A. Service Area. The director of planning and community development shall determine if the facility serves a regional, countywide, statewide or national need. If it does, then the director may condition the review with a requirement that the review process include one or more sites in parts of the service area outside of Bellingham.

B. Multi-Jurisdictional Review. Where more than one local government is involved in the review process, Bellingham staff shall participate in a multi-jurisdictional review process and use the data, analysis and environmental documents prepared in that process in the city’s review if Bellingham determines those documents are adequate.

C. Timeline for Review. BMC 21.10.080(A) requires that, under normal circumstances, a decision on a Type V-A application shall be made within 180 days. An exception is provided in BMC 21.10.080(A)(4) for timing of decisions on applications for a project requiring an approval for siting of an essential public facility as provided in RCW 36.70A.200. [Ord. 2006-07-068].