19.16.090 Review by city council.
A. Upon receipt of the planning commission’s recommendation, the city council must consider and take action on the recommendation.
B. The city council may take final action with no further process in any of the following situations:
1. When the plan, plan amendment, or development regulation to be adopted by the city council conforms substantially to the proposal as made available for public comment;
2. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.035, when any of the following are true:
a. An environmental impact statement (EIS) has been prepared under RCW Chapter 43.21C for the pending resolution or ordinance and the proposed change is within the range of alternatives considered in the environmental impact statement;
b. The proposed change is within the scope of the alternatives available for public comment;
c. The proposed change only corrects typographical errors, corrects cross-references, makes address or name changes, or clarifies language of a proposed ordinance or resolution without changing its effect;
d. The proposed change is to a resolution or ordinance making a capital budget decision as provided in RCW 36.70A.120; or
e. The proposed change is to a resolution or ordinance enacting a moratorium or interim control adopted under RCW 36.70A.390.
3. When the action is to preserve the status quo and reject any and all changes in their entirety.
C. Except as provided in subsection B, the city council must allow additional public comment opportunity prior to final action. The city council must choose one or more of the following options to provide such opportunity:
1. An additional written public comment period;
2. One or more public hearings before the city council;
3. Remand of issue(s) to the planning commission for further recommendations after an additional written public comment period, or an additional public hearing, or both.
D. If the city council adopts a substantial change from the original proposal without remand, it must adopt its own findings of fact and reasons for action, setting forth the factors considered in the public comment or at the hearing and its own analysis of findings considered by it to be controlling. (Ord. 2992 § 1 (Att. A), 2016)