(A) The City Engineer shall be the person responsible for the administration of the environmental review program, this subchapter and the rules adopted by reference by this subchapter.
(B) (1) The City Engineer shall be responsible for determining whether an action for which a permit is an action for which an EAW is mandatory under Minn. Rules part 4410.1000, as it may be amended from time to time.
(2) The City Engineer shall also determine those proposed actions for which an optional EAW may be required under the provisions of this subchapter and shall notify the Planning Commission and the Council of these proposed actions.
(C) All EAWs and EISs shall be prepared under the supervision of the City Engineer, reviewed by the Planning Commission and reviewed and approved by the Council.
(D) When reviewing an EAW or EIS, the City Engineer and Planning Commission may suggest design alternations which would lessen the environmental impact of the action. The Council may require these design alterations to be made as a condition for issuing the permit when it finds that the design alterations are necessary to lessen the environmental impact of the action.
(E) After an EAW is prepared, the Planning Commission shall review the EAW and recommend to the Council whether or not it should require the preparation of an EIS. The Council shall require an EIS when it finds under Minn. Rules part 4410.1700, as it may be amended from time to time, that an action is major and has potential for significant environmental effects.
(2002 Code, § 8.01) (Ord. 129, Second Series, effective 3-1-1978)