Demolition Permit — Edmonds, Washington · Requirements sheet
Verified 2026-09-16 · Source: https://edmonds.municipal.codes/ECDC/19.00
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Demolition Permit in Edmonds, Washington
Required before the partial or complete demolition of any building or structure in Edmonds, interior or exterior. The requirement is a local addition: Edmonds deleted the IBC's Annual Permit section and wrote a demolition permit in its place.
Verified 2026-09-16 · Source
When you need this permit
- ECDC 19.00.025(E): “Before the partial or complete demolition of any building or structure (interior or exterior), a demolition permit shall be obtained from the building official.”
- A performance bond or frozen fund conforming to Chapter 17.10 ECDC must be posted BEFORE permit issuance, in an amount set by the building official
- City requirements must be satisfied no later than 180 days after permit issuance
- Construction debris, vegetation and garbage must be removed from the site and from unopened street right-of-way within 30 days of written notice
- Temporary erosion control must be installed and maintained per Chapter 18.30 ECDC
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Fee schedule
ECDC 19.00.025(E) states only that “The permit fee is established pursuant to Chapter 19.70 ECDC.” Chapter 19.70 was opened in full this session and publishes no amount. Show full citationHide
ECDC 19.00.025(E) states only that “The permit fee is established pursuant to Chapter 19.70 ECDC.” Chapter 19.70 was opened in full this session and publishes no amount. ECDC 19.70 is titled “Fees” and contains no monetary figure. Its five live sections were opened in full this session: 19.70.010 states “Fee schedules are on file in the city clerk’s office.” while 19.70.010(C) and 19.70.020 both state the amounts are “set forth in this chapter” — a cross-reference that points at its own chapter and is wrong. The one pointer that leaves the chapter, ECDC 15.00.020(A), was also opened in full and ends outside the code: “Fees are established by resolution of the city council and can be accessed at the following hyperlink: Development Fees.” No dollar amount is therefore published in the Edmonds code, and none is asserted here.Review timeline
Inspection process
- 1
Abandoned Sanitary Sewer Cap
Septic tanks “shall be pumped, collapsed and removed and/or filled with earth, sand, concrete, CDF or hard slurry.”
- 2
Foundation Knock-Down Verification
Concrete foundation walls, porches, chimneys and similar structures broken down; “concrete, bricks, cobbles and boulders shall be broken to less than 12-inch diameter”, and debris left on site must meet IBC Section 1804.3 for clean fill.
- 3
Debris Removal
Construction debris, vegetation and garbage attributable to the demolition removed from the site and from unopened street right-of-way within 30 days of written notice. No debris may be placed on street right-of-way or alleys without a Chapter 18.60 or 18.70 permit.
- 4
Public Property Restoration
Repair and restoration of any damaged public property — alley, street, sidewalk, landscaping, water, sewer, storm and other utilities, rockeries, retaining walls — to substantially original condition.
- 5
Site Grading and Compaction
Grading back to original topography; basements filled and compacted to 90 percent as verified by a special inspector, with structural fill placed above unyielding native soils to a minimum of 90 percent modified proctor per ASTM D1557.
- 6
Temporary Erosion Control
Installed and maintained per Chapter 18.30 ECDC.
See the full Edmonds inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →
Tips
- The bond is the real schedule driver, not the permit. Edmonds names six specific completion conditions in ECDC 19.00.025(E), and the bond or frozen fund is not released until the building official determines every one of them is done — so plan the sewer cap, the debris haul, the right-of-way restoration and the compaction verification as part of the job, not as afterthoughts.
- Two clocks run at once and they are different lengths: all city requirements must be satisfied within 180 days of issuance, but debris must be off the site and out of unopened right-of-way within 30 days of written notice.
- Interior-only demolition still needs the permit. The section says “partial or complete demolition of any building or structure (interior or exterior)”, so a gut remodel is caught even when nothing visible comes down.
Frequently asked questions
Sources & verification
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Codes & ordinances
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