10.32.100 Procedures and Requirements.
(1) Application Requirements. Applications for stormwater permits shall be submitted and considered in the manner established by the City as follows:
(a) Completed application and all applicable fees submitted to the City.
(b) ESC Plan or SWPPP must be submitted with the application.
(c) Schedule site visit and meeting to review application and ESC Plan or SWPPP, as necessary.
(d) Request for changes will be submitted to Applicant.
(e) Any changes needed on required plans and comments provided by City must be incorporated into updated plans prior to final approval.
(f) Approval of Local SW Permit.
These requirements do not replace or supersede existing requirements for site plan or other development review. All other requirements must be met.
(2) Substantive Changes to Plan. No substantive changes shall be made to an approved plan without review and written approval by the City. The City may request additional data with a plan amendment as may be necessary for a complete review of the plan and to ensure that changes to the plan will comply with the requirements of this Chapter.
(3) Expiration of Plan Approval and Permit. Land disturbing activity in accordance with an approved SSP, SWPPP and/or ESC Plan must be commenced within two (2) years of the date of approval of the Local SW Permit application by the Administrator or his designee. Otherwise the approval shall expire and be null and void, unless the applicant files an application for an extension of time at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the two (2) year period and the Administrator or his designee approves the application. Plan and Permit approval also expires upon issuance of a stormwater certificate of completion.
(4) Withholding Issuance of Permit. The City may withhold issuance of a permit for failure to meet the requirements and conditions of this Chapter. The City may withhold issuance of a permit until conditions of a previous permit, including payment of performance sureties are complied with in full. These conditions may include payment of fines from prior violations, failure to secure a stormwater certificate of completion on a previously granted permit, and extend to any sub-contractor or specialty contractor on the permitted project who has not met the above conditions.
(5) Appeal Process. Any final decision of the City acting on an application for a stormwater permit may be appealed to Superior Court of Whitman County pursuant to the Land Use Petition Act, Chapter 36.70C RCW. (Ord. 11-1 §11, 2011).