To extend the date for an issued Street Use permit, apply for an Extension Amendment in the Seattle Services Portal. An Extension Amendment allows you to extend the date and increase days in ROW for one or more Uses on your permit.
An Extension Amendment is only used to request the extension of existing uses on an issued permit. It never reduces the duration or days in ROW of an existing use, it only increases the duration and days in ROW.
No additional uses can be added to the permit. No other type of change can be requested. If only the start date on one or more uses needs to change but the duration remains the same, refer to How do I Change the Start Date for My Issued Street Use Permit. If you need to request changes other than an extension or date change, refer to How Do I Request a Revision to My Issued Construction, Utility, or Street Improvement Permit. For other permit types, refer to How Do I Request a Revision to My Issued Vending or Long-Term Public Space Management (PSM) Permit.
Amendment applications, like most Street Use permit applications, are reviewed and approved by Street Use staff. There are no documents required at the time of submission for an Extension Amendment. Your reviewer may request a document during the review process. A standard Street Use permit Modification fee applies if your Extension request is approved. An additional Use Fee may also apply to some Extension requests. Just like for Street Use permits, fees are paid (or billed) before your approved Extension is issued.
When an Extension Amendment is issued, the parent record is updated to reflect the extension. Inspection scheduled dates may be updated. The expiration date on the parent record is also updated.
- For ROW Construction, Maintenance, Heavy Crane and SIP records, the record expiration date is the latest Use expiration date.
- For Minor Utility and UMP records, the record expiration date is the latest Use expiration date + 6 months.
For an overview of the amendment process, refer to What Happens to Your Original Permit When an Amendment is Issued.
Extension amendments are available for the following record types. If you need an extension for a permit type not included in this list, use a Revision Amendment.
- ROW Construction Permit
- ROW Maintenance Permit
- Heavy Crane Permit
- Minor Utility Permit
- Utility Major Permit
- Street Improvement Permit.
TIP: If your permit has many uses and you want to see which uses are currently active, a report is available that displays only active uses as of the current date. Open your record, click on Reports in the upper right, select Street Use Use Status Report, and enter the record number of your original permit.
The instructions below provide the steps to extend the duration of an issued Street Use permit using an Extension Amendment:
- Login to Seattle Services Portal.
IMPORTANT: If you do not yet have a Seattle Services Portal account, you must register before proceeding and must be authorized to make changes on this permit.
- On the My Records page, locate your Permit record in the list.
- In the Action column associated with your permit, click Make Changes.
TIP: If you do not see a Make Changes Action then a change is not allowed for this permit.
- On the Select an Amendment Type page, select ROW Extension Request and click Continue Application.
- The Project Address page is read-only. Verify you are requesting a change at the correct address and click Continue Application to continue to the Contacts page.
TIP: If this is not the correct record, click Home or My Records in the top menu bar. When the browser prompt asks if you want to leave the page, click Leave.
- On the Contacts page, add optional Additional Contacts to this amendment ONLY. Scroll down to the Additional Contacts section. Use Select from Account, Add New, or Look Up to add the additional contact. Select the contact Type when prompted and click Continue.
TIP: Contacts added here are NOT added to the parent record. To update Additional Contacts on the parent record, use the Enable Access Amendment. Using Enable Access before starting an amendment includes that contact on all future amendments related to the parent.
- Add Another Additional Contact or click Continue Application to continue to the Project Information page.
- The Project Information page is read-only. Verify that you are requesting a change to the correct project and click Continue Application to continue to the Related Information page.
TIP: If this is not the correct record, click Home or My Records in the top menu bar. When the browser prompt asks if you want to leave the page, click Leave.
- On the Related Information page, optionally add or update the Customer Reference fields. Click Continue Application to continue to the Use Information page.
- On the Use Information page, check the box or boxes of the rows to change and click Edit Selected. At least one row must be selected and have a new requested start date/requested duration specified. Notice that the current Permit Expiration Date is displayed on the banner.
TIP: If you wish to cancel out of the Amendment process at this point, click Home or My Records in the top menu bar. When the browser prompt asks if you want to leave the page, click Leave.
- Update the Requested Start Date, Requested Duration, and, except for SIP and ROW Maintenance record types, Requested Total Days in ROW. Click Submit. The Requested Expiration Date is not editable. It automatically updates based on the Requested Duration and the Requested Start Date.
TIP: Your Requested Start Date must be after the current Exp. Date. A gap in time is allowed (i.e., per the example below, the Exp. Date is 12/19/2020 and the Requested Start Date for the extension begins on 1/4/2021).
TIP: Your Requested Start Date can be in the past as long as it is after the current use Exp. Date.
TIP: Extensions for different uses can have different use start dates and different durations.
TIP: For utility permits, Requested Duration defaults to 180 days and is read-only.
- Review information and click Continue Application.
TIP: If information is not correct, select the row with the incorrect information and click Edit Selected. Then update as appropriate.
- Click Continue Application on the Upload Document(s) page. There are no required documents at submission for an extension.
- Review application information. Click Certify contents. Click Continue Application.
- View the Thank You screen and note your Amendment record number. The new record number has the format of the parent record + EXT00n to indicate an Extension Amendment, for example SUCONST0000000-EXT001. The ‘1’ indicates that this is the first Extension Amendment for this permit. This new record now displays on your My Records list.