10.01.050 Public Notice.
(1) Whenever the Town of Garfield issues a DNS under WAC 197-11-340(2) or a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the Town shall give public notice as follows:
(a) If public notice is required for a nonexempt license, the notice shall state whether a DS or DNS has been issued and when comments are due.
(b) If no public notice is required for the permit of approval, the Town shall give notice of the DNS or DS by:
(i) Posting the property, for site-specific proposals; or
(ii) Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in Whitman County; or
(iii) Notifying the news media.
(c) Whenever the Town issues a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the Town shall state the scoping procedure for the proposal in the DS as required in WAC 197-11-408 and in the public notice.
(2) Whenever the Town issues a DEIS under WAC 197-11-455(5) or a SEIS under WAC 197-11-620, notice of the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license and by one of the following methods:
(a) Posting the property, for site-specific proposals; or
(b) Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in Whitman County; or
(c) Notifying the news media.
(3) Whenever possible, the Town shall integrate the public notice required under this section with existing notice procedures for the Town’s exempt permit(s) or approval(s) required for the proposal.
(4) The Town may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirements for the applicant’s proposal at his or her expense. (Ord. 146-N, §7, 1984)