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Property & Building Use
You may need to record a change in the use of your property or building if its use is different than in the past. See also: New Businesses ...
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Multifamily Property Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program ...
The City of Seattle first adopted the Multifamily Property Tax Exemption Program (MFTE) in 1998 and has reauthorized the program five times ...
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Finding Aids for Selected Collections
Links to finding aids for selected collections, organized by creating department. The finding aids are hosted on the ArchivesWest platform. ...
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Land Use / Master Use Permit - Plat
Platting is a process used to create or modify individual parcels of property. You need to submit a platting land use application for a lot ...
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What's Happening in Your Neighborhood
What's Happening in Your Neighborhood Research Activity  There are several ways you can research development activity in your ...
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Homelessness in City Records
A history of homelessness in Seattle as documented in City records. Homelessness in Seattle is a longstanding and complex problem, ...
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How Do You Get a Permit?
The permit process differs for each permit type, and may also vary depending on the complexity of your project. The permit process differs ...
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Director's Rule 5-060
This rule explains the application of Seattle's business license tax to intrastate, interstate and international sales of tangible personal ...
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New Businesses
A new business is a new restaurant, shop, or office in a commercial building, and it may require several different kinds of permits. See ...
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Side Sewer Permit
A side sewer is a pipe system that carries wastewater and/or drainage water from the plumbing and downspouts of your building to the public ...
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Understanding Your Drainage Fee
Understanding Your Drainage Fee About the Fee Where is my drainage fee? Your drainage fee does not appear on your Seattle Public ...
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Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) Program
Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) is a developer contribution. Developer contributions are either a payment or provision of a benefit in ...
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Director's Rule 5-033
For the purpose of determining tax liability of persons making sales of tangible personal property or providing services, a sale takes place ...
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Marijuana Code
We regulate where state-licensed “major marijuana activity” can operate within the city of Seattle (see Seattle code section 23.42.058). ...
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Commonly Requested Records
See a list of commonly requested record types. To provide transparency to everyone we serve, the City of Seattle is working to provide ...
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Research a Project
Research a Project Find Property Information & Permit History Researching the permit history of a property can be complicated - or fairly ...
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Nightlife Establishment Handbook
Nightlife Establishment Handbook Welcome, new and established Nightlife Business Owners!  The City of Seattle and the Office of Film + ...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to Historic Preservation questions. The staff of Seattle's Historic Preservation Program is pleased to work closely with ...
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Researching City of Seattle Parks and Playfields at the Seattle ...
Records related to City parks illustrate many topics in the City's history, including neighborhood development, attitudes towards use of ...
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Grading Season Extensions
Grading Season Extensions What Is It? You need a grading season extension to grade or disturb soil during the rainy season (November 1 to ...
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Century 21 World's Fair
Links to primary sources and lists of resources about the 1962 Century 21 World's Fair, a defining moment in Seattle's history. The ...
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Resources for Genealogical Research
Learn how to find your ancestors in city records held by the Seattle Municipal Archives. The Seattle Municipal Archives contains records ...
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Guide to SMA Resources for Council District 2
Historical materials in the archives related to Council District 2 in southeast Seattle Listed here is a small selection of records ...
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Ballot Initiatives
List of ballot initiatives in the City of Seattle and their outcomes. Direct legislation by initiative provides citizens with a mechanism to ...
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Researching Historic Land Use and Zoning
An outline of the development of Seattle's zoning and land use codes, along with tips for doing research on these topics. This research ...
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