How to Submit a Demolition Subject-to-Field-Inspection Application

If you need to submit a demolition Subject-to-Field-Inspection application, you first need to create a pre-application (Pre-App) record. Follow these steps to create your Pre-App and to submit a new Subject-to-Field-Inspection record. 

Submit Your Initial Application

1. Login to your Seattle Services Portal account or create one if necessary.
2. Under Create New, click Permits-Trade, Construction & Land Use.
   
3. Select Building & Land Use Pre-Application.
4. Enter your project address and click Search to validate it.
   
5. Click Continue.
6. Add yourself as the Applicant by clicking Add Myself.
7. Add the Owner's contact information. Use the Add Someone Else button to find existing contacts already in the system. If your contact is not in the system, click Person or organization not found? Add them here.
8. Click Continue.
9. Input required Detail Information and update Project Information questions by clicking the appropriate radio buttons.
   
10. Click Continue.
11. Continue entering the required information (including providing the -DM record number if you already have one by following steps 1-3) and then click Continue.
    1. Click Add a Row in the Related Record area as shown.
    
    2. Enter XXXXXXX-DM (example of demo record number possibly provided with previous PA) in record number field as shown. 
    
    3. Click Submit.
     

12. Click Select.

    You will need to upload a site plan with a legal description and parcel number, a Rat Abatement Declaration Form along, a plan set that includes a site plan showing the building being demolished, and a Small Demolition Construction Stormwater Soil Management Plan.

13. Click Select again to find your files on your computer.
14. Select your file (you can select multiple files) and click Done.
15. Select the document Type from the list of Types in the drop-down.
    
16. Add a Description of the document.
17. Repeat steps 16 and 17 for each required document.
18. Click Save.
19. Click Continue.
20. Verify your documents have been uploaded and then click Continue.
21. Review your information, click Edit to make changes; once you confirm your information click Continue.
22. Once you have submitted your application, you'll receive a confirmation via a Thank You message.
    

SDCI will contact you (usually by email and portal notes) to let you know if more information is needed, or if you need to pay fees before the permit is issued.

Submit Requested Additional Information

If SDCI requests request more information for your application, follow these steps to submit it: 

1. Log in to your Seattle Services Portal.
2. Click My Records at the top left of the page.
3. Locate your record that needs additional information and click Make Changes.
4. Select Upload Documents.
   
    
5. Click Continue.
6. Add yourself as the Applicant by clicking Add Myself.
7. Click Continue.
8. At the Document Information screen, click Continue.
9. Click Upload Documents.
10. Click Upload Documents again to find your files on your computer.
11. Select your file (you can select multiple files) and click Continue.
12. Select the document Type from the list of Types in the drop-down.
    
13. Add a Description of the document.
14. Repeat steps 12 and 13 for each required document.
15. Click Save.
16. Click Continue.
17. Verify your documents have been uploaded and then click Continue.

When it is time to pay fees, you will receive an email that includes the permit number is and that tells you the fees can be paid. See How to Pay Fees for instructions. After paying your fees, you will get a receipt page and an email will be sent with instructions on how to access your permit.