RCW 58.17.330
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(1)As an alternative to those provisions of this chapter requiring a planning commission to hear and issue recommendations for plat approval, the county or city legislative body may adopt a hearing examiner system and shall specify by ordinance the legal effect of the decisions made by the examiner. The legal effect of such decisions shall include one of the following:
(a)The decision may be given the effect of a recommendation to the legislative body;
(b)The decision may be given the effect of an administrative decision appealable within a specified time limit to the legislative body; or
(c)The decision may be given the effect of a final decision of the legislative body.
The legislative authority shall prescribe procedures to be followed by a hearing examiner.
(2)Each final decision of a hearing examiner shall be in writing and shall include findings and conclusions, based on the record, to support the decision. Each final decision of a hearing examiner, unless a longer period is mutually agreed to by the applicant and the hearing examiner, shall be rendered within ten working days following conclusion of all testimony and hearings.
[ 1995 c 347 s 429 ; 1994 c 257 s 6 ; 1977 ex.s. c 213 s 4 .]
Notes:
Finding — Severability — Part headings and table of contents not law — 1995 c 347: See notes following RCW 36.70A.470 .
Severability — 1994 c 257: See note following RCW 36.70A.270 .
Severability — 1977 ex.s. c 213: See note following RCW 35.63.130 .