Tip Sheets are arranged alphabetically but can also be searched by key words
- ACA Assistance Documents
- Accessible Parking
- Accessory Dwelling Units
- Adult Family Homes
- AMMR Records
- Artificial Turf
- Bicycle Parking
- Boundary Line Adjustment
- Brewery Zoning
- Building and Site Design for Crime Prevention
- Business Licenses
- City of Tacoma Manual Updates 2016
- Code Violations
- Commercial Building Code Coaching
- Commercial Fire Permits (FIREC)
- Commercial Site Development
- Completeness Review
- Conditional Use Permits
- Converting a Basement to Living Space
- Converting an Attic to Living Space
- Craft Production
- Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) as a Design Tool
- Critical Areas Allowed Activities
- Cultural Resources Review
- Curbside Cafe / Market
- Daycare Centers
- Deferred Submittals
- Demolition Permits
- Density and Height Bonuses
- Design Standards and Variances
- Distilleries
- Drawings: Site Plans, Floor Plans and Elevations
- Electric Vehicle Charging
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station Pilot Program
- Electronic File Standards
- Expedited Building Permit Review
- Fences
- Field Revisions
- Fixing Your Side Sewer
- Getting an ePermit
- Getting Information from CivicData
- Getting Started Guide
- Goats and Chickens
- Grease Interceptor Sizing and Installation Guidelines
- Healthy Soils After Construction
- Home Occupations
- How to Pay Online
- How to Submit Plan Revisions
- Infill Pilot Program
- Inspection- Scheduling Online
- Interior Washing Operations
- Live/Work and Work/Live Uses
- Lot Segregations and Combinations
- Low Impact Development Surface Water Rate Reduction
- Manufactured and Modular Structures
- Marijuana Businesses
- Multi-Family Property Tax Exemption Incentive (MFTE)
- New Residential Combination Permits
- Nonconforming Parcels, Uses, & Structures
- Over the Counter (OTC) Requests
- Parking Lot Changes
- Parking Quantity Reductions
- Parking Standards and Variances
- Payment In Lieu of Construction Program - Flett Creek
- Payment In-Lieu of Construction Program - Thea Foss Watershed
- Permit and Inspection Status
- Permit Extension Policy
- Permit Overview
- Photo Inspection Guidance
- Plats (10 or more lots)
- Pre-Application Requests
- Pre-Construction Meetings
- Project Signage and Public Notice
- Rainwater Catchment
- Reasonable Accommodation
- Residential Alteration Permits
- Residential Buildings Located Across Property Lines
- Residential Garages and Sheds
- Residential Height Allowances
- Residential Porches and Decks
- Residential Setbacks and Development Standards
- Residential Small-Lot Single-Family Zoning Regulations
- Resolve a Permit Disagreement
- Restaurants and Food Service
- Right-of-Way & Performance Bonds
- Right-of-Way Permits
- Risk Category
- Safe Start Business Occupancy Guidance 4-week Restrictions
- Searching for Permit Records
- Searching for UST/AST Records
- SEPA- State Environmental Policy Act
- Shoreline Permitting and Exemptions
- Short Plats (9 lots or less)
- Short Term Rentals
- Side Sewer As-Built Plan Requirements
- Side Sewer Private Inspections
- Side Sewers 101
- Side Sewers: Before You Buy or Sell Property
- Sidewalk Cafes
- Sidewalk Cafes- Temporary
- Sign Permits
- Site Rezones
- Special Event Permit
- Special Inspections
- Special Needs Housing
- Stormwater Management Questions – Who to Contact
- Street Trees
- Survey Policy
- Tacoma Public Utility Standard Comments
- Tenant Improvements
- Trusses
- Types of Permits
- Universal Design
- Variances to Setback, Lot Size, and Density Standards
- Vegetated Roofs
- Virtual Counter Meetings
- Virtual Meetings
- Washing Discharge Options
- Water Line Installation
- Wireless Facilities
- Woodstoves and Fireplaces
- Work Order Permits
- Zoning Verification Applications
