Application Forms, Handouts, and Fees
The PED Department is now accepting all applications electronically. Please submit your application online here or email the materials to plan&econ@cityofpoulsbo.com.
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- Neighborhood Meeting Packet
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- Preliminary Application Conferences
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- SEPA
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- Single Family Setbacks
- Shoreline Letter of Exemption
- Shoreline Regulations
- Site Plan Review (updated March 2024)
- Site Posting by Applicant
- Tree Cutting and Clearing
- Type I Application Process Flow Chart
- Type II Application Process Flow Chart
- Type III Application Process Flow Chart (City Council)
- Type III Application Process Flow Chart (Hearing Examiner)
- Type V Application Process Flow Chart (Concomitant Agreement Release)
Please contact PED Department staff at 360.394.9748 prior to submitting an application to confirm that the proper application is being submitted and total fees due at time of submittal (and how they can be paid).
- Appeal of Land Use Decision (including SEPA)
- Annexation
- Binding Site Plan
- Boundary Line Adjustment
- Concomitant Agreement Release and Process Flow Chart
- Conditional Use Permit
- Critical Area Permit
- Critical Area Exemption
- Design Review
- Environmental Checklist (SEPA Checklist) pdf
- Environmental Checklist (SEPA Checklist) word doc
- Extension Request (for approved land use applications)
- Extension Request (90-Day Suspended Timeline)
- Home Occupation
- Master Plan Amendment
- Neighborhood Meeting Packet
- Planned Residential Development Packet
- Post Decision Modification (Site Plan Review, etc.)
- Pre-Application Conference (major or minor)
- Pre-Application Conference Waiver
- Pre-Application Conference – Request to Extend Summary Letter
- Reasonable Use Exception
- Request for Reconsideration (of Hearing Examiner Decision)
- Revision Submittal Form and Revision Matrix word doc
- Rezone
- Sandwich Board Registration
- Shoreline Letter of Exemption Request
- Shoreline Permit
- Site Plan Review – Minor
- Site Plan Review – Full
- Subdivisions/Plats:
- Temporary Use
- Tree Cutting and Clearing and Class IV Forest Practices Permit
- Tree Cutting and Clearing Request for Exemption
- Variance Request
- Zoning Verification Request
- Planning Fee Schedule (updated January 2023)
- Engineering Fee Schedule (Updated January 2023)
- Building Fee Schedule
- Existing Street Tree Maintenance, Removal, and Replacement Guidelines
- Street Tree List (created 2024)
- Beneficial Planting Under Trees (created 2024)
- Firewise Planting Guidelines (created 2024)
The Spotlight is a monthly update published by the City of Poulsbo Planning and Economic Development (PED) Department to highlight news and trends in planning and development.
Current Issue – June 2024
Previous Issues:
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
Handouts and applications for the most requested topic areas
- Preliminary Application Conference Handout
- Pre-Application Conference Application Form (major or minor)
- Pre-Application Conference Waiver Form
- Pre-Application Conference – Request to Extend Summary Letter
Please see the pre-application conference webpage here.
- Site Plan Review Handout
- SEPA (Environmental Review) Handout
- Other
- Design Review Handout
- Landscaping Handout
- Lighting Plans Handout
- Measuring Building Height
- Mechanical Equipment Screening Handout (Roof-Mounted)
- Off-Street Parking and Loading Handout
- Post Decision Modification Application (Site Plan Review, etc.)
- Extension Request (for approved land use applications)
- Extension Request (90-Day Suspended Timeline)
- Type II Application Process Flow Chart
- Application Forms/Packets
- Short Plat Application Packet
- Preliminary Subdivision (Plat) Application Packet
- Planned Residential Development (PRD)
- Plat Modification (Short Plat or Preliminary Plat)
- Plat Alteration/Vacation
- Final (Long) Plat Application Packet
- Final (Short) Plat Application Packet
- Binding Site Plan
- Boundary Line Adjustment
- Unit Lot Subdivision
- Handouts
- Binding Site Plan Handout
- Boundary Line Adjustment Handout
- Land Division Handout (Boundary Line Adjustment, Short Subdivision, Preliminary Subdivision, Unit Lot Subdivision, Final Plat)
- Planned Residential Development (PRD) Handout
- Land Subdivision/Plat Process Flow Chart
- SEPA (Environmental Review) Handout
- Public Noticing
- Other
- Measuring Building Height
- Tree Cutting and Clearing Handout
- Type II Application Process Flow Chart
- Type III Application Process Flow Chart (Hearing Examiner)
- Extension Request (for approved land use applications)
- Extension Request (90-Day Suspended Timeline)
- Request for Reconsideration (of Hearing Examiner Decision)
- Appeal of Land Use Decision (including SEPA)
- Critical Area Handout
- Shoreline Regulations Handout
- SEPA (Environmental Review) Handout
- Other
- Site Posting by Applicant
- Neighborhood Meeting Packet
- Extension Request (for approved land use applications)
- Extension Request (90-Day Suspended Timeline)
- Request for Reconsideration (of Hearing Examiner Decision)
- Appeal of Land Use Decision (including SEPA)
- Type I Application Process Flow Chart
- Type II Application Process Flow Chart
- Type III Application Process Flow Chart (City Council)
- Type III Application Process Flow Chart (Hearing Examiner)
Also see the Shorelines webpage here