20.17.020 Scope.
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This chapter establishes the process and criteria that the city will use in making a decision upon an application for an essential public facility.
A. The city may establish a list of uses that qualify as essential public facilities. This list shall be established through a Type VI process. A use or facility may be added to Bellingham’s adopted list of essential public facilities based on one of the following criteria:
1. The use meets the definition of an essential public facility; or
2. The use is identified on the list of state essential public facilities for Whatcom County maintained by the State of Washington Office of Financial Management. [Ord. 2006-07-068].