Provides basic government services for the city of Tukwila, including building permits, public works, boards and commissions, and community development.

Basic City Services offered at City of Tukwila

Provides basic services for city of Tukwila residents.

The offices of individuals who have been appointed or elected to a town, city, county or other local public office for a specified tenure and who are thereby in a position to exercise that portion of the sovereign functions of government that are conferred on that office. Forty-eight of the 50 states have operational county governments. Connecticut and Rhode Island are divided into geographic regions called counties, but they do not have functioning governments. Alaska calls its counties boroughs and Louisiana calls them parishes. Cities and towns may also have other designations including townships, boroughs and villages.

Local Officials Offices

Programs that register newly formed businesses according to the legal status under which they will operate (e.g., for-profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, franchises and sole proprietorships) as well as record and reserve their legal name; register business opportunities; and/or issue licenses or permits which provide written authorization for the operation of a business within a specific local jurisdiction.

Business Registration/Licensing

Programs that are responsible for establishing restrictions on the use of land by property owners as provided for in a community’s general plan using a variety of land use control tools including zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, development moratoriums, overlay zones/districts, planned unit development and transfer of development rights.

Land Use Regulation

Programs that issue permits which authorize new construction or major alterations or expansions of existing buildings that affect the structural integrity of the building or the public safety, or which are done to bring a structure into compliance with building codes or occupancy requirements in conjunction with an approved building plan.

Building Permits

Organizations whose members are usually residents of a particular community or neighborhood who work together to remedy deficiencies in existing neighborhood conditions or to enhance conditions that are currently satisfactory.