20.02.110 Application for permit.
To obtain a permit, the applicant shall first file an application therefor in writing on a form furnished by the building department for that purpose.
A. Such application shall:
1. Provide evidence of an adequate water supply and sewer service for the intended use of the building. Evidence may be in the form of a water right permit from the Department of Ecology, a letter from an approved water and sewer purveyor stating their ability to provide water and sewer service, or another form sufficient to verify the existence of an adequate water supply and sewage disposal service. The city may impose conditions on building permits requiring connection to an existing public water or sewer system where the existing system is willing and able to provide safe and reliable potable water and sewage disposal service to the applicant with reasonable economy and efficiency. An application for a water right shall not be sufficient proof of an adequate water supply.
2. Identify and describe the work to be covered by the permit for which application is made.
3. Describe the land on which the proposed work is to be done by legal description, street address, or similar description that will readily identify and definitely locate the proposed building or work.
4. Indicate the use or occupancy for which the proposed work is intended.
5. Be accompanied by plans, diagrams, computations, and specifications, and other data as required in BMC 20.02.145.
6. State the valuation of any new building or structure or any addition, remodeling or alteration to an existing building.
7. Contain the property owner’s name, address, and phone number.
8. Be signed by the applicant, or the applicant’s authorized agent.
9. Show the actual dimensions and shape of the lot to be built on, the exact sizes and locations of the lot and buildings already existing, if any, and the locations and dimensions of the proposed building or alteration, together with the legal description and the parcel number for each lot to be built upon.
10. The application shall include such other information as lawfully may be required by the building official, including:
a. The number of families, housekeeping units, or rental units the building is designed to accommodate;
b. Conditions existing on the lot;
c. Such other matters as may be necessary to determine conformance with and provide for the enforcement of this title.
B. For applications for construction projects costing more than $5,000, the application shall include all information contained in subsection A of this section, and the following:
1. The prime contractor’s business name, address, phone number, current state contractor registration number; and
2. Either:
a. The name, address, and phone number of the office of the lender administering the interim construction financing, if any; or
b. The name and address of the firm that has issued a payment bond, if any, on behalf of the prime contractor for the protection of the owner, if the bond is for an amount not less than 50 percent of the total amount of the construction project.
C. Applications for building permits relating to any construction, including landfill or pier and piling to support same, upon privately owned shoreland submerged by the waters of the Sammamish River, shall not be accepted for filing with the building department, unless there is attached to such application certified copies of the approval of such project by such state and/or federal agencies as may have jurisdiction or regulatory authority over such proposed project.
D. Applications shall include as much information as required to provide an accurate environmental assessment as may be required pursuant to Chapter 20.04 BMC, as it now exists or may be amended from time to time.
E. One copy of the plans shall be returned to the applicant by the building official after the building official has marked such copy either as approved or disapproved and attested to the same by the building official’s signature on such copy. The second copy of the plans, similarly marked, shall be retained by the building official.
F. The building official shall transmit to the assessors of King and Snohomish Counties a copy of each permit for new construction issued at the end of each calendar month.
G. The information required on the building permit application by subsections (A)(2), (A)(6), (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this section shall be set forth on the building permit document which is issued to the owner, and on the inspection record card which shall be posted at the construction site.
H. The information required by subsections A and B of this section, and information supplied by the applicant after the permit is issued, shall be kept on record.
I. If any of the information required by subsections (B)(2)(a) and (B)(2)(b) of this section is not available at the time the application is submitted, the applicant shall so state and the application shall be processed forthwith and the permit issued as if the information had been supplied, and the lack of the information shall not cause the application to be deemed incomplete. However, the applicant shall provide the remaining information as soon as the applicant can reasonably obtain such information. (Ord. 2344 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 2052 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010; Ord. 1986 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1926 § 4, 2004).