A. Early Notice. Unless the application is exempt from review under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), staff of the applicable department shall provide notice of the application to the city official(s) responsible for compliance with SEPA concurrent with issuing the notice of application.

B. Issue Determination. Following referral of the application to other city departments and other agencies (see LMC 1.35.125), staff of the applicable department shall send copies of the application, along with copies of all comments received from the public (see LMC 1.35.020(C)) and from other city departments and agencies to the city official(s) responsible for compliance with the SEPA. The SEPA official(s) shall complete and issue a threshold determination for the application following transmittal of the application and the comments on the application to the official(s). (Ord. 2071 § 2, 1996)