Edmonds, WA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

050 makes projects qualifying for green building incentives under ECDC Title 16 eligible for expedited plan review administered by the planning and development department, but proof of certification must be produced before the city will issue a certificate of occupancy. If certification is not achieved, the applicant must post a two-year performance bond in the city's favor: the expedited permit review bond is set at 50 percent of the building permit fee, and a separate land use incentive bond is set at five percent of the project's valuation.

The bonds are released once certification is approved, but if certification is still not achieved within the two-year window, the full bond amount is surrendered to the city as a penalty rather than returned to the applicant. Proceeds are not treated the same way: the expedited permit review bond becomes permit fee revenue for the city, while the land use incentive bond is directed into the city's general fund. Because the program is opt-in, a developer who never applies for the green building incentive faces no such bonding obligation and simply proceeds through ordinary plan review timelines and fees under the rest of Title 19.