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City of Bellevue, WA Development Services
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    Plan Submittal Resources

    • Addressing Site Plan
    • Administrative Departures
    • Architectural Plan
    • Assessors Map
    • Basic Site Plan
    • Boundary and Topographic Survey
    • Building Design Documents
    • Building Elevations
    • Building Floor Plan
    • Clearing and Grading CSWPPP Requirements
    • Comprehensive Plan Policy
    • Deferred Submittal Guidelines
    • Design Guidelines
    • Easements Plan
    • Egress Lighting Requirements and Inspection
    • Fire Response Plan
    • Generator Permit Requirements
    • Landscape Plan
    • Lot Layout Plan
    • Mitigation Plan
    • Onsite Exterior Lighting Plan
    • Plat Map
    • Pool and Spa Plan
    • Preapplication Conference for Preliminary Plats and Planned Unit Developments
    • Preliminary Civil Plans
    • Preliminary Storm Drainage Report
    • Preliminary Traffic Plans
    • Project Proposal
    • Requirements for Recorded Documents
    • Residential Site Plan
    • Road Plan
    • Shoring Plan
    • Sign Permits - Building Review
    • Sign Permits - Plans and Drawings
    • Site Coordination Plan
    • Site and Infrastructure Design Documents
    • State Construction Stormwater General Permit
    • Storm Drainage Report
    • Stormwater Site Plan
    • Street Lighting Plan
    • Structural Plan Requirements
    • Variance Criteria Letter

    Design Guidelines 

    Applications for Design Review and Master Development Plan shall include responses to all design guidelines for the design district that your proposal is located in. All design guidelines shall be responded to, including each subcomponent of a guideline. This is to ensure that proposals meet the intent of each design guideline and subcomponents of those guidelines.   

    As part of the application submission, applicants will need to list out the applicable (per the land use district) design guidelines on a plan sheet and provide responses to each one. This should not be in a separate pdf format, uploaded to the permit. The following areas of Bellevue are considered design districts and/or have design guidelines or standards, which can be found here:  Ch. 20.25 Special and Overlay Districts | Bellevue Land Use Code 

    Subject to Design Review Standards: 

    • Downtown 
    • Bel-Red 
    • Bel Red 
    • Community Retail Design District 
    • Medical Institution District 
    • Transition Area Design District  
    • Camp and Conference Center Land Use District 
    • Eastgate TOD Land Use District 
    • East Main TOD Land Use District 
    • Subject to Site Specific Design Guidelines – Design Review not required 
    • OLB Land Use Districts 
    • OLB-2 Land Use Districts  
    • OLB-OS Land Use District 

    Reasonable Accommodation

    For alternate formats, interpreters, or reasonable modification requests please phone at least 48 hours in advance 425-452-6800 (voice) or email servicefirst@bellevuewa.gov. For complaints regarding modifications, contact the City of Bellevue ADA, Title VI, and Equal Opportunity Officer at ADATitleVI@bellevuewa.gov.

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