All permits must be submitted online. The City of Lakewood’s Planning and Public Works Department accepts permit applications only through the Online Permit Center. We’ve built everything you need into the system to make the process as easy as possible.
Below, you’ll find helpful guides, checklists, and brochures to get you started.
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Online Permit Center Tutorials
- How to Sign up for an Online Permit Center Account
- How to Submit A Permit Application
- How to Pay Permit Fees in the Online Permit Center
- How to Check Your Permit Status
- How to Re-Submit Information Requested
- How to Issue Your Permit
- How to Request Inspections
- How to Navigate Parcel Discovery
- How to Navigate Project Discovery for Application Requirements
Building
- Do I Need A Building Permit?
- Commercial Construction Plan Components
- Residential Construction Plan Components
- Water Availability Verification
- Revision Process Approved Plans & Documents
- Pre-Final Checklist
- Fire Flow
- Commercial Tenant Improvement
- Adult Family Home
- Window or Door Replacement
- Residential Remodel
Planning / Land Use
- Affidavit of Public Posting Worksheet
- Certificate of Appropriateness Worksheet
- Criteria for Approval – Reasonable Use Exception Worksheet
- Criteria for Approval – Temporary Use Permits Worksheet
- Critical Area Variance Worksheet
- Floodplain Development Worksheet
- Good Neighbor Policy Worksheet
- Heritage Tree Designation Form Worksheet
- Home Occupation Narrative Worksheet
- Operational Characteristics Worksheet
- Planned Action Determination – Review Checklist Worksheet
- Required Findings for Conditional Use Permits Worksheet
- Required Findings for Planned Development Districts
- Required Findings for Preliminary Plats Worksheet
- Required Findings for Short Subdivisions Worksheet
- Required Findings for Variances Worksheet
- SEPA Environmental Checklist
- Shoreline Development General Description Requirements Worksheet
- Shoreline Exemption Narrative Worksheet
- Tree Removal Supplemental Worksheet
- Critical Area Designation and Protection Pro-Tip
- Dividing Property Pro-Tip
- Residential Uses allowed in Various Zones
- State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Pro-Tip
- Shoreline Development Pro-Tip
- Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Exemptions Pro-Tip
- Short Term Rentals Pro-Tip
- Site Plan Requirements
- Title Report
- Tree Preservation and Protection Pro-Tip
- What Can I Do On My Property?
Engineering / Public Works
- 2026-2031 6 Year Transportation Improvement Plan
- 2023 Updates to Non-Motorized Transportation Plan
- 2023 Non-Motorized Transportation Plan Appendix
- 2009 Non-Motorized Transportation Plan
- Engineering Standards Manual
- Bond Example
- Certificate of Liability Insurance (COI) Example
Standard Plans
Frontage
- City of Lakewood – Frontage Standard Plans
- Section FR
- FR-01: Residential Driveway
FR-02: Residential Driveway with Ditch Culvert
FR-03: Cement Concrete Sidewalk
FR-04: Curbs
FR-05: Tree and Shrub Planting Layout
FR-06: Street Tree Location
FR-07: Handrail Installation
- FR-01: Residential Driveway
- Sections F & H
- F-10.62-02: Precast Sloped Mountable Curb
- F-10.64-03: Precast Dual Faced Sloped Mountable Curb
- F-40.12-03: Parallel Curb Ramp
- F-40.14-03: Combination Curb Ramp
- F-40.15-03: Perpendicular Curb Ramp
- F-40.16-03: Single Direction Curb Ramp
- F-45.10-02: Detectable Warning Surface
- F-80.10-04: Cement Concrete Driveway Entrance Types 1, 2, 3, & 4
- H-10.10-00: Tree and Shrub Planting Details
- WSDOT – Referenced Standard Plans (latest edition)
Illumination
- City of Lakewood – Illumination Signals Standard Plans
- Section IS
- IS-01: Combined Collector and Service Cabinet Pedestal
- IS-02: Controller Cabinet
- IS-03: Service and BBS Cabinet Pedestal
- IS-04: Service Cabinet Pedestal
- IS-05: 336 S Communication Service Cabinet Pedestal
- IS-06: Street Lights
- IS-07: Fiber Interconnect and Cabinet Panel Details
- IS-08: Fiber Junction Box Types 2 and 8
- IS-09: PTZ Camera Mount and Panel Details
- Section J
- J-40.10-04: Locking Lid Standard Junction Box Types 1 & 2 (2 sheets)
- J-40.30-04: Locking Lid Standard Junction Box Type 8 (2 sheets)
- WSDOT – Referenced Standard Plans (latest edition)
Pavement, Markings and Signs
- City of Lakewood – Pavement, Markings and Signs Standard Plans
- Section PS
- PS-01: Street Name Sign – Public Street
- PS-02: Street Name Sign – Private Street
- PS-03: Steel Post Street Sign Support
- PS-04: Bicycle Lane Symbol Layout
PS-05: Crosswalk and Stop Bar
PS-06:Bicycle Sharrow Signage and Road Symbol Layout
- Section M
- M-20.20-02: Profiled and Embossed Plastic Lines
- M-24.40-02: Symbol Markings – Traffic Pavement Arrows for low-speed roadways
- Pierce County – Referenced Standard Drawings (latest edition)
- Pierce County Sections G&H
- PC. G2.1: Stop Sign Installation
- PC. H2.2: Pavement Markings (left or right turn channelization)
- PC. H2.3: Pavement Markings (two-way left turns)
- PC. H2.4: Pavement Markings (RPM layouts two-lane, multi-lane, wide, dotted)
- PC. H2.5: Pavement Markings (RPM layouts for turn lanes)
- PC. H2.8: Pavement Markings (traffic arrow and only details)
- WSDOT – Referenced Standard Plans (latest edition)
Roadway
- City of Lakewood – Roadway Standard Plans
- Section RW
- RW-01: Residential Cul-De-Sac
- RW-02: Principle/Minor Arterial Street
- RW-0: Collector Arterial Street
- RW-04: Local Access Street
- RW-05: Alley
- RW-06: Dead End Hammerhead
- RW-07: Speed Table Construction
- RW-08: Speed Table Details
- RW-09: Speed Table Pavement Markings and Signage
- Pierce County – Referenced Standard Drawings (latest edition)
- Pierce County Section A
- PC. A7.1: Utility Patch (sheet 1 of 2)
PC. A7.2: Utility Patch (sheet 2 of 2 notes)
- PC. A7.1: Utility Patch (sheet 1 of 2)
Stormwater Controls
- City of Lakewood – Stormwater Controls Standard Plans
- Section SW
- SW-01: Curb Inlet Frame and Cover
- SW-02: Flow Restrictor and Oil Pollution Control Device
- SW-03: Infiltration Trench Detail
- SW-04: Individual Roof Downspout System
- SW-05: Construction Entrance Rock Pad
- SW-06: Geotextile Encased Check Dam Installation
- SW-07: Trash Rack Detail
- Section B & I
- B-5.20-02: Catch Basin Type 1
- B-5.60-02: Catch Basin Type 1P
- B-10.20-02: Catch Basin Type 2
- B-25.60-02: Concrete Inlet
- B-30.10-03: Rectangular Frame (Reversible)
- B-30.20-04: Rectangular Solid Metal Cover
- B-30.30-03: Rectangular Vaned Grate
- B-30.40-03: Rectangular Bi-Directional Vaned Grate
- I-30.15-02: Silt Fence
- I-30.20-00: Erosion Control at Culvert Ends
- I-30.30-02: Wattle Installation on a slope
- I-40.20-00: Storm Drain Inlet Protection
- I-50.20-011: Check Dams on Channels
- I-60.10-01 : Erosion Control Blanket Placement on a slope
- Pierce County – Referenced Standard Drawings (latest edition)
- Pierce County Section M
- PC. M2.3: Straw Mulch
- WSDOT – Referenced Standard Plans (latest edition)
Miscellaneous
- City of Lakewood – Miscellaneous Standard Plans (PDF)
- Section MI
- MI-01: Survey Monument Type 1 and Type 2
- MI-02: Monument Case and Cover
- MI-03: Valve Casing Adjustment and Restoration
- Section H & L
- H-60.10-01: Bollard Type 1
- H-60.20-01: Bollard Type 2
- H-70.10-01: Single Mailbox Support Type 1
- H-70.20-01: Multiple Mailbox Support Type 2
- L-20.10-03: Chain Link Fence Types 3 and 4 (2 sheets)
- L-30.10-02: Chain Link Gate (2 sheets)
- Detail
- 1002: Concrete Manhole Collar
- Pierce County Sanitary Sewer Standard Details (latest edition)
- WSDOT – Referenced Standard Plans (latest edition)
Permit Statistics
Washington State Law RCW 36.70B. 080(2) requires the city to publish annually performance reports. The state Department of Commerce has issued guidance on report compilation and format.