11.14.004 Standing to initiate reconsideration petition and administrative appeal.
A. Limited to Parties of Record. Only parties of record may initiate an open record appeal hearing of the director’s decision of a Type II permit, or a reconsideration petition on a Type II appeal decision or a Type III or IV decision on a project permit application.
B. Definition. The term “parties of record” for the purposes of this chapter shall mean:
1. The applicant;
2. Any person who submitted written comments in response to the notice of application or SEPA threshold determination or environmental impact statement;
3. Any person who testified at the open record public hearing on the application;
4. Any person who submitted written comments concerning the application at the open record public hearing;
5. Any person who signs a form available at the open record public hearing requesting to be a party of record;
6. Any person who should have been notified as required in BMC 11.19.007;
7. In addition, the following persons shall be included: Any person aggrieved or adversely affected by a land use decision, or who would be aggrieved or adversely affected by a reversal or modification of the land use decision. A person is aggrieved or adversely affected within the meaning of this section only when the following conditions are present:
a. The land use decision has prejudiced or is likely to prejudice that person;
b. That person’s asserted interests are among those that the local jurisdiction was required to consider when it made the land use decision; and
c. A judgment in favor of that person would substantially eliminate or redress the prejudice to that person caused or likely to be caused by the land use decision. (Ord. 1871 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1691 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1628 § 1, 1996).