Driveway (Access) Permits and Culvert Enclosure Permits

Driveway (Access) Permits and Culvert Enclosure Permits are for work within the public right-of-way only.  This permit type does not provide approval for construction on private property.

• Yes... If your property fronts on a county right-of-way and you wish to create a driveway that will connect to the public road, you must obtain a county access permit.
• Yes... If you have an existing, non-permitted driveway and no structures on your property, and are coming to the department for development permit(s), you will be required to obtain a permit to bring your driveway access up to current standards.
• Yes... If you, or a commercial logger, are performing a logging activity and the logging truck(s) will access onto a county road.
• Yes... If you will be accessing from a private road that does not exist, a right-of-way use construction permit will be required to construct the private road intersection to the county road.
  
  Contact (425) 388-3385 for an Access/Culvert Enclosure Permit Application. The permit fee is $82.40.
  
  
• No... If you access your property from an existing private road. 

General Information

County Road Access Application

Many of the documents are in pdf format. To read these files you'll need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.