Lakewood’s Planning and Public Works Department performs permitting, licensing, land use planning, building inspections, development review, transportation planning and engineering, street system review and surface water and stormwater management. The department also advances housing affordability, rental unit safety and more.
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Permit Center
[email protected] or call 253-512-2261. Pre-application and customer meetings are available. Permit Counter walk-ins welcome Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Lakewood City Hall, 6000 Main St SW.
Rental Housing Safety Program
[email protected] or 253-512-2261
Business Licensing
[email protected] or 253-512-2261
Site Development
[email protected] or 253-589-2489
Planning
[email protected] or 253-512-2261
Lean Process Improvements
Lean is a methodology that is applied to process improvements for all kinds of work in the Department. It leads to innovative ways of making existing work more efficient, effective and services more customer-focused. Nearly everything we do in the Department has a workflow or process involved.
Going forward, the Department will improve processes by using Lean principles. This effort kicked off in November 2024 by evaluating the Residential Building Permit process. It is expected more Lean process improvements will continue in 2025. Please check this website for future updates.