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Public Health Permit Center: Coming September 2025
Public Health’s Environmental Health Services Division is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new permitting system: the Public Health Permit Center.
Short URL: kingcounty.gov/PublicHealthPermits
The Permit Center is designed to better serve our customers by streamlining the permitting process and making it easier to get information about your application.
Permit Center services will include:
- Food business permitting and plan review
- Water recreation facility permitting and plan review
- Pet business permitting and plan review
- Solid waste facilities and solid/medical waste vehicle permits
- Plumbing and gas piping permitting and plan review
- On-site sewage system applications
- School plan review
- Complaints and inquiries for unsafe food handling, rodents, septic systems and other environmental conditions
- And more!
The launch of the Public Health Permit Center is still months away, but we are providing early notice to our customers to ensure a seamless transition. We will update this webpage with resources, guidance, and timing information.
Thank you for your patience as we navigate this new system!
Frequently Asked Questions
The Permit Center will be the new online services portal for permits and plan review applications for food businesses, water recreation facilities, pet businesses, solid and medical waste facilities, plumbing and gas piping, on-site sewage systems, and schools. You will also be able to use the portal to submit complaints or inquiries to our staff about unsafe food handling, rodents, or other environmental conditions.
The Permit Center will replace the current Environmental Health online services portal.
We are transitioning because the Permit Center will provide an improved customer experience with more online features than our current, outdated software. Our current system is also no longer supported by the vendor.
Business owners and community members will use the Permit Center for new permits, permit renewals, and plan reviews for:
- Food businesses
- Water recreation facilities
- Pet businesses
- Solid waste facilities and solid and biomedical waste transporters
- Plumbing and gas piping
- On-site sewage systems
- Schools
Community members can also use the Permit Center to submit complaints or inquiries about rodents and other environmental conditions.
The Permit Center will launch this September (2025). We will provide updated information about the timing and what to expect on this webpage.
Until the new system launches, customers should continue to use the Environmental Health online services portal.