How to Submit a Land Use Analysis Request

You can submit the following types of Land Use Analysis requests to the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections:

• Legal Building Site Letter
• Development Potential Letter (use this option to request a letter of eligibility for exemption to Design Review)
• Letter for Preliminary Zoning Analysis (not available for projects subject to appeal)
  • Decisions on alley vs. street access to off-street parking
  • Measurement of single-family garage width of facades
  • Determining queuing spaces for drive-in businesses
  • Departures from street-level development standards in commercial zones
• Letter for Detailed Zoning Analysis or Research (select this option for more than a preliminary zoning analysis)
• Open Space Remainder Letter
• Property Use and Development Agreement
• Reasonable Accommodation Request
• Rebuild Letter W/research
• Rebuild Letter W/O research (Zoning Only)
• Records Research
• Special Accommodations Request
• Surplus State Property Letter
• Tow Lot/Salvage Confirmation Letter
• Transfer of Development Rights Letter
• URM Determination Letter

Steps to Submit a Land Use Analysis Request

1. Visit the Seattle Services Portal and log in or create a new account
2. Under Create New, click Permits-Trade, Construction & Land Use
   
   
3. Select Land Use Permits and then Land Use Analysis Request then click Continue Application
   
4. Enter your project address and click Search to locate your address
   
5. Select the correct address
   
6. Click Continue Application
7. Add yourself as the applicant by clicking Select From Account 
   
8. Add the Financially Responsible Party’s information by clicking Select From Account, Add New, or Look Up
   
   
9. Enter the Detail Information, including the name of your project and some basic information
   
   
10. Select the Letter Type you want under LU Analysis Request Info
    
11. Click Continue Application
12. On the next page, review the list of Required Documents
13. Upload required or additional documents by clicking the Select button
    
14. Click the Select button to locate the required files on your computer; do this for all required files for your application
    
15. Once you see your file name(s) displayed in the File Upload dialog box, click Done
    
    
16. Next identify your Document Type and add a Description for each file
    
17. Click Save
    
    
18. Click Continue Application
19. Review your application information; click Edit in any section to make changes to that section
20. Click Continue Application or Save and Resume Later
    
    

1. If you have selected to Save and Resume you will be notified of successful save
   
   
2. When returning to this application you will have the opportunity to pick up where you left off or start again
   

20. When you click Continue Application you’ll see your cart; review your fees and click Checkout to pay
    
21. Select the items to pay and click Checkout
    
    
22. Complete the payment information and click Submit Payment
    
23. Once payment is complete, you will be redirected to the confirmation page
    
24. You can now print and save your receipt
    
25. Your Analysis Request  record is now listed with your other records under the My Records tab