811 Main St  •  PO Box 1960  •  Buckley WA 98321-1960

Hours : Monday - Friday  •  7:30am - 4:30pm

Building Official:  N. Dean Mundy

360.829.1921, ext. 206

ndmundy@cityofbuckley.com

Associate Planner:  Suraiya Rashid

360.829.1921, ext. 207

srashid@cityofbuckley.com

Planning Commission Minutes ~ Archives  


Pierce County: (external links)
             Assessor Parcel Search
             Planning and Land Services Permitting questions for addresses outside Buckley city limits (City limits are depicted on the map immediately below. If your address is not within city limits, we do not have jurisdiction.).
             Pierce County wetland specialist list (ensure you require they have experience in Buckley before contracting).
             Census Data

Click picture to enlarge for an aerial view of Buckley in June 2002; the resolution is 1 foot per pixel (5 mb .jpg)

Buckley Municipal Code  


     Retired Zoning Codes (retired in 2005) (73kb .pdf)         

Requesting a variance to the code? The Board of Adjustments (new page) meets once a month and has public notice requirements - applications must be filled out by a certain date to ensure a hearing by the next scheduled date.
     Click here for a Board meeting schedule through July 2006 (483 kb .pdf).
     Click here for a checklist for what you will need to include with a variance application
           (54 kb .pdf). The more information you can provide to make your case, the better.

Buckley Development Guidelines  (old version not available - updated version coming in April 2008)

Buckley Comprehensive Plan Documents:

Current Plan:

This entire document is available, after December 31, 2005, at City Hall or the Building & Planning Department on CD-ROM for $2.50, or viewable on site as bound copy at City Hall, the Building & Planning Department, or via reference-rules checkout at the Buckley Library after December 31, 2005.

Part A: Intro, Chapters 1-5 (Land Use, Housing, Economic Development, Design, Transportation
                Elements)  (4.89 mb .pdf)
Part B: Chapters 6-8 (Parks, Capital Facilities, Utilities Elements)
                (3.24 mb .pdf)
Part C: Current Conditions Maps (Zoning, Water/Sewer etc.)
                (10.2 mb .pdf)  Zoning Map is also elsewhere on this page.
Part D: Future Improvements Maps (Zoning, Water/Sewer etc. current)
                (9.3 mb .pdf)  
Part E: Future Headworks Improvement Map
                (24.3 mb .pdf)  [not a typo]

Also see:

Permitted Uses
Draft Residential Design Guidelines (868 mb .pdf)
Draft Commercial Design Guidelines (work in progress! 331 kb .pdf)
     Legacy Guidelines for Redevelopment (1.1 mb .pdf - scanned, not searchable)
               This document is still used by the Architectural Review Board to approve
               designs in the HC, CC, and GC zones.

Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development guidance paper on urban
     densities (341 kb .pdf). This paper explains to policy-makers why the 4 units/acre figure is used.

Other Comprehensive Plan Maps:

     Downloadable maps:

     Zoning Map (8.5 x 14,  630 kb .pdf)   
     Zoning Map (11 x 17    917 kb .pdf)   
     Zoning Map (36 x 42 for better resolution 535 kb .pdf)
        Zoning Changes Executive Summary (111 kb .pdf)
  

Other Maps of Buckley and Environs

City map with building placement (11 x 17 2.26 mb .pdf)

Other Documents:

Click to access the following forms:

    Impact Fee Schedule

    Permit and Other Fees Schedule

    Residential Building Application

    Commercial Building Application

    Residential Mechanical Application

      For information on when a permit is or is not required please click here:
            Exemption from Building Permits

      City of Buckley SEPA Checklist

       BOND Forms

            Maintenance Bond Form

            Performance Bond Form