Service areas
Four counties in person. Code research anywhere.
Permitting is local. What a jurisdiction requires, how its reviewers read code, and how long its queue runs all vary — which is why these pages carry specifics rather than the same paragraph with the county name swapped.
Snohomish County
CLD's home county, and the jurisdiction Carol has worked in longest. Snohomish County covers rural acreage, incorporated cities with their own permit counters, and a lot of parcels where the wetland map and the wetland disagree.
Local detail →King County
King County is really dozens of permitting jurisdictions in a trench coat. Knowing which one you're in — and how that office works — is most of the battle.
Local detail →Skagit County
Skagit brings a constraint set most of Puget Sound doesn't: working agricultural land, a large river delta, and floodplain regulation that shapes what gets built where.
Local detail →Island County
Island County is Whidbey and Camano, and almost every parcel is close enough to saltwater that shoreline regulation, bluff stability, or both are part of the conversation.
Local detail →Tell Carol about the project
The first conversation is a straight read on whether the project is workable and what it would take to move it. No charge for that call.