A. A completed environmental checklist shall be filed at the same time as an application for a permit, license, certificate, or other approval not exempted in this chapter; except a checklist is not needed if the city’s responsible official and applicant agree an EIS is required, SEPA compliance has been completed, or SEPA compliance has been initiated by another agency. Except as provided in subsection (D) of this section, the checklist shall be in the form of WAC 197-11-960 with such additions that may be required by the responsible official in accordance with WAC 197-11-906(4). A checklist submittal shall include any checklist review fee established by the city council.

B. For private proposals, the responsible official will require the applicant to complete the environmental checklist, providing assistance as necessary. For city proposals, the department initiating the proposal shall complete the environmental checklist for that proposal.

C. The responsible official may require that city staff, and not the private applicant, will complete all or part of the environmental checklist for a private proposal, if either of the following occurs:

D. For projects submitted as planned actions under WAC 197-11-164, the city shall use its existing environmental checklist form or may modify the environmental checklist form as provided in WAC 197-11-315. The modified environmental checklist form may be prepared and adopted along with or as part of a planned action ordinance; or developed after the ordinance is adopted. In either case, a proposed modified environmental checklist form must be sent to the Department of Ecology for review prior to use as provided by WAC 197-11-315. [Ord. 2004-09-064].