What Do I Need to Start a Building or Land Use Pre-Application?

Our building and land use pre-application requires basic preliminary information from you. This article details what you need to include in your application before you begin. This helps make the process easier.

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What You Need

You will need the following information to complete the application:

• The address of your project
• Contact information for the applicant, owner, and contractor
• The project value (labor and materials, including any donated labor and materials)
• The ground disturbance cut and fill depth, if any
• The building code used for your project
• A site plan to upload with your application

You will also need to know whether your project needs:

• A pre-submittal conference (see Tip 318, Construction Pre-Submittal Conference)
• A Master Use Permit (MUP) (see Tip 201, Master Use Permit (MUP) Overview, and our Land Use / Master Use Permit webpage)
• A Subject-to-Field-Inspection Permit (see Tip 316, Subject-to-Field-Inspection Permits, and our Construction permit – Subject-to-Field-Inspection webpage)
• A variance from the zoning code if required (see our Land Use / Master Use – Variance webpage)
• A shoreline exemption for removing hazardous trees (see Tip 331B, Hazard Trees)
• An approved standard plan set (see Tip 310, Standard Plans)
• A change to the building use or occupancy (see our Construction Permit – Establishing Use webpage)