Land Use Permits

• Land Use Permit Fees 2025 (Updated December 2025)

General

• Land Use Plan Set Guide

Accessory dwelling units

• Accessory Dwelling Unit Handout

Community Residential (CR) development

• Community Residential Development Standards
• Community Residential Development Checklist

Residential design guidelines

• Residential Design Guidelines
• Residential Design Checklist

Multifamily and commercial design

• Design Review Checklist
• Design Manual — Southcenter / Tukwila Urban Center
• Design Manual — Tukwila International Boulevard
• Design Manual — Tukwila South: Residential
• Design Manual — Tukwila South: Commercial
• Multi-Family Design Manual
• Parking Structure Design Manual
• Townhouse Design Manual

Environmental review and SEPA

• Critical Area Designation
• Environmentally Critical Area — Deviation
• SEPA Review Application
• SEPA Environmental Checklist (Word)
• SEPA Environmental Checklist (PDF)
• Shoreline — Conditional Use Permit
• Shoreline — Substantial Development Permit
• Advice on Hiring an Environmental Consultant
• Critical Area Sign Template

Conditional and unclassified uses

• Conditional Use Checklist
• Unclassified Use Checklist

Land division

• Binding Site Improvement Plan (BSIP)
• Boundary Line Adjustment / Lot Consolidation
• Planned Residential Development
• Subdivision — Long (10+ lots)
• Subdivision — Short (<10 lots)
• Unit Lot Subdivisions
• Short Plat Sheet 1 — CAD File
• Short Plat Sheet 2 — CAD File
• Boundary Line Adjust Sheet 1 — CAD File
• Boundary Line Adjust Sheet 2 — CAD File

Special permission permits

• Cargo Containers
• Landscaping and Setback Waivers
• Parking Reductions and Variances

Trees and landscaping

Visit the City’s Urban Forestry page for tree regulations and preservation information.

• Tree Removal and Landscaping Modification Application
• Tree Permit — Critical Area & Shoreline
• Tukwila Approved Trees List

Variances

• Variance — Noise
• Variance — Shoreline
• Variance — Zoning

Zoning verification and exemption letters

• Zoning Verification, SEPA & Shoreline Exemption, and Code Interpretation

Wireless facilities

• Small Wireless Facility Information Form
• Wireless — Eligible Facility Modification
• Wireless — New Macro Facility

• Cannabis Regulations and Permitting
• Performance Bond Template
• Developers Project Warranty Request Form
• King County Landscape Bond Quantity Worksheet
• Hearing Examiner Rules of Practice and Procedure (April 2014)
• Public Notice Requirements and Sign Specifications