Snohomish County
Planning and Development Services
LAND USE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING
The purpose of a pre-application meeting is for the applicant to provide preliminary information and specific questions
regarding the development proposal, and for PDS to provide the applicant with preliminary information about
development requirements, procedural and submittal requirements (e.g. applications and fees required), known
community concerns (if any), and answers to specific questions asked by the applicant. Pre-application meetings provide
preliminary information only and are not intended to result in final actions or commitments by either the county or the
applicant.
Please note that pre-application meetings are intended for complex projects. There is a separate process to
find out frontage, access and traffic submittal requirements. This is called a
Traffic Pre-submittal meeting (aka
30.66B meeting). We recommend that you have this meeting before applying for a preapplication meeting, as
many questions can be answered at that time.
A Pre-Application Meeting will be scheduled approximately four weeks after receipt of a pre-application request
(timeframe is dependent on current workloads). The appropriate staff will be available for an online meeting to discuss
the materials and questions submitted with the pre-application request.
A land use pre-application meeting is available for the following project types:
• Administrative Conditional Use Permit (Chapter 30.43A)
• Binding Site Plan (Chapter 30.41D)
• Conditional Use Permit (Chapter 30.42C)
• Cottage Housing (Chapter 30.41G)
• Multi-family and Townhouse Site Plan (Chapter 30.23A)
• Official Site Plan (Chapters 30.31A, B or F)
• Planned Residential Development (Chapter 30.42B)
• Preliminary Subdivisions and Short Subdivisions (Chapters 30.41A & B, 30.41C)
• Rezones (Chapter 30.42A)
• Shoreline Permits (Chapters 30.44 and 30.67)
• Single Family Detached Units (Chapter 30.41F)
• Special Use Permit (Chapter 30.42F)
APPLICATION PROCESS FOR A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING:
1. Complete the Request for Pre-Application Meeting form and prepare all items listed on the Pre-Application
Meeting Submittal Checklist. A minimal submittal consists of the site plan, site description, project description,
and Request for Pre-Application Meeting form, and filing fee.
2. File the pre-application request at www.mybuildingpermit.com
.
3. A project manager will contact you to discuss available meeting times.
5. At the Pre-Application Meeting:
(a) The applicant may be asked to explain or clarify the project;
(b) Each project review team member will respond to the applicant’s questions in each area of expertise
(questions are as indicated in the project narrative – see item #3 of submittal checklist);
(c) SEPA review applicability (exempt/non-exempt) will be determined;
(d) If the required “Traffic (30.66B) Pre-Submittal Conference
” has not been conducted prior to the Pre-
Application Meeting, it will be combined with this scheduled Pre-Application Meeting.
4. Staff will be available for any follow-up questions after the Pre-Application Meeting and prior to formal submittal
of development permit applications.