Types of building and land use permits for unincorporated King County

Building permits

• Commercial
• Residential
• Agricultural buildings
• Related permits by other agencies
  • Plumbing and on-site septic systems
  • Electrical wiring
  • Elevators

Land use permits

• Affidavit of Correction
• Alterations
• Binding site plan
• Blackberry clearing << Apply online
• Boundary or lot line adjustment
• Clearing and grading
• Conditional use
• Critical area alteration exception
• Legal lots
• Master drainage plan
• Reasonable use exception
• Rezone
• Right-of-Way use << Apply online
• Shorelines
• Special use (land use)
• Subdivisions
• Zoning variance

Fire permits

• Fire system
• Fire system tank
• Fire hazard reduction << Apply online

Other applications

• Pre-applications
• Engineering plan
• Final plat
• Road variance
• Drainage adjustment
• Code interpretation

Other agency permits

• Forest practices
• Road vacation
• Special use permit (King County property)
• Stormwater pollution
• Clean Water Act
• Hydraulics permit