What cities check, how to answer corrections, and how small firms get drafting off their plate. Written by architects, from real permit sets.
What SDCI checks on a Seattle permit set, the corrections its reviewers issue most, and how to answer a correction cycle: drafted in your own Revit, clouded and lettered. Free set review.
Bellevue, WABellevue permit sets, height and all.What the City of Bellevue checks on a single-family permit set: the Land Use Code height limit, average existing grade points and the addressing site plan. Drafted in your own Revit. Free set review.
Everett, WAEverett permit sets, through intake the first time.What the City of Everett checks at intake and in review on a house, ADU or DADU permit set, what its reviewers ask for, and how to resubmit. Drafted in your own Revit. Free set review.
What Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Chicago, Houston, Austin and other cities publish about plan review rounds, incomplete submittals and AI pre-checks, and how a small firm gets a set through in fewer rounds.
Guide · Average gradeAverage grade, calculated the way reviewers check it.A step-by-step guide to average grade for building height: the enclosing rectangle, midpoint elevations, the weighted table, and how Seattle and Bellevue measure it. With the table reviewers expect to see.
Guide · Permit set checklistThe residential permit set checklist.What a house, addition, ADU or DADU permit set in Washington needs before it goes in: site plan, height, elevations, code and energy sheets, and the details reviewers check every time.
Guide · ResubmittalsCloud it, letter it, resubmit once.How to answer a correction letter and resubmit: what to cloud, how to name the revision, one response letter per discipline, and the mistakes that cause another round.
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