Forms and fees

Building

Apply online

Apply online, learn more about CC LMS

All building permits are now available for application in Clark County’s Land Management System, CC LMS. You can now register, apply for, and track a building permit online via the public portal from the comfort of your office or home! 

Key points to remember:

  • Anyone with an online account can apply for a permit
  • Complete this simple registration to create an account
  • Refer to the Tidemark to LMS Crosswalk to determine the new permit type
  • View or download a How-To Guide
  • Quick Permits:  Apply and pay online, print from your browser
    * A standard convenience fee will apply to online payments

Apply in person

Building permits: Online applications for building permits are preferred. Before visiting the Permit Center, please register for your online account and fill in as much information about your permit as possible. Check out our CC LMS page for Login, Training, and FAQs.

Only one application may be submitted at a time. 

Customers are encouraged to make appointments with staff to ensure faster service. Make an appointment by phone 564.397.4807 or email permitservicesappt@clark.wa.gov.

Check current wait times prior to your visit. Wait times are longer between 11 am and 1 pm.

Check acceptance

Beginning January 1, 2018, the Permit Center will no longer accept checks in excess of the amount due at submittal. Additionally, the Permit Center has a no-refund policy for amounts less than $200 that will be followed more rigorously. 

With the recent release of all building and fire permits online, Clark County has noticed an uptick in customers coming to the Permit Center with checks written for the wrong amounts. There are three reasons for errors:

  • Using the Fee Estimate report as the basis for determining fees
  • Entering incorrect information during the application process
  • Writing checks for the entire fees due when only application fees are due at submittal

This presents significant challenges for staff, presents customers with an extended refund wait time (six weeks minimum), and is very expensive for the county to process.

We encourage customers to pay online at time of submittal or complete their check once the application has been processed.

LEAN Processing

Find out if your New Home Construction permit is eligible for faster LEAN processing.

 

All forms are PDF files unless noted otherwise.

Commercial Construction Revised date
Agricultural Buildings 08/29/18
Alternate Materials, Design, and Methods of Construction 09/17/18
Commercial Building Permit Application
- Permit Extension		 08/13/10
05/25/11
Code Summary Requirements and Worksheet for New Construction 05/12/17
Commercial Permit Categories
- Business Name Change Only Affidavit		 07/19/18
03/29/13
Commercial Submittal Checklist
- Deferred Submittals		 08/08/18
05/26/17
Demolition 06/20/18

Energy Code requirements - these forms are available through the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council
- Commercial Building Envelope
- Commercial Lighting
- Commercial Mechanical

  
Fabricator Approval 10/01/08
Re-roofing  07/16/18
Re-siding  07/16/18
Signs 10/03/16
Special Inspections and Testing 08/17/17
Structural design criteria - commercial 12/06/17
Swimming Pool Requirements
- Swimming Pool and Spa Barrier Requirements		 02/22/18
12/15/17
Tenant improvements
- Information
- Checklist
See also Commercial Permit Categories		 06/01/11
06/01/11
Window Replacement  07/16/18
Heating, Cooling and Plumbing Revised date
HVAC System Guidelines 10/04/17
Mechanical Permit- heating and cooling  04/24/17
Plumbing Permit  10/03/16
Trade Permits Revised date
Mechanical (LTD) 09/20/16
Roofing, Siding, and Window Replacement (RSW) 07/16/18
Manufactured and Mobile Homes Revised date
Frequently Asked Questions 02/21/13
Manufactured Home Storage 02/16/12
Mobile Home Submittal Packet 11/07/17

Mobile Home Hardship Submittal Packet
- Affidavit (print on legal size)
- Renewal

11/07/17
10/10/16
03/22/12
Mobile Home Park Submittal Packet 11/07/17
Removal of Temporary Dwelling Affidavit 10/10/16
Road Approach 02/16/12
Sewer Waiver 03/02/16
Title Elimination 05/18/15
Typical Inspections 03/18/15
Residential Construction Revised date
Adult Family Home 08/08/17
Agricultural Buildings 08/29/18
Alternate Materials, Design, and Methods of Construction 09/17/18

Application and Submittal Checklists
- Permit Extension
- Permit Information
- Permit Submittal Stacking Order

Find out if your New Home Construction permit is eligible for faster LEAN processing.

Master Plan Program for production builders

 11/02/17
05/25/11
07/01/13
06/06/18
Construction Guide 09/28/17
Demolition 06/20/18

Energy Code requirements -
- WSEC Plan Sheet PDF / XLSX - Please fill out and print, 11 x 17

These required forms are available through the WSU Energy Program
- Prescriptive Worksheet - All Climate Zones
- Table 406.2 Energy Credits
- Glazing Schedule
- Heat System Sizing Worksheet
- Total UA Alternative Worksheet
- Alterations (Remodel) Worksheet

08/01/18

 

 

Energy efficiency - these forms and publications are available through the WSU Energy Program
- Air Leakage Testing
- Duct and Blower Door Test
- Duct Leakage Affidavit for Existing Construction
- Duct Leakage Affidavit for New Construction
- Duct Sealing Benefits
- Duct Testing Standards
- Getting to know your ventilation system

Whole house ventilation
- For houses built after 1990
- For houses built after 2010

  
Garden Sheds 05/06/15
Gazebos 05/06/15
Impact Fees
- Impact Fees for single-family residential construction
- Deferred impact fees 
- Deferred impact fee agreement and covenant 

05/01/18
01/26/17
Manufactured Home Storage 02/16/12
Plan Review General Requirements 09/29/17
Play Structures 09/27/11
Re-roofing 07/16/18
Re-siding 07/16/18
Road Approach 02/16/12
Roof-mounted residential solar photovoltaic systems 09/13/17
Sewer Waiver 03/02/16
Soil Investigations and Geotechnical Reports - general code requirements 06/07/18
Structural Design Information 09/28/17
Swimming Pool Requirements
- Swimming Pool and Spa Barrier Requirements		 02/22/18
12/15/17
Typical Inspections 02/26/14
Wildland Urban Interface/Intermix Area (WUII) 05/17/17
Window Replacement 07/16/18
Woodstove 08/29/18
Stormwater and Erosion Control Revised date
Information regarding permits affected by injunction on stormwater compliance  
Residential Stormwater Plan
- Addendums to the Clark County Stormwater Manual		 12/12/16
 

Erosion Control Plan
- Erosion Control Log

 01/12/16
01/13/16
Soil Amendment Plan 12/12/16
Soil Textural Triangle 11/04/16

BMP T5.10A - Downspout Full Infiltration - Drywells​
- Procedure statement #7

 03/04/16
 
BMP T5.10B - Downspout Full Infiltration - Infiltration Trenches 03/04/16
BMP T5.10C - Downspout Dispersion 03/04/16
BMP T5.10D - Perforated Stub-out Connections 03/04/16
BMP T5.11 - Concentrated Flow Dispersion 03/04/16
BMP T5.12 - Sheet Flow Dispersion 03/04/16
BMP T5.13 - Post Construction Soil Quality and Depth 06/01/16
BMP T5.14A - Rain Gardens 07/16/18
BMP T5.15 - Permeable Pavement 03/04/16
BMP T5.30A - Full Dispersion 03/04/16
BMP T5.30B - Dispersion to Pasture or Cropland 03/04/16
BMP C101 - Preserving Natural Vegetation 03/30/12
BMP C102 - Buffer Zones 03/30/12
BMP C103 - High Visibility Plastic or Metal Fence 03/30/12
BMP C105 - Stabilized Construction Entrance 06/21/18
BMP C120 - Temporary and Permanent Seeding 03/30/12
BMP C121 - Mulching 03/30/12
BMP C122 - Nets and Blankets 03/30/12
BMP C123 - Plastic Covering 03/30/12
BMP C207 - Check Dams 03/30/12
BMP C220 - Storm Drain Inlet Protection 03/30/12
BMP C233 - Silt Fence 03/30/12
BMP C234 - Vegetated Strip 03/30/12
BMP C235 - Straw Wattles for Erosion Control 03/30/12

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