23.16.020 Procedures.
A. Review Process. Preliminary plats are Type III decisions pursuant to BMC 21.10.040. Applications for preliminary plat approval shall follow the procedures in BMC 21.10.120.
B. Notification. Notice of the preliminary plat application, in the same format as required by BMC 21.10.200, shall also be sent to the following:
1. Whatcom County engineering and development services (if plat abuts city limits).
2. Secretary of Transportation for preliminary plats located adjacent to the right-of-way of a state highway or within two miles of the boundary of a state or municipal airport. In accordance with RCW 58.17.080, the Secretary shall have 15 days from the date of said notice to comment on the effect that the proposed subdivision will have on the state highway or the state or municipal airport.
3. For preliminary plats with environmentally sensitive areas as regulated by Chapter 16.55 BMC and/or that are located in whole or in part in a designated floodplain as provided in Chapter 86.16 RCW, the director shall give written notice of the application, including a legal description and a location map of the preliminary plat, to the Washington State Department of Ecology. [Ord. 2018-12-036 § 2 (Exh. A)].