2022 FEE SUBTITLE - Seattle

1 City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections 2022 FEE SUBTITLE and related documents (including changes becoming effective January 1, 2022) This publication includes the following: 2022 Fee SUBTITLE Seattle Municipal Code Chapter (New changes - effective January 1, 2022) Washington State Building Code Council Building Permit Fee Director s Rule 1-2022 Director s Rule 2-2021 Director s Rule 3-2011 The Fee SUBTITLE , administered by the Department of Construction and Inspections, was adopted by the Seattle City Council as Ordinance 119255, and amended by Ordinances 119274, 119326, 119766, 120448, 120818, 120997, 121338, 121664, 121851, 122297, 123453, 123610, 123668, 123755, 123776, 124047, 124347, 124636, 124918, 124919, 125184, 125259, 125451, 125704, 125705, 125982, 126213 and 126473.

2 City of Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections 2022 Fee SUBTITLE 2 FEE SUBTITLE TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT .. 6 Title .. 6 6 Payment and responsibility for fees .. 6 Administration and enforcement .. 7 8 Delinquent fees .. 8 Work done without permit Director's authority .. 9 Civil penalty for violations .. 9 Severability .. 10 CHAPTER GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 11 Base fee and hourly rate .. 11 Miscellaneous and special fees .. 11 Time of collection of fees .. 13 Reserved .. 13 Refunds .. 13 Revisions and additions to applications .. 13 CHAPTER FEES FOR LAND USE REVIEW .. 15 Land use fees .. 15 CHAPTER FEES FOR NEW AND ALTERED BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.

3 21 Development permit fees .. 21 29 Concrete mix design approval .. 29 29 29 Fees for parking facilities outside of buildings .. 30 Floodplain development approval or license fee .. 30 Demolitions and relocations .. 30 Permit fees for mechanical equipment and systems, other than boilers and pressure vessels and refrigeration systems .. 31 Refrigeration equipment and systems .. 32 New installations and alterations of boilers and pressure vessels .. 33 34 Shop and field assembly inspections .. 34 New installations and alterations of elevators and other conveyances .. 34 City of Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections 2022 Fee SUBTITLE 3 Site and geotechnical review fee.

4 35 Electrical permit 39 Sign, awning, and canopy permit fees .. 45 CHAPTER FEES FOR CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRATIONS .. 47 Off-premises advertising sign (billboard) registration fees .. 47 Boiler and pressure vessel certificates of operation .. 47 Fees for elevator certificates of inspection .. 48 Refrigeration systems annual operating permit fee .. 48 Boiler, refrigeration and gas piping licenses and examinations .. 48 Registration of special inspectors .. 49 Certification of fabrication plants .. 49 Revisions to current special inspection authorizations .. 49 Floating home registration fee .. 49 CHAPTER COMPLIANCE AND OTHER INSPECTIONS .. 50 Monitoring vacant buildings.

5 50 Noise fees .. 50 Research and inspection on notices of violation .. 51 Advisory Housing and Building Maintenance Code and condominium conversion inspection .. 51 Floating residence verifications .. 51 Housing and Building Maintenance Code Variance .. 52 CHAPTER FEES COLLECTED FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS .. 53 Fees for Department of Neighborhoods review .. 53 Fees for review by the Office of Housing .. 54 Fees for review by the Seattle Department of 54 Fees for review by Public Health Seattle & King County .. 54 Fees for review by the Office of Arts and Culture .. 55 Presubmittal conferences for other departments .. 55 Fees for review by the Seattle Fire Department.

6 55 Fees for review by the Department of Parks and Recreation .. 55 Design Commission fees .. 55 CHAPTER RENTAL REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION ORDINANCE PROGRAM FEES .. 56 Purpose .. 56 Rental housing registration and renewal fee .. 56 Rental housing registration and renewal late fee .. 56 Rental housing registration reinstatement fee .. 56 Private qualified rental housing inspector training and registration fees .. 56 City of Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections 2022 Fee SUBTITLE 4 Rental housing unit inspection fees if the Department serves as a qualified rental housing inspector .. 56 Late inspection submittal fee .. 56 Private inspection submittal processing fee.

7 57 Washington State Building Code Council Fee .. 60 City of Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections 2022 Fee SUBTITLE 5 FEE SUBTITLE TABLES Table B-1 for Fees for Reproductions from Electronic or Microfilm Records .. 12 Table B-2 for Special Investigation 12 Table C-1 for Land Use Fees .. 17 A. Master Use Permit, Environmental Critical Areas, City Council, & Hearing Examiner Approvals. 17 B. Miscellaneous Hourly Land Use Reviews, Research, and Other Services .. 18 C. Non-Hourly Land Use Fees .. 19 Table D-1 for Calculation of the Development Fee Index .. 23 Table D-2 for Calculation of Development Fees Determined by Value .. 24 Table D-7 for Parking Facilities Fees.

8 30 Table D-8 for Permit Fees for Mechanical Equipment .. 32 Table D-10 for Refrigeration Permit Fees1 .. 32 Table D-12 for Installation Fees for Boilers and Pressure Vessels .. 33 Table D-13 for Permit Fees for Elevators and Other Conveyances .. 35 Table D-SR for Site and Geotechnical Review Fees .. 37 Table D-14 for Electrical Permit Fees (When Plans Are Reviewed) .. 41 Table D-15 for Electrical Permit Fees (When Plans Are Not Required) .. 42 Table D-16 for Permanent Sign Fees .. 45 Table E-1 for Fees for Certificates of Operation for Boilers and Pressure Vessels .. 47 Table E-2 for Fees For Elevator Certificates Of Inspection .. 48 Table E-4 for Fees for Boiler, Refrigeration, and Gas Piping Licenses & Examinations 49 Table F-1 for Monitoring Vacant Buildings.

9 50 Table F-2 for Noise Fees .. 51 Table G-2 for Gas Piping Installation Fee .. 55 City of Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections 2022 Fee SUBTITLE 6 CHAPTER ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT Title Chapters through shall be known as the Fee SUBTITLE , may be cited as such, and will be referred to herein as this SUBTITLE IX. Purpose A. It is the purpose of this SUBTITLE IX to prescribe equitable fees and fee collection policies for all services provided by the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections hereafter, "Department" or SDCI, and other City departments that are sufficient to cover their costs of processing applications, inspecting and reviewing plans, and preparing detailed statements required by chapter RCW.

10 B. An additional purpose of this SUBTITLE IX is to prescribe special fees for testing, examination, registration, inspection, or the furnishing of certain services or materials. C. A further purpose of this SUBTITLE IX is to prescribe fees to cover the costs of implementing and administering the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance program as required by Chapter Payment and responsibility for fees A. No permit shall be issued or approved, no Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued, no drawing or other data relating to such permit shall be examined, and no certificate or license shall be issued until the corresponding fees prescribed by this SUBTITLE have been paid. B. Unless otherwise specified in this SUBTITLE , each distinct component of an application, review, permit, certificate, license, or other fee collected by the Department shall be charged as a separate fee.