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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEE RENTON, WASHINGTON
The Environmental Review Committee has issued a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the following project under the authority of the Renton municipal code.
2018 SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM (SMP) PERIODIC REVIEW LUA18-000636
Location: CITYWIDE - SHORELINES OF THE STATE. This proposal is a non-project action to amend Title IV of the Renton Municipal Code (RMC). It is part of a mandatory periodic review of
Shoreline Master Program regulations and is required by RCW 90.58.080. The proposed amendments include the following changes: updates to RMC Title IV to ensure consistency and compliance
with state law, as outlined in the Ecology Periodic Review Checklist; a change to the Shoreline Environment Designation, from High Intensity to Single-Family Residential, at the Barbee
Mill site where such uses already exist; the adoption by reference of updates to the Critical Areas regulations (which were already reviewed in a prior public review process and approved
by Council); and amendments to Title IV to improve the clarity, consistency, and administration of the SMP which includes amendments to text and tables in sections specifically identified
as part of the SMP.
The Environmental Determination decision will become final if the decision is not revised or revoked by the City of Renton at the end of the 30-day comment period (WAC 197-11-340), which
has been voluntarily extended by the City of Renton to December 7, 2018.
Environmental Determination Appeal Process: Appeals of the environmental determination must be filed in writing within 60 days of the adoption of the proposed amendments by the Renton
City Council and the Department of Ecology. Appeals must be filed as a Petition for Review to the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board. Additional information on filing
a petition can be found at: http://www.gmhb.wa.gov/.
Publication Date: November 09, 2018