City of Sultan Community Development
The Community Development Department coordinates all planning and land use activities, environmental, engineering plan review and building permit activities within the City. The department implements the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan ( 2008 Revisions to the 2004 Comprehensive Plan) and associated Development regulations, International Building Code and Engineering Design Standards and regulations. (Sultan Municipal Code Chapters 16,17, and 21)
The mission of the Department is to:
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Enhance the quality of life of Sultan’s residents and visitors by promoting and managing quality land use developments and construction projects;
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Actively seek out opportunities to assist existing businesses to grow, prosper, and provide ever better services and products to their customers;
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Actively promote Sultan as a location for quality new businesses to locate, become profitable, and provide services to the community.
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2011 Comprehensive Plan Update
Planning Division:
The Planning Division develops, manages, and implements land use systems of the City. The Comprehensive Plan contains the policies that the community has developed to guide its future growth and development.
Sultan adopted the last Comprehensive Plan update in 2004. In 2008, the City adopted revisions to the 2004 plan to be consistent with the Growth Management Act.
Even though the City adopted revisions to its plan in 2008, the City is still required under the Growth Management Act to update the 2004 Plan by December 1st, 2011. 2011 Comprehensive Plan
The Planning Division also administers the Zoning Code and several other codes that are used daily by developers and the public as they do development in the community. (Sultan Municipal Code Chapters 16,17, and 21)
In close coordination with the Grants and Economic Development Department, the Planning Division has a high priority program of active promotion of quality residential, commercial, and industrial development opportunities and developer assistance.
Building Division
The Building Division is located on the second floor of City Hall at 319 Main Street, Suite 200. Building services are available from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. We ask that you arrive before 3:00 pm in order to process your application or permit by 4:00 pm. Contact the building division at 360-793-2231 if you have any questions concerning building permits or building construction issues.
The Building Division provides permitting, plan review and inspection services to ensure that buildings are safe for the citizens of Sultan.
The Building Division reviews, issues and inspects Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Sign and Demolition permits. Plan review and inspection services are provided by Snohomish County through an interlocal agreement. All plans and inspection requests must be submitted to the city for processing.
Flood regulations and the city’s community rating system program for flood insurance are implemented through the Building Division. Flood Information
For self-help you can track your permit on-line through the city’s permit approval process Online Permit Tracking
 2010 Fee Schedule (2.3MB)
Applications: Available in PDF or Word
Intake Checklists: Available in PDF or Word
Packets: Available in PDF or Word
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
Cities and counties in Washington State are required to plan for Growth under a 1994 law called the Growth Management Act. The State of Washington mandates the development of Comprehensive Plans through the Growth Management Act. The Act mandates the Comprehensive Plan include information and analysis on Land-Use, Transportation, Housing, the Natural Environment, Capital Facilities, Utilities, Economic Development and Parks.
The purpose of a Comprehensive Plan is to anticipate growth and to guide this growth in a manner that will provide a community with a balance of land uses and identified services to support those uses. The Comprehensive Plan looks into the future to the year 2025. City planners estimate how projected growth will affect various aspects of the built environment such as transportation, parks, water, sewer and storm water facilities.
The City uses the Comprehensive Plan as a yardstick for measuring its future activities and determines how the City will finance needed improvements to serve the anticipated 11,119 people who are expected to live in Sultan in the year 2025.
How can I help?
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Participate in a small work group from October 2009 until March 2010 to update the comprehensive plan goals and policies. public participation schedule
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Sign-up for public notices on the City’s website to receive regular updates on city events, activities and public comment opportunities. Please see the directions at the bottom of the page for joining the public notices list-serv.
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Attend council meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.
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Send written comments or e-mails to the mayor, council or city staff. Contact information is available on the city’s web site here.
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Call 360-793-2231.
What changes does the city plan to make?
The city council has discussed a number of guiding principles to update the 2004 Comprehensive Plan.
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Keep the city’s effort focused on completing he mandatory requirements of the seven-year update including:
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Aligning the city’s comprehensive plan with the multi-county planning policies (MPP) developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council and the county-wide planning policies developed by Snohomish County.
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Incorporating new multi-county planning policies and county-wide planning policies (i.e. climate change) into the comprehensive plan.
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Reviewing the city’s infrastructure inventories and development regulations to ensure consistency with the growth management act.
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Consider amending the city’s current growth strategy which places an emphasis on waiting for retail development before supporting residential development
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Wait and place greater emphasis on zoning and proposed land use changes during the ten-year update in 2012-2015.
Public Participation
Public participation and involvement in the seven-year update has started.
September 16, 2009 Industrial Park Master Plan Stakeholders
September30, 2009 Comprehensive Plan Update kick-off meeting
October 27, 2009 Comprehensive Plan Small Group Meeting
November 19, 2009 Comprehensive Plan Small Group Meeting
December 8, 2009 Comprehensive Plan Small Group Meeting - Housing
January 12, 2010—Economic Development
Jan 19, 2010— Joint City Council/Planning Board meeting (7:00PM)
February 9, 2010 Shoreline & Critical Areas
Feb 23, 2010—Public Open House on proposed changes (4:30pm)
March 9, 2010—Parks and Open Space
March 23, 2010—Utilities including water, sewer and stormwater
April 13, 2010—Capital Facilities including roads, parks, water, etc.
April 27, 2010— Public Open House on proposed changes (4:30pm)
April 27, 2010—Joint City Council/Planning Board meeting (7:00pm)
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