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P7 ]Appendix D I <br />City of Bellingham <br />Bellingham Municipal Code 21.10.080 Time frames for review. <br />A. RCW 36.70B.070 and 36.70B.080 require that permit processing time frames be established. Decisions <br />on Type I, II, III and VII applications shall be made within 120 days from the date of a determination <br />that the application is complete unless a shorter time is required by city ordinance or state statute. A <br />decision on a Type V-A application shall be made within 180 days. No time frames are established for <br />Type V-B or VI applications. Exceptions to these time frames are: <br />1. Substantial project revisions made by an applicant, in which case the time frame will be calculated <br />from the time the city determines the revised application to be complete. <br />2. A mutual agreement by the applicant and director to an extension of time. <br />3. Applications that require an amendment to the comprehensive plan or a development <br />regulation. <br />4. Applications for a project requiring an approval for siting of an essential public facility as provided <br />in RCW 36.70A.200. <br />5. Applications for which the city makes written findings that a specified amount of additional time <br />is needed for processing of specific complete project permit applications or project types (RCW <br />36.70B.080 (1)). <br />6. Type V-A applications that are remanded to the planning commission from the city council. <br />B. The time limit does not include: <br />Any period of time during which the applicant has been requested by the city to correct plans, <br />perform required studies, or provide additional required information. The period shall be <br />calculated from the date the city notifies the applicant of the need for additional information until <br />the earlier of the date the city determines whether the additional information satisfies the request <br />for information or 14 days after the date the information has been provided to the city. If the <br />city determines that the information submitted by the applicant is insufficient, it shall notify the <br />applicant of the deficiencies and the procedures under BMC 21.10.190(B) shall apply as if a new <br />request for studies had been made. <br />The time required to prepare and issue a draft and final environmental impact statement (EIS) in <br />accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act. <br />Any period for administrative appeals of project permits, if an open record appeal hearing or <br />a closed record appeal, or both, are allowed. The time period for consideration and decision on <br />appeals shall not exceed: <br />o Ninety days for an open record appeal hearing; and <br />o Sixty days for a closed record appeal. <br />C. Preliminary Plats. Pursuant to RCW 58.17.140, preliminary plats of any proposed subdivision and <br />dedication shall be approved, disapproved, or returned to the applicant for modification or correction <br />within 90 days from the date of filing thereof unless the applicant consents to an extension of such time <br />Growth Management Act Appendix D 1 61 <br />