.
           25.05.035. Rules and Departmental Procedures.

Subchapter II. General Requirements
           25.05.040. Definitions.
           25.05.050. Lead agency.
           25.05.055. Timing of the SEPA process.
           25.05.060. Content of environmental review.
           25.05.070. Limitations on actions during SEPA process.
           25.05.080. Incomplete or unavailable information.
           25.05.090. Supporting documents.
           25.05.100. Information required of applicants.
           25.05.164. Planned actions– Definitions and criteria.
           25.05.168. Ordinances designating planned actions– Procedures for adoption.
           25.05.172. Planned actions– Project review.
           25.05.210. SEPA/GMA integration.
           25.05.250. SEPA/Model Toxics Control Act integration.

Subchapter III. Categorical Exemptions and Threshold Determination
           25.05.300. Purpose of this subchapter.
           25.05.305. Categorical exemptions.
           25.05.310. Threshold determination required.
           25.05.315. Environmental checklist.
           25.05.330. Threshold determination process.
           25.05.335. Additional information.
           25.05.340. Determination of nonsignificance (DNS).
           25.05.350. Mitigated DNS.
           25.05.355. Early review DNS (optional DNS) process.
           25.05.360. Determination of significance (DS)/initiation of scoping.
           25.05.390. Effect of threshold determination.

Subchapter IV. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
           25.05.400. Purpose of EIS.
           25.05.402. General requirements.
           25.05.405. EIS types.
           25.05.406. EIS timing.
           25.05.408. Scoping.
           25.05.409. Scoping on City-sponsored projects.
           25.05.410. Expanded scoping (Optional).
           25.05.420. EIS preparation.
           25.05.425. Style and size.
           25.05.430. Format.
           25.05.435. Cover letter or memo.
           25.05.440. EIS contents.
           25.05.442. Contents of EIS on nonproject proposals.
           25.05.443. EIS contents when prior nonproject EIS.
           25.05.444. Elements of the environment.
           25.05.448. Relationship of EIS to other considerations.
           25.05.450. Cost-benefit analysis.
           25.05.455. Issuance of DEIS.
           25.05.460. Issuance of FEIS.

Subchapter V. Commenting
           25.05.500. Purpose of this subchapter.
           25.05.502. Inviting comment.
           25.05.504. Availability and cost of environmental documents.
           25.05.508. SEPA Register.
           25.05.510. Public notice.
           25.05.535. Public hearings and meetings.
           25.05.545. Effect of no comment.
           25.05.550. Specificity of comments.
           25.05.560. FEIS response to comments.
           25.05.570. Consulted agency costs to assist lead agency.

Subchapter VI. Using Existing Environmental Documents
           25.05.600. When to use existing environmental documents.
           25.05.610. Use of NEPA documents.
           25.05.620. Supplemental environmental impact statement– Procedures.
           25.05.625. Addenda– Procedures.
           25.05.630. Adoption– Procedures.
           25.05.635. Incorporation by reference– Procedures.
           25.05.640. Combining documents.

Subchapter VII. SEPA and Agency Decisions
           25.05.650. Purpose of this subchapter.
           25.05.655. Implementation.
           25.05.660. Substantive authority and mitigation.
           25.05.665. SEPA policies– Overview.
           25.05.670. Cumulative effects policy.
           25.05.675. Specific environmental policies
           25.05.680. Appeals.

Subchapter VIII. Definitions
           25.05.700. Definitions.
           25.05.702. Act.
           25.05.704. Action.
           25.05.706. Addendum.
           25.05.708. Adoption.
           25.05.709. Aesthetics.
           25.05.710. Affected tribe.
           25.05.712. Affecting.
           25.05.714. Agency.
           25.05.716. Applicant.
           25.05.718. Built environment.
           25.05.720. Categorical exemption.
           25.05.721. Closed record appeal.
           25.05.722. Consolidated appeal.
           25.05.724. Consulted agency.
           25.05.726. Cost-benefit analysis.
           25.05.728. County/city.
           25.05.730. Decisionmaker.
           25.05.732. Department.
           25.05.733. Department.
           25.05.734. Determination of nonsignificance (DNS).
           25.05.736. Determination of significance (DS).
           25.05.738. EIS.
           25.05.740. Environment.
           25.05.742. Environmental checklist.
           25.05.744. Environmental document.
           25.05.746. Environmental review.
           25.05.747. Environmentally critical area.
           25.05.750. Expanded scoping.
           25.05.751. GMA action.
           25.05.752. Impacts.
           25.05.754. Incorporation by reference.
           25.05.755. Interested person.
           25.05.756. Lands covered by water.
           25.05.758. Lead agency.
           25.05.760. License.
           25.05.762. Local agency.
           25.05.764. Major action.
           25.05.766. Mitigated DNS.
           25.05.768. Mitigation.
           25.05.770. Natural environment.
           25.05.772. NEPA.
           25.05.774. Nonproject.
           25.05.775. Open record hearing.
           25.05.776. Phased review.
           25.05.778. Preparation.
           25.05.780. Private project.
           25.05.782. Probable.
           25.05.784. Proposal.
           25.05.786. Reasonable alternative.
           25.05.788. Responsible official.
           25.05.790. SEPA.
           25.05.792. Scope.
           25.05.793. Scoping.
           25.05.794. Significant.
           25.05.796. State agency.
           25.05.797. Threshold determination.
           25.05.799. Underlying governmental action.

Subchapter IX. Categorical Exemptions
           25.05.800. Categorical exemptions.
           25.05.810. Exemptions and nonexemptions applicable to specific state agencies.
           25.05.880. Emergencies.
           25.05.890. Petitioning DOE to change exemptions.

Subchapter X. Agency Compliance
           25.05.900. Purpose of Seattle SEPA rules sections.
           25.05.902. Agency SEPA policies.
           25.05.904. Agency SEPA procedures.
           25.05.906. Content and consistency of agency procedures.
           25.05.908. Environmentally critical areas.
           25.05.910. Designation of responsible department and responsible official where City is lead agency.
           25.05.912. Procedures of consulted agencies.
           25.05.914. SEPA costs and fees.
           25.05.916. Application to ongoing actions.
           25.05.917. Relationship of Chapter 197-11 WAC with Chapter 197-10 WAC.
           25.05.918. Lack of agency procedures.
           25.05.920. Agencies with environmental expertise.
           25.05.922. Lead agency rules.
           25.05.924. Determining the lead agency.
           25.05.926. Lead agency for governmental proposals.
           25.05.928. Lead agency for public and private proposals.
           25.05.930. Lead agency for private projects with one agency with jurisdiction.
           25.05.932. Lead agency for private projects requiring licenses from more than one agency, when one of the agencies is a county/city.
           25.05.934. Lead agency for private projects requiring licenses from a local agency, not a county/city, and one or more state agencies.
           25.05.936. Lead agency for private projects requiring licenses from more than one state agency.
           25.05.938. Lead agencies for specific proposals.
           25.05.940. Transfer of lead agency status to a state agency.
           25.05.942. Agreements on lead agency status.
           25.05.944. Agreements on division of lead agency duties.
           25.05.946. DOE resolution of lead agency disputes.
           25.05.948. Assumption of lead agency status.
           25.05.955. Effective date.

Subchapter XI Forms
           25.05.960. Environmental checklist.
           25.05.965. Adoption notice.
           25.05.970. Determination of nonsignificance (DNS).
           25.05.980. Determination of significance and scoping notice (DS).
           25.05.985. Notice of assumption of lead agency status.
           25.05.990. Notice of action.
           25.05.950. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected. (Ord. 111866 § 1(part), 1984.)