Thurston County, WA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

080 splits every building permit application into two tracks. A Type I review process involves an application that is subject to clear, objective and nondiscretionary standards, or standards that require the exercise of professional judgment about technical issues, and is exempt from State Environmental Policy Act review, so it moves as a ministerial decision. A Type II review process instead involves objective and subjective standards requiring the exercise of limited discretion about nontechnical issues with limited public interest, and is processed as an administrative decision.

020(2) TCC, and if a project also needs a zoning, subdivision, or critical areas permit, the applicant can consolidate all of them under the review process of the highest-numbered permit type, with the resource stewardship department assigning a permit coordinator once two or more applications are running concurrently. 8, Re-inspections. A re-inspection fee applies whenever the portion of work called for inspection isn't complete, or corrections ordered at an earlier inspection haven't been made; the code is explicit that this is not meant to punish a first failed inspection, but to control the practice of calling for inspection before the job is actually ready.

The same section authorizes a re-inspection fee if the inspection record card isn't posted or available on site, the approved plans aren't available to the inspector, the applicant fails to provide site access on the requested date, or the work deviates from approved plans, and no further inspection proceeds until any assessed fee is paid.