Land Use Permits

Land Use Permit Fees 2025 (Updated December 2025)

• Land Use Plan Set Guide

Accessory dwelling units

• Accessory Dwelling Unit Handout

Community residential (CR) development standards

• Community Residential Development Standards
• Community Residential Development Checklist

Residential design guidelines

• Residential Design Guidelines
• Residential Design Checklist

Multifamily & commercial design guidelines

• Design Review Checklist
• Design Review Manuals
  • Design Manual — Southcenter or Tukwila Urban Center (TUC)
  • Design Manual — Tukwila International Boulevard (TIB) Area
  • Design Manual — Tukwila South: Residential
  • Design Manual — Tukwila South: Commercial
  • Multi-Family Design Manual
  • Parking Structure Design Manual
  • Townhouse Design Manual

Environmental review & 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
• Informational items
  • Advice on Hiring an Environmental Consultant
  • Critical Area Sign Template

Conditional & unclassified uses

• Conditional Use Checklist
• Unclassified Use Checklist

Land division: short plats / boundary line adjustment / subdivisions

• Binding Site Improvement Plan (BSIP)
• Boundary Line Adjustment (BLA), Lot Consolidation
• Planned Residential Development
• Subdivision — Long (10+ lots)
• Subdivision — Short (<10 lots)
• Unit Lot Subdivisions
• Templates
  • 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 to learn more about tree regulations and preservation efforts.

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

Variances

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

Zoning verification & 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

Additional information

• Cannabis Regulations and Permitting
• Performance Bond Template
• Developers Project Warranty Request Form
• Hearing Examiner Rules of Practice and Procedure, April 24, 2014
• Public Notice Requirements and Sign Specifications