Building Permit — Shoreline, Washington · Requirements sheet
Reviewed 2026-09-16 · Source: https://ecode360.com/49772238
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Building Permit in Shoreline, Washington
Required for construction in Shoreline. The city adopts whatever edition the state has adopted, with no year named, and makes the signed permit card serve as the certificate of occupancy.
Reviewed 2026-09-16 · Source
When you need this permit
- Built to the CURRENT edition of the IBC and IRC as adopted by the State Building Code Council, as now or hereafter amended
- IRC Appendices A, B, H and Q (Tiny Houses) are specifically adopted
- Automatic residential fire sprinklers are required in one- and two-family dwellings
- A waste diversion plan is required before issuance for work over the thresholds
- A waste diversion report is required before finalization or certificate of occupancy
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Fee schedule
SHORELINE DOES NOT PUBLISH PERMIT FEE AMOUNTS IN ITS BUILDING TITLE - THIS ENTRY DECLINES TO STATE A FIGURE RATHER THAN INVENT ONE. Show full citationHide
SHORELINE DOES NOT PUBLISH PERMIT FEE AMOUNTS IN ITS BUILDING TITLE - THIS ENTRY DECLINES TO STATE A FIGURE RATHER THAN INVENT ONE. SMC 15.05.020(A): "All city of Shoreline permit fees shall be established by Chapter 3.01 SMC." Chapter 3.01 is a different title of the same code and was not read for this entry. WHAT THIS CHAPTER DOES PUBLISH IS A REFUND SCHEDULE, WHICH FEW CITIES IN THIS SET DO. The city manager or designee may authorise refunding of "One hundred percent of any fee erroneously paid or collected"; "Up to 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code"; and "Up to 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is with-drawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done". THERE IS A HARD DEADLINE AND IT IS EASY TO MISS: no refund may be authorised "except on written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment." The clock runs from PAYMENT, not from cancellation, and only the ORIGINAL PERMITTEE can file.Review timeline
Inspection process
Tips
- The signed permit card under the Final inspection IS your certificate of occupancy - keep it
- A partial or temporary certificate of occupancy can issue before the waste diversion report, but the permit cannot be finalized without it
- Fee amounts live in Chapter 3.01 SMC, not in the building title
- If you cancel, claim the refund within 180 days OF PAYMENT and it must be the original permittee who files
Frequently asked questions
Sources & verification
Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-09-16.
Codes & ordinances
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