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.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What We Do (PED Dept)
- Long Range Planning in WA State
- Top 10 Tips for Land Use Permitting Success
- Overall Development Review Process
- Poulsbo Fun Facts
- New Business Welcome Packet
- Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Accessory Structures
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- Annexations
- Archaeological Finds
- Binding Site Plan
- Boundary Line Adjustment
- Building Height Measurements
- Business Licenses in Poulsbo
- Critical Areas
- Comprehensive Plan Amendment (also check out the webpage here)
- Day Care Center or Home Day Care
- Design Review
- Development Notice Sign Requirements
- Electric Vehicle Charging
- Fences
- Home Occupation
- Impact Fees
- Infill Residential Developments
- Landscaping
- Land Division
- Land Subdivision/Plat Process
- Lighting Plans
- Low Impact Development (LID) Information
- Mechanical Equipment Screening (Roof-Mounted)
- Mobile Vendors (Food Carts and Trucks)
- Neighborhood Meeting Packet
- Off-Street Parking and Loading
- Planned Residential Development (PRD)
- Preliminary Application Conferences
- Sandwich Board Signs
- SEPA
- Signs (Permanent)
- Signs (Temporary)
- Single Family Setbacks
- Shoreline Letter of Exemption
- Shoreline Regulations
- Site Plan Review
- Tree Cutting and Clearing
- Type I Land Use Application Process Flow Chart
- Type II Land Use Application Process Flow Chart
- Type III Land Use Application Process Flow Chart (City Council)
- Type III Land Use Application Process Flow Chart (Hearing Examiner)
- Type V Land Use Application Process Flow Chart (Concomitant Agreement Release)
- Unit Lot Subdivision (Updated January 2025)
- Zoning Classifications
- Residential Low (RL)
- Residential Medium (RM) and Residential High (RH)
- Commercial (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4)
- Business and Employment (OCI, BP, LI)
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).
List of Applications and Date Last Updated
- 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)
- Height Survey and Average Building Height Calculations
- 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:
- Short Plat Application
- Preliminary Subdivision (Plat) Application
- Unit Lot Subdivision
- Plat Modification (Short Plat or Preliminary Plat)
- Plat Alteration/Vacation
- Final (Long) Plat Application Packet (note: this is an Engineering Department application)
- Final (Short) Plat Application Packet (note: this is an Engineering Department application)
- Temporary Use
- Tree Cutting and Clearing and Class IV Forest Practices Permit
- Tree Cutting and Clearing Close Out Application and Checklist (new March 2025)
- Condition of Approval Response Matrix PDF and WORD (new March 2025)
- Tree Cutting and Clearing Request for Exemption
- Variance Request
- Zoning Verification Request
- Planning Fee Schedule (updated February 2025, Ordinance 2025-01)
- Engineering Fee Schedule (updated February 2025, Ordinance 2025-02)
- Building Fee Schedule (updated February 2025)
- 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 – April 2025
Previous Issues:
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- 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
- Development Notice Sign Requirements
- 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 (note: this is an Engineering Department application)
- Final (Short) Plat Application Packet (note: this is an Engineering Department application)
- 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
- Unit Lot Subdivision
- SEPA (Environmental Review) Handout
- Public Noticing
- Other
- Measuring Building Height
- Tree Cutting and Clearing Handout
- Tree Cutting and Clearing and Class IV Forest Practices Permit
- 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
- Development Notice Sign Requirements
- 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