City Services

To help you find the service you need the City has provided a comprehensive A to Z listing below. You can also view a list of Online Services the City has to offer. If you still can't find what you're looking please contact the Customer Service Bureau for more help.

-- A --

• Abandoned Vehicles:
  
  
  • Report an Inoperable Vehicle on Private Property - 615-0808
    
    
  • Report an Inoperable Vehicle in the Public Right-Of-Way - 684-8763
    
    
  • Report an Operable Vehicle Suspected Stolen and Dumped - 625-5011
    
    
  • Report a Parking Violation - 625-5011
    
    
  • Ticket Payment - 233-7000
    
    
  • Abandoned Bicycles - 684-7583



• Absentee Ballots
• Adopt-a-Highway - Washington State Department of Transportation
• Adopt a Street
• Air Quality
• Animal
  • Animal Control Shelter
  • Seattle Animal Shelter Donations
  • Lost and Found
  • Off Leash Area for Dogs
  • Pet Adoptions
  • Pet Licenses
  • Spay/Neuter Clinic
• Arborist and Tree Services
• Archives
  • Photographs
  • Maps
  • Municipal Archives
  • Records
  • Videos and Media
• Art
  • Artist Funding
  • Artist Housing
  • Community Art
  • Resource Network
  • Workshops and Forums
• Athletic Fields Scheduling
• Audit Reports
• Auditor Services
• Auto Auctions
• Autos, Abandoned

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-- B --

• Ballots, Absentee
• Banners, How to get a permit
• Bicycle Program
• Bicycling Guide Map Request Form
• Bill & Ordinance Search, Seattle City Council
• Boards and Commissions
• Braille & Talking Book Library
• Bridges and Roadway Structures
• Budget Information
• Building
  • Building and Land Use Information
  • Codes
  • Construction Project Bids
  • Inspections
  • Green Building
• Burglary Prevention
• Bus and Transit
• Business
  • Advocates
  • Business Trip Guide
  • Business License & Taxes Guide
  • Business Tax Rules
  • Neighborhood Business District Frequently Asked Questions
  • Seattle Business Directory
  • Seattle Business Licenses Search
  • Sustainable Business Development
  • Trade & Business Information

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• Cable Television
  • Cable Customer Bill of Rights
  • Cable Franchises in Seattle
  • Cable Service Regulations
  • Cable Payment Centers
  • Citizens' Technology Advisory Board
  • Rates
  • Submit Complaints & Comments
• Calendars
  • Citywide Events
  • Council Meetings
  • Parks and Recreation Events
  • Seattle Center Events
  • Transportation Events
• Campaign Information
• Careers
  • Careers with the City
  • Fire Department Employment Information
  • Police Employment Information
  • Youth Employment Program
• Carpool Parking in Downtown Seattle
• Cars, Abandoned
• Census Information
• Chemical Use Reduction - City of Seattle
• Child Care Assistance
• Children's Services
• Chip Sealing Program
• Citizens' Technology Advisory Board
• City Council Minutes Search
• City Council Significant Vote Log
• City Design
• Civil Rights
• Claim Damages Against the City
• Clean City Streets: Adopt a Street
• Clerk Files/Comptroller Index Search
• Climate Protection - City of Seattle
• Codes
  • Building Codes
  • Code Compliance
  • Code Violations: Construction, Housing, Zoning, Noise, & Vegetation
  • Disclosure of Unit Prices Code
  • Energy Codes
  • Equal Benefits Code
  • Fire Code
  • Seattle Municipal Codes
  • Taxicab Codes
  • Weights & Measures Code
• Commercial Vehicle Load Zones
• Commissions and Boards
• Community Meeting Places Around Seattle
  • Neighborhood Service Centers
  • Parks Community Center Finder
  • Parks Facility Rental Guide
  • Seattle Schools' Community Meeting Spaces
• Community Resources
• Community Services
• Community Technology Centers
• Community Technology Funding
• Commute Trip Reduction
• Complaints and Questions
• Comptroller/Clerk Files Index Search
• Computers
  • Citizens' Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board
  • Community Technology Centers
  • Community Technology Funding
  • Computer Security Information
  • Computer Security Alerts
  • Library Equal Access Program
  • Seniors Compute
  • Reserve a computer at the Seattle Public Library
• Conservation Corps, Seattle
• Conservation, Electricity
• Conservation, Water
• Consultant Roster Program Application
• Construction
  • Building and Land Use Information
  • CityBid (Construction Contracting)
  • Codes
  • Construction Project Bids
  • Inspections
  • Green Building
  • Housing and Zoning Code Compliance - Citizen's Guide (pdf)
  • Roads
• Construction Projects Notices for Seattle City Light
• New Construction Resources from Seattle City Light
• Consumers Affairs
  • Consumer Complaints
  • Consumer Facts
  • Revenue and Consumer Affairs
• Contact the City
• Contact the Mayor
• Contracting
  • Consultant Roster Program Application
  • Current Requests for Proposals, Qualifications, Information & Invitations to Bid
  • CityBid (Construction Contracting)
  • Contractor and Vendor Registration
  • Equal Benefits Code
  • Equal Benefits Program
  • Ethics Information
  • Small and MWBE Business Development
  • Small Construction Projects Roster Program
• Court Case Mitigation by Mail
• Court Services
• CPR Classes
• Crime Data & Maps
• Crime Prevention
• Crime Reporting
• Criminal History Record, Removing a Conviction
• Crisis Clinic

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• Damage Claims Against the City
• Demographics
  • City Datasheet
  • Population & Demographics - Census Information
• Design: Urban, Leadership, Education, and Project Review
• Design Commission
• Development, Area Planning and Urban Design
• Development, Economic
• Disability Discount Card (Flash Card)
• Disability Services
• Disabled Parking in Seattle
• Disclosure of Unit Prices Code
• Discrimination Resources and Filing a Compliant
• Dog Parks - Off-leash areas for dogs
• Domestic Partner Equal Benefits Code
• Domestic Partner Registration
• Domestic Violence
  • Community Resources
  • Court Case Information
  • Domestic Violence and Sexual Assualt Prevention
  • Informational Brochure in Multiple Languages
• Donations
• Drainage and Sewer Services
• Drainage System Inspections
• Drinking Water Services and Rates
• Driver's License Suspension and Re-licensing
• Dumping Waste
  • Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
  • Recycling and Disposal Stations
  • Report Illegal Dumping

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• Earthquake Damage Prevention and Recovery
• Economic Development
• Education
  • Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program
  • Environmental Education
  • Fire Education
  • Health & Nutrition Education
  • Kids Exploring Energy
  • Music Education
  • Office for Education
  • Seattle Education Facts
  • Water Education for Kids
• Election Information
• Electrical Permits
• Electrical Permits - Self-Issued
• Electric Power - Seattle City Light
  • Account Information
  • Application for Electrical Service - Residential
  • Bill Payment Assistance Programs
  • Billing Dispute Resolution
  • Conservation, Electrical Saving
  • For Business
  • For Residents
  • Home Energy Profile
  • Green Power
  • Large Commercial and Industrial Customers
  • New Construction Resources from Seattle City Light
  • Pay Your Electric and Water/Sewer/Garbage Bills Online
  • Power Line Clearance, Tree Trimming and Vegetation Management
  • Power Outages
  • Rates
• Electrical Services - North - Seattle City Light - Phone: 206-615-0600
• Electrical Services - South - Seattle City Light - Phone: 206-386-4200
• Email Alerts for Transportation Issues and Projects
• Email and Phone Directory for City Staff
• Email Lists, Citywide
• Emergencies
  • Contact Information
  • Emergency Management, Project Impact
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Weather Emergencies Tips
• Emergency Resources
  • Emergency Resources
  • Community Resources
• Employee Retirement
• Employment
  • Employing Immigrants
  • Employment with the City
  • Fire Department Employment Information
  • Police Employment Information
  • Senior Employment Age 55+
  • Youth and Family
• Energy Assistance
• Energy Codes
• Energy Conservation Services - Business
• Energy Conservation Services - Home
• Environment
  • Chemical Use Reduction
  • Environmental Action Agenda
  • Environmental Conditions and Performance
  • Environmental Policies
  • Environmental Friendly Building and Construction
  • Green Building
  • Green Power
  • Pesticide Use Reduction
  • Urban Forest Restoration
• Equal Benefits Code
• Equal Benefits Program
• Ethics and Elections Commission
• Ethics Code
• Events
  • Citywide Events Calendar
  • Parks and Recreation Events Calendar
  • Seattle Center Events Information
  • Transportation Events Calendar

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-- F --

• Facility Rental Guide
• Family Services
• Festivals and Events in Seattle
• Film Permits
• Filming in Seattle
• Financial Assistance
• Fire
  • Fire Cadet Program
  • Fire Code
  • Fire In Progress, Real-Time 911 Fire Dispatch
  • Fire Permit Status
  • Fire Prevention
• Flash Card (Disability Discount Card)
• Food and Nutrition Services
• Food Bank Locations

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-- G --

• Garbage
  • Accumulation of Garbage on Private Property - How to make a complaint
  • Can Service
  • Dumpster Service
  • Commercial Services
  • Collection Calendar
  • Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
  • Illegally Dumped Garbage in the Right of Way (sidewalks, streets, medians, parking strips) - How to report
  • Pay Your Electric and Water/Sewer/Garbage Bills Online
  • Recycling and Disposal Stations
  • Report a Missed Garbage, Recycling, or Yard Waste Collection
  • Yard Waste Service
• Gardening
  • Community P-Patch Program
  • Composting
  • Natural Lawn Care
  • Natural Lawn and Garden Care
  • Salmon Friendly Gardens
  • Yard Waste
• Gay & Lesbian Issues
• Gifts to City Employees
• GIS and Map Services
  • City Guide to Maps
  • City Real Property Finder
  • Department of Planning and Development GIS Data and Maps
  • Maps Seattle - GIS Maps Online from Seattle Public Utilities
  • Seattle Public Library Historic Maps Collection
  • Seattle Public Utility GIS Map Counter Services
  • Visiting Seattle - Maps and Directions
• Graffiti Removal and Prevention
• Grant and Funding Opportunities
• Green Building
• Green Power

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-- H --

• Hate Crimes Information
• Hazardous Waste Disposal
• Health Services
• Hearing Examiner
  • Citizen's Guide
  • Forms and Fees
  • Search for Decisions
  • Schedule
• Historic Preservation Program
• Homeless Services
  • Ending Homelessness
• Housing Resources
  • Affordable Rents & HOME Program Rents for Seattle
  • Home Improvement Services and Loans
  • Home Buyer Assistance Programs
  • Rental Housing in Seattle
  • Office of Housing
• Housing and Zoning Code Compliance - Citizen's Guide (pdf)
• Human Rights
• Human Services

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-- I --

• Illegal Dumping, How to Report
• Report illegal dumping in a City park - 684-7250, Parks & Recreation Maintenance Request Line
• Invitations to Bid, Requests for Proposals, Requests for Service

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-- J --

• Jobs - City of Seattle
• Junk Storage - How to Report - Department of Planning and Development
• Jury Duty

-- K --

• K-9 Unit - Seattle Police Department

-- L --

• Land Use Policy
• Land Use Review - Permits, Codes, Rules
• Landlord Tenant Laws (pdf)
• Lawn and Garden
  • Community P-Patch Program
  • Composting
  • Natural Lawn Care
  • Natural Lawn and Garden Care
  • Salmon Friendly Gardens
  • Yard Waste
• Legal Advice
• Legal Services
• Legislation, Seattle City Council
• Lesbian & Gay Issues
• Library
  • Adaptive Equipment - Library Equal Access Program
  • Card Application
  • Computer Reservation
  • Help - Ask a Question
  • Jobs
  • Locations
• Licenses
  • Business Licenses
  • Pet Licenses


• Litter and Debris:
  
  
  • Adopt-A-Street - Volunteer to help keep Seattle Streets Clean
    
    
  • Spring Clean - Volunteer led annual neighborhood clean-ups
    
    
  • Adopt-a-Highway - Washington State Department of Transportation
  
  
  
  • Adopt-A-Road - King County
    
    
  • Become at Adopt-A-Stop Metro bus shelter participant to combat litter - 263-6503
    
    
  • Report litter at a Metro bus shelter - 206-553-3060
    
    
  • Report Junk Accumulation on Private Property - 615-0808
    
    
  • Report litter in a City park - 684-7250, Parks & Recreation Maintenance Request Line
    
    
  • Report an issue with public place litter & recycling receptacles - 615-1700
    
    
  • Report Litter, Garbage, and Junk in the Public Right of Way - 684-7587
    
    
  • Request street sweeping - 386-1218
    
    
  • Report single family garbage overflow/missed pick up - 684-3000
    
    
  • Commercial Dumpsters Overflowing - 684-4166
    
    
  • Litter, garbage, and junk accumulation with pests and vermin - 205-4394



• Lobbyist Disclosure
• Low Income Housing

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-- M --

• Marriage
  • Marriage Ceremony Information
  • Wedding Guide, Reservations, Fees & Charges
• Mayor's Office
• Map and GIS Services
  • City Guide to Maps
  • City Real Property Finder
  • Department of Planning and Development GIS Data and Maps
  • Maps Seattle - GIS Maps Online from Seattle Public Utilities
  • Seattle Public Library Historic Maps Collection
  • Seattle Public Utility GIS Map Counter Services
  • Visiting Seattle - Maps and Directions
• Meeting Places Around Seattle
  • Neighborhood Service Centers
  • Parks Community Center Finder
  • Parks Facility Rental Guide
  • Seattle Schools' Community Meeting Spaces
• Meters, Electric
• Meters, Water
• Municipal Codes
• Music Directory

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• Neighborhoods
  • Cleanup & Conservation
  • Neighborhood Map Atlas
  • Neighborhood Matching Fund
  • Planning and Growth
  • Service Centers
  • Services and Programs
  • Traffic Control Program
• Neuter & Spay Clinic
• News
  • City News Releases
  • City & Community Email Lists
  • Current Seattle Headlines
  • In-depth Local Issues
  • Newsletters and Publications
  • Talkback on the Issues with the Seattle Channel
• Noise Ordinance, Levels, and Complaints

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-- O --

• Off Leash Area for Dogs
• Online Services, DPD
• Ordinance & Bill Search, Seattle City Council

-- P --

• P-Patch Program
• Parking
  • Parking in Seattle
  • Carpool Parking in Downtown Seattle
  • Meters
  • On-street Parking Ordinance
  • Questions
  • Traffic and Parking Ticket Payments
  • Residential Parking Zones
• Parks
  • Facility Rental Guide
  • Parks List A-Z
  • Parks Finder Map
  • Picnic Guide Reservations and Fees
  • Swimming Pools and Beach Locations
• Paving
  • Paving and Street Maintenance
  • Planting Strip Landscaping and Paving
  • Street Maintenance Request Form
• Payments
  • Automatic Utility Bill Payment
  • Cable Payment Centers
  • File and Pay Business Taxes
  • Pay Your Electric and Water/Sewer/Garbage Bills Online
  • Register and Pay for Fire and Police Exam Applications
  • Renew and Pay Seattle Business Licenses
  • Traffic and Parking Ticket Payments
• Pedestrian Resources
• Permits
  • Boat Ramp Use Permits
  • Boiler and Pressure Vessel Installation Permits
  • Business License Renewal
  • Commercial Vehicle Load Zone Permits
  • Film Permits
  • Fire Permit Status
  • Over-Legal Vehicle and Load Zone Permits
  • Permit Desk for the Department of Planning and Development
  • Permits for Land Use and Building
  • Property Usage Permit - City Light
  • Residential Parking Zone (RPZ) Permits
  • Side Sewer Permits & Inspections
  • Special Event Permits for Street Use
  • Street Use Permits
  • Tree Planting Permits - Street Trees
  • Utility and Franchise Permits - Street Use
  • Vending Permits - Street Use
• Pesticide Reduction - City of Seattle
• Pets
  • Adoptions
  • Animal Control Shelter
  • Licensing
  • Lost and Found
  • Off Leash Area for Dogs
  • Spay/Neuter Clinic
• Phone and Email Directory for City Staff
• Photograph Collection, Archives
• Picnic Guide Reservations and Fees
• Planning and Development
  • Neighborhood Planning and Growth
  • Permits Desk
  • Planning Commission
  • Transportation Planning & Major Projects
• Police
  • Police Commendation/Complaint Form
  • Police Non-Emergency Reporting
  • Police, Office of Professional Accountability
• Population & Demographics
• Pothole Repairs
• Power - Seattle City Light
  • Account Information
  • Application for Electrical Service - Residential
  • Bill Payment Assistance Programs
  • Billing Dispute Resolution
  • Conservation, Electrical Saving
  • For Business
  • For Residents
  • Home Energy Profile
  • Green Power
  • Power Line Clearance, Tree Trimming and Vegetation Management
  • Power Outages
  • Rates
  • Seattle Meter Watch
• Predatory Lending
• Property Finder
• Project Share
• Public Development Authorities
• Public Disclosure - Public Records
• Purchasing Services - Doing Business with the City
• Purchasing Services Bid Advertisements

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-- Q --

• Quality
  • Air
  • Drinking Water
  • Electric Power
  • Surface Water
  • Report Surface Water Quality Problems
• Questions and Complaints

-- R --

• Real Estate Services
• Recycling
• Recycling and Disposal Transfer Stations
• Refrigeration and Steam Licensing
• Regional and Comprehensive Planning
• Residential Parking Zone (RPZ) Permits
• Resolutions' Search, Seattle City Council
• Requests for Proposals, Requests for Service, Invitations to Bid
• Employees' Retirement - City of Seattle
• Road Construction

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-- S --

• Seattle Center Events Information
• Seattle Channel - City of Seattle TV Channel 21
• Senior Citizens, Mayor�s Office
• Senior Services
• Service Applications - Seattle City Light - Phone: 206-233-APPS (206-233-2777)
• Service Requests, Citywide
• Sewer and Drainage Services - Seattle Public Utilities
• Sewer Bill Payment, Pay Your Electric and Water/Sewer/Garbage Bills Online
• Sewer, Side - Side Sewer Permits & Inspections
• Sexual Minorities Services
• Shelter
• Sidewalks
  • Planting Strip Landscaping and Paving
  • Paving and Street Maintenance
  • Sidewalk Installation
  • Sidewalk Questions and Complaints - Pedestrian Resources
  • Street Maintenance Request Form
• Sister Cities
• Smog: Air Quality
• Solid Waste Collection Calendar
• Spay & Neuter Clinic
• Speed Watch Program
• Steam and Refrigeration Licensing
• Streaming Video
• Streets
  • Adopt a Street
  • Street Flooding
  • Street Light Repair
  • Street Repair and Maintenance
  • Street Repair Request
  • Street Tree Planting
  • Street Use Permits and Publications
  • Street Vacations
  • Street Weeds and Overgrowth
• Sustainable Building and Infrastructure - City of Seattle
• Sustainable Business Development
• Sustainable Purchasing - City of Seattle
• Swimming Pools and Beach Locations

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• Taxes
  • Business Taxes Guide
  • Business Tax Rules
  • Property Taxes (King County)
  • Property Tax Exemption for Multifamily Housing
  • Sales Tax (State of Washington)
• Taxicab Codes
• Taxicab Regulations
• Technology
  • Citizens' Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board
  • Community Technology Centers
  • Community Technology Funding
  • Library Equal Access Program
  • Seniors Compute
  • Reserve a computer at the Seattle Public Library
• Television, Cable
• Ticket Payment
• Trade and Business Information
• Trade Organizations in Washington State
• Traffic
  • Ticket Payments
  • Traffic Cameras
  • Traffic Circle Requests
  • Traffic Conditions
  • Traffic Control Manual
  • Traffic Flow Data
  • Traffic Permits
  • Traffic Signal Requests
• Training and Employment Search
• Transportation Planning
• Tree Maintenance Program in Seattle Parks
• Tree Management and Services
• Tree Pruning and Removal Permits
• Tree Services, City Arborist's Office
• TV - City (Seattle Channel)
• TV Schedule, Channel 21

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• Urban Design
• Urban Forest Restoration
• Utilities
  • Automatic Utility Bill Payment
  • Open or Close Your Seattle Public Utilities or Seattle City Light Account
  • Pay Your Electric and Water/Sewer/Garbage Bills Online
  • Payment Assistance Programs
  • Rates - Electric Power
  • Rates - Water, Garbage, Yard Waste, Recycling, Drainage, & Sewer
  • Seattle City Light Billing Help
  • Seattle City Light Budget Billing Plan
  • Seattle City Light Payment Locations
  • Seattle Public Utilities Billing
  • Seattle Public Utilities Billing and Service Disputes
  • Seattle Public Utilities Emergency Services

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• Vegetation originating on private property or in the planting stip and blocking streets and sidewalks - Department of Planning and Development - 615-0808
• Vegetation blocking a traffic control device - Seattle Department of Transportation - 684-7623 (ROAD)
• Vegetation in the power lines - Seattle City Light - 386-1733
• Vehicle Abandoned - Report (public areas)
• Vehicle Auctions
• Vehicle Load Zones for Commercial Vehicles
• Vehicles, Over Legal Loads
• Vendor and Contractor Registration
• Video
  • Archived Video
  • Watch the Seattle Channel Online
  • Order a Video from the Seattle Channel
• Violations, Infractions and Criminal
• Visitor's Guide
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Volunteer: Adopt a Street
• Voting
  • Voter Absentee Ballots
  • Voter Registration

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• Waste Missed Collection Report
• Water
  • Commercial Customers
  • Conditions - YTD Rainfall and Snowpack
  • Drinking Water Quality
  • Drinking Water Services
  • Pay Your Electric and Water/Sewer/Garbage Bills Online
  • Reducing Water Use
  • Surface Water Pollution
  • Water Meters
  • Water Quality
• Way to Go, Seattle
• Weather
  • Current Weather Conditions
  • Severe Weather Information
  • Weather Emergencies Tips
  • Winter Storm Information
• Weatherization Grants
• Weddings
  • Marriage Ceremony Information
  • Wedding Guide, Reservations, Fees & Charges
• Weights & Measures Code
• West Nile Virus
• Whistleblower Links:
  • City of Seattle Auditor
  • City of Seattle Office for Civil Rights
  • City of Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission
  • Seattle Police Department Office of Professional Accountability
  • Washington State Auditor's Office
  • King County Prosecuting Attorney
• Women Rights & Resources

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• Yard Waste Collection
• Youth & Family Services

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Apply for a Job
Get started on a career with the City by reviewing how to apply and then check back often for the latest available positions.

View Live 911 Dispatch
Use the Seattle Fire Department's Real-Time 911 Fire Dispatch to view incidents for a particular day.

Find Community Resources
Connect with up to date details on thousands of services in Seattle and King County.

Pay a Parking or Traffic Ticket Online
The Municipal Court accepts credit card payments for tickets issued in the City of Seattle.

GIS Maps
Build map displays from online GIS data.

Check the Status of a Permit
Apply for permits, check permit status, and request an inspection all online with the Department of Planning and Development.

Check Your Garbage, Recycling, and Yard Waste Pickup Calendar
Look up your next collection day for garbage, recycling, and yard waste pick up.

Open & Close Utility Accounts
Open, close, or move an account with Seattle City Light or Seattle Public Utilities.

Guide to Maps - City Services
City maps present citywide and community based Seattle services.