Redmond building permits
Department contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Redmond, Washington.
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Building department
- Address
- 15670 NE 85th St, Redmond, WA 98073
- Phone
- (425) 556-2900
- Website
- Official site
Codes adopted
The State Building Code is in effect in every county and city in Washington, and its minimum performance standards may not be diminished locally. A local amendment that affects single-family or multifamily residential buildings is not effective unless the State Building Code Council approves it; amendments to non-residential provisions carry no such approval requirement.
THE 2021 EDITIONS, NAMED. RMC 15.08.020: "The 2021 edition of the International Building Code as published by the International Code Council is hereby adopted by reference with the exceptions noted in WAC Chapter 51-50. Show full textShow less
THE 2021 EDITIONS, NAMED. RMC 15.08.020: "The 2021 edition of the International Building Code as published by the International Code Council is hereby adopted by reference with the exceptions noted in WAC Chapter 51-50. The 2021 edition of the International Existing Building Code ... is included in the adoption of this Code with the exceptions noted in WAC 51-50-480000. A117.1-2017 is adopted pursuant to RCW Chapters 70.92 and 19.27. The 2021 edition of the International Residential Code ... is hereby adopted by reference with the exceptions noted in WAC Chapter 51-51."
- THE RESIDENTIAL CODE LOSES THREE BLOCKS. The same section: "Chapters 11 and 25 through 43 of this code are not adopted." Chapter 11 is energy and 25 through 43 are plumbing and electrical, which come from separate adoptions - so a single IRC reference will not give you the whole rule for a house.
- THE ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD IS A DIFFERENT VINTAGE. A117.1-2017 sits alongside the 2021 editions, adopted "pursuant to RCW Chapters 70.92 and 19.27".
- Title 15 also carries Accessory Improvements (15.02), Flood Control (15.04), Fire (15.06), Electrical (15.12), Mechanical (15.14), Plumbing (15.16), Energy (15.18), Moving Buildings (15.22), Clearing, Grading and Stormwater (15.24), a WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE (15.26), apprentice requirements on public works (15.28) and construction and demolition debris recycling (15.30). None of those were read for this entry.
- RCW 19.27 - the Washington State Building Code applies statewide.
Permit types & fees
Building Permit
Required for construction in Redmond, built to the named 2021 editions with the city's own design criteria and a fee schedule that lives in the zoning code.
See fee scheduleVerify a Contractor Licence
Washington contractors register with the Department of Labor & Industries. Registration is a STATE record; Redmond does not issue it.
See fee schedule
Redmond's permit history isn't searchable here yet
This page covers what the permit requires. What we don't have for Redmond yet is the record of permits actually issued — the history you'd search by street address. That is a gap in our coverage, not a statement about any particular property.
Your email, and the place — never an address. We only use it to tell you when Redmond lands. Privacy.
Tips & gotchas
- REDMOND'S GROUND SNOW LOAD IS 15 PSF, the lowest in this guide. Do not carry a figure in from a neighbouring city.
- The wind speed of 110 mph carries no nominal-or-ultimate label - check which measure your design method needs.
- Permit fees are in the ZONING code (RZC 21.76.030), not the building code.
- The fee reference is rolling even though the code adoption is a fixed 2021 edition.
- You supply your own valuation at application, including materials and labour.
- IRC Chapters 11 and 25 through 43 are not adopted - energy, plumbing and electrical come from elsewhere.
- A Wildland-Urban Interface Code applies (RMC 15.26); this entry did not open it.
- In RMC 15.08, "2014" appears both as an ordinance NUMBER and as an ordinance DATE. If you are reading the history line, read the words around the number.