2013 Water System Plan, Volume II - Seattle City Clerk's Office - City ...

Chapter 18 Plan Review
18.4.3 Master Use Permit Plan Review
SPU reviews preliminary MUP applications and communicates requirements using the
Preliminary Assessment Tool (PAT). DPD takes input from SPU and other City departments and
uses it to condition MUP decisions so that the applicant has information and approval to
develop project plans for the building permit phase. Currently, SPU PMED receives MUP plans
for water infrastructure reviews more often than for drainage or wastewater infrastructure.
SPU PMED engineers return any comments directly to DPD. The SPU Solid Waste Division does
not generally have any input to a MUP plan.
If the DPD reviewer observes issues or has questions on the following, they should coordinate
with the SPU Plan Reviewer:
System capacity
Impacts to sensitive areas and public infrastructure
Compliance with comprehensive plans and land use or drainage/sewer codes
Resolution of unusual conditions, nonstandard designs, or exception requests
Generally, DPD staff split their project review workload into North of Denny review staff and
South of Denny review staff. These DPD reviewers consult on triggered issues with the two SPU
PMED review staff contacts, who are the north or south regions.
18.4.4 Preliminary Assessment Review
For this review, SPU plan reviewers focus on water, drainage and wastewater infrastructure.
Applying for a Preliminary Assessment automatically triggers a Water Availability Certificate
(WAC) review. SPU plan reviewers are assigned reviews on a weekly rotational basis. The SPU
plan reviewer is responsible for projects forwarded from SDOT from 10 AM the previous day to
10 AM the designated day. A maximum of four projects is assigned per day.
18.4.4.1 Preliminary Assessment Review Process
SPU plan reviewers follow these steps to review Preliminary Assessments:
1. Access preliminary application information through Hansen Web Tools.
2. Select “Complete” button to route the project to DPD Administration who sends the
Report to the applicant.
3. Use Route Back options as necessary. Occasionally, it may be best to contact the
reviewer outside of the PAT via email or telephone. If a DPD build-over or main
extension requirement is waived, then a comment is written in the internal comment
field and the project must be routed back to the DPD Site Team.
4. DPD, SDOT and SPU meet biweekly to evaluate appeals of requirements that have been
identified during the Preliminary Assessment.
Review City resources for each pertinent item on the Preliminary Assessment Resource List.
SPU Design Standards and Guidelines 18-9