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NOTIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION Number:
510-01
Effective Date Supersedes Page Of Staff Contact Appr ved By
1/1/89 1 2 R. Nelson
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1.0 PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to establish a method of providing interested citizens with written
notification of administrative action taken by the City of Renton.
2.0 ORGANIZATIONS AFFECTED
Building, Planning, Public Works.
3.0 REFERENCES
Not Applicable.
4.0 POLICY
4.1 The city wishes to eliminate the necessity for interested parties to call or physically
review official city files to determine the exact date when a final administrative decision
has been made by the city. Therefore, the city administration will provide a courtesy
notification to interested parties of final administrative action taken by the City of
Renton.
4.2 The person or department making a final administrative decision shall notify interested
parties of the date and substance of that decision, with the information being provided
by regular mail. Such communication is intended to be a courtesy to interested parties
and shall neither impose an obligation on the city to give notice nor provide any penalty
should the notification be inadvertently neglected.
5.0 DEFINITIONS
Not applicable.
NQTIFICATIt N OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIC}N
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6.4 PRQCEDURE
6.1 Departnnents making final administrative decisions which are subject to appeal under the
administrative appeals ordinance shall encourage interested persons to became parties of
record to a particular file.
6.2 To become a party af record an interested person shall make a written request ta be
listed on the official city file as a party of record and shall further identifv the particular
administrative decision of which he or she wishes to be notified., An interested person
will not be permitted to become a party of recard using such terrns as "all final
determinations" or other indefinite terms that will require the department to make
discretianary judgment as ta which decisians will require notification.
6.3 Upon receiving a request for party af record status, the department or division receiving
that request shall review it to determine that it is specific and understandabte. Shauld
the request be sa indefinite or so general as to cause the departinent to be unsure of
when notificatian of action should be given, then the request shall be returned to the
originator asking for more specific information.
6.4 Upon receiving a sufficiently definite request, the department or division shall enter the
originator's name and address in the official file as a party af record concerning the
actian or actians of which notificatian has been requested.
6.5 When making a final decision on any action or actions upon which party of record status
has been nated on the file, the department or division shall provide the party af record
with cornmunication which shall include the date that a final action has been taken and
the substance of that action. Such notice shall be given in writing by regular mail.
6.b Should the department or division fail to provide written notice ta a party of record of
any finai actian, it shall endeavor ta do so as saon as that omission is discavered.
However no enfarceable right shati exist to provide such notificatian, which is given as a
courtesy anly. No expansion of any time limits will be granted because of faiture to
advise the party of recard, nor shall any administrative action taken be invalidated ic any
fashion because the requested information was nat provided.