(1) The examiner shall receive and examine available information, conduct public hearings and prepare a record thereof, and enter written findings of fact and conclusions of law as provided for herein. The decision of the examiner on the following matters shall be final and conclusive unless such decision is appealed pursuant to ECMC 19.11.040.

(2) The examiner shall be empowered to hear and decide any and all requests for a variance of the city zoning ordinances, pursuant to the limitations of RCW 35A.63.110(2).

(3) The examiner shall be empowered to hear and decide any and all requests for a conditional use permit pursuant to the city zoning ordinances.

(4) The examiner shall be empowered to hear and decide all appeals related to an environmental determination pursuant to the city ordinances or relating to Chapter 43.21C RCW.

(5) The examiner shall be empowered to hear and decide any and all subdivisions, plat alterations and/or vacations, planned developments, rezones which are not of a general applicability and all Type III appeals.

(6) The examiner shall be empowered to hear and decide any and all appeals of the actions of the zoning code enforcement and building officials of the city pursuant to the city zoning ordinances and administrative enforcement ordinances.

(7) Appeals alleging an error in a decision of a city official in the interpretation or the enforcement of the zoning code or any other part of the development code.

(8) Appeals alleging an error in a decision of a city official in taking an action on a short subdivision or binding site plan.

(9) The examiner shall be empowered to hear and decide any other matters assigned to the examiner pursuant to this code. (Ord. 433 § 1, 2010)