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A
- Access to Real Property Title Notification (Corporation)
- Access to Real Property Title Notification (Individual)
- Accessory Dwelling Unit Title Notification
- Administrative Appeal, Bulletin #11
- Adult Family Home, Application & Inspection Checklist
- Adult Family Home, Bulletin #5
- Authorization by Property Owner (links to online form)
- Agriculture Structure Affidavit
- Agriculture Structure Exemption, Bulletin #80
- Airport Proximity Disclosure
- Alternate Method/Material, Bulletin #28
- Appeal a Determination of the Environmental Official
- Appeal Fee Waiver - Code Enforcement
- Appeal of an Administrative Official
- Applicant Attestation (links to online form) - Required for all projects
- Application Checklist - Commercial New Construction, Remodel, Addition, Demolition
- Application Checklist - Engineering
- Application Checklist - Forest Practices
- Application Checklist - Land Division
- Application Checklist - Land Use
- Application Checklist - Miscellaneous Planning Reviews
- Application Checklist - Residential New Construction, Remodel, Addition, Demolition
- Application Checklist - SEPA Environmental Checklist
- Application Checklist - Shoreline Permits, Exemptions, Variances
- Application Checklist - Signs
- Application Checklist - Site Development – Basic and Advanced Abbreviated Plan
- Application Checklist - Site Development – Drainage Control Plan
- Application Checklist - Wetland or Critical Fish & Wildlife Habitat
- Assignment of Funds Form
B
- Bald Eagle Protection
- Base Plan Worksheet and Option List
- Base Plan Users Guide, Bulletin #6
- Bond Form
- Critical Areas Mitigation Bond Quantity
- Building Application Form - Commercial
- Building Application Form - Residential - New Construction, Addition, Remodel Etc.
- Building Permit Application Guide for Residential Buildings, Bulletin #21
C
- Cable Rail Guards, Bulletin #34
- Carbon Monoxide Alarms, Bulletin #51
- Carport - Fast Track Permit
- Certificate of Water Availability
- Certificate of Zoning
- Change Order Form, Development Engineering
- Class IV - General Forest Practices Permit Application
- Class IV - General Notice of Transfer Form
- Commercial Building Application Form
- Commercial/Industrial Agreement to Maintain Stormwater Facilities and Implement a Pollution Control Source Plan (Individual) Form
- Commercial/Industrial Agreement to Maintain Stormwater Facilities and Implement a Pollution Control Source Plan (Representative) Form
- Concrete Porches, Bulletin #9
- Construction Guarantee Cost Estimate Form
- Consultant List - Pierce County Area Consultants
- Covered Porch or Patio - Fast Track Permit
- Conversion Option Harvest Plan Fact Sheet
- Conversion Option Harvest Plan (COHP) Forest Practices Permit Application
- Critical Area & Natural Resource Land Title Notification
- Critical Area Affidavit for Exempt Subdivisions
- Customer Information Meeting Application
D
- Day Care Handout
- Deck - Fast Track Permit
- Declaration of Posting
- Deferred Lien Document, for Traffic, Park, School Impact Fee and Sewer Connection Charge
- Demolition (Commercial) Application Form
- Demolition (Residential) Application Form
- Demolition Permits, Bulletin #77
- Development Engineering Signature Block (DWG File)
- Development Engineering Signature Block
- Docks Piers Gangways, Bulletin #47
- Driveway Only Site Development Application Checklist
E
- Endangered, Threatened, Sensitive, Candidate, and Monitor Fish & Wildlife Species Found in Pierce County
- Engineer's Inspection Report Form
- ESC Lead Inspection Form
- Event Application
- Exempt from Building Permit, Bulletin #8
- Exemption Clarification 200 sf. Bulletin #70
- Existing Older Mobile Home - Forced Relocation - Code Waiver, Bulletin #64
F
- Family Day Care, Bulletin #24
- Fast Track Permit - Carport
- Fast Track Permit - Deck
- Fast Track Permit - Garage
- Fast Track Permit - Covered Porch or Patio
- FEMA Floodplain Elevation Certificate Form (2022) Links to FEMA website
- FEMA Floodplain Elevation Certificate Review Guide
- Field Changes, Bulletin #23
- Floodplain Variance Application
- Flood Boundary Delineation Survey Checklist
- Flood Damage, Bulletin #56
- Flood Hazard Areas, Bulletin #68
G
H
- Hazard, Dangerous, Diseased Tree Report Review Application and Requirements
- Heat Detectors, Bulletin #81
- Home Occupations, Bulletin #25
- How to be added to the Specialist Rosters (Wetland, Fisheries & Wildlife)
- How to Become a Registered Sewer Contractor
I
- In Lieu Fee Program Credit Inquiry Form
- Inadvertent Discovery Plan (Historical or Archeological)
- Innocent Purchaser Affidavit (Subdivision)
- Innocent Purchaser Determination Request (Enforcement)
- Inspections Required Residential, Bulletin #32
- Inspections Required Commercial Bulletin #33
J
- JARPA Links to State ORIA permitting website
K
L
- Land Division Review Basics
- Landlord Tenant Process, Bulletin #49
- Landslide Buffer Fencing & Signing Requirements
- Landslide Hazard Area Evaluation Checklist
- Landslide Hazard Area Report Checklist
- Landslide Letter Format
- License for Private Irrigation in the County Right-of-Way
- Lot Combination Application
- Lot Line Encroachment Affidavit
M
- Maintenance and Source Control Manual (MSCM) PDF template for engineers
- Maintenance Covenant - Stormwater Facilities - Individual
- Maintenance Covenant - Stormwater Facilities - Representative
- Manufactured Homes, Bulletin #22
- Master Application
- Moisture Protection, Bulletin #45
N
O
- Obtaining a Copy of Your Certificate of Occupancy, Bulletin 48
- Online Submittal Guide
- Ordinance History (displays the review regulations by date)
P
- Performance Monitoring Permit Application Form
- Posting Declaration
- Plat Agreement to Maintain Stormwater Facilities and Implement a Pollution Source Control Plan (Individual) Form
- Plat Agreement to Maintain Stormwater Facilities and Implement a Pollution Source Control Plan (Representative) Form
- Preliminary Formal Plat Checklist
- Private Street Signs, Bulletin #19
- Property Owner Consent (links to online form)
- Public Record Request Form (PDR)
- Public or Private Road Deviation
- Public Roads/Plat/Large Lot/Short Plat Site Development Complete Application Checklist
Q
R
- Reconsideration of Hearing Examiner
- Re-Inspection Fee, Bulletin #2
- Remodel Valuation, Bulletin #41
- Request for a Refund
- Request for Reconsideration of Site Development Inspectors Findings
- Required Findings - Administrative Nonconforming Use
- Required Findings - Administrative Use Permit
- Required Findings - Buffer Variances
- Required Findings - Conditional Use
- Required Findings - Final Short Plat, Large Lot
- Required Findings - Nonconforming Use
- Required Findings - Planned Development District
- Required Findings - Preliminary Plat
- Required Findings - Preliminary Short Plat, Large Lot
- Required Findings - Public Facilities Permit
- Required Findings - Reasonable Use Exceptions
- Required Findings - Shoreline Development
- Required Findings - Site Plan Review
- Required Findings - Variance
- Residential Building Application - New Construction, Addition, Remodel Etc.
- Residential Building Demolition Application
- Residential Construction Plan Requirements, Bulletin #79
- Residential Design Criteria, Bulletin #12
- Residential Energy Submittal Worksheet
- Residential Fire Flow greater than 5,000 sq.ft.
- Residential Fire Flow less than 5,000 sq.ft.
- Residential Fire-Resistant Construction, Bulletin #27
- Residential Site Development Inspection Process
- Residential Swimming Pools, Spas & Hot Tubs, Bulletin #14
- Responding to a Stop Work, Bulletin #17
- Retaining Walls, Bulletin #78
- Right of Entry - Projects that don't require a Master Application
- Road Deviation Request (Public or Private)
- Back to Top
S
- Seismic Hazard Review Checklist
- Seismic Letter Format
- SEPA Categorical Exemptions (being revised)
- SEPA Environmental Checklist (including Part D)
- Shell Building, Bulletin #10
- Shipping Containers (Residential), Bulletin #82
- Shoreline Erosion Hazard Review Checklist
- Shoreline Hazard Letter
- Shoreline Site Plan Example
- Shoreline Site Plan Example - Lake Tapps
- Sign - Application Checklist
- Single Family Wetland Certification
- Site Plan Example
- Site Plan Guide
- Slope Easement - Individual
- Slope Easement - Representative
- Smoke Detectors, Bulletin #35
- Soil Amendment Handout
- Solar Panels, Bulletin #83
- Special Inspection Form
- Standards for Wetland, Stream and Wildlife Buffer Signs
- Statutory Warranty Deed (Individual) Form
- Statutory Warranty Deed (Representative) Form
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Narrative (SWPPP) Completed Form
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Narrative (SWPPP) Blank Form
- Storm Drainage Easement for Public Stormwater Runoff Form - Individual
- Storm Drainage Easement for Public Stormwater Runoff Form - Representative
- Storm Sewer Easement - Individual
- Storm Sewer Easement - Representative
- Submittal Standard, Bulletin #72
T
- TDR Informational Program Handout
- TDR Master Application
- TDR Receiving Site Information
- TDR Right of Entry Agreement
- TDR Sending Site Information
- TDR Sending Site Submittal Standards
- Temporary CUL-DE-SAC Easement - Individual
- Temporary CUL-DE-SAC Easement - Representative
- Temporary Housing Unit for Family Affidavit (Mother-in-Law)
- Temporary Road Closure Permit (links to online form)
- Temporary Use Affidavit - Non-RV Uses
- Temporary Use Affidavit - Recreational Vehicles
- Tenant Improvement Permits, Bulletin #7
- TIF Low Income Housing Agreement and Lien - Owner Occupied
- TIF Low Income Housing Agreement and Lien - Rental Property
- TIF Payment Under Protest
- Tiny Homes, Bulletin #65
- Townhouses, Bulletin #60
- Traffic Signal Improvements Complete Application Checklist
- Transfer of Development Right (TDR)