Frequently Asked Questions

For questions related to Land Use or Planning projects/submittals, please email landusesubmittals@marysvillewa.gov

For questions related to permitting, please email MSVLPermits@marysvillewa.gov

We are also available 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. via telephone at 360-363-8000.

Download the City zoning map to look up the designation for your property.

The only way to know for sure where your property lines are is through a survey. Surveys are performed by licensed professional surveyors. The City has GIS maps that give you an idea of the location of your property lines, but they should not be used to determine setbacks as they may not be completely accurate.

If a survey has already been conducted for your property or you are part of a subdivision, you can search on the Snohomish County Auditor's records.

A home occupation business is a business that operates out of a residential address within Marysville city limits.  Even if you do not sell a product from your home or do not have any customers visits, you are still considered a home occupation business.

Contacting customers by phone or conducting bookkeeping work from the home is also considered a home occupation business. (For example, contractors, subcontractors, plumbers or electricians who go to the job site to perform work, but whose office is at home.)

Learn more on our Occupation Business License page.

If you have questions about home occupations, please contact Carol Mulligan, Business License Specialist, at (360) 363-8202 or at CMulligan@marysvillewa.gov.

A secondary contact for more information would be (360) 363-8100 or MsvlPermits@marysvillewa.gov

In the City, we call these mother-in-law type structures, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU). To learn more about ADUs, please review the Accessory Dwelling Unit Standards guide.

All building permit applications must be submitted through the Online Permit Portal. To apply or learn more about the process, please use this link: PERMIT PORTAL.

Feel free to reach out to MSVLPermits@marysvillewa.gov should you have questions or need assistance.

Once the final subdivision has been submitted for review, building permit applications may be applied for to start construction of model homes. Each preliminary subdivision may permit up to (9) model homes. To apply for model homes, compliance with the following is required:

•  A hard-surfaced roadway to and abutting all model homes shall be constructed to standards determined by the city engineer or designee
• Operational fire hydrant(s) must be available in accordance with the International Fire Code
• Submittal of a site plan, stamped by a registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor, delineating the location of each structure relative to existing and proposed utilities, lot lines, easements, roadways, topography and critical areas  
• Approval of water, sewer and storm sewer extension plans to serve the proposed structures 
• Execution of an agreement with the city saving and holding it harmless from any damages, direct or indirect, as a result of the approval of the construction of model homes on the site 

If the above items have been demonstrated, residential building permits for each model home may be submitted.

NOTE: No model home may be granted Certificate of Occupancy until the final subdivision has been approved by the City and recorded with the Snohomish County Auditor.

For a list of all work exempt from requiring a building permit, please review the exempted work handout.

Once the project has completed the 1^st round of technical civil construction plan review, building permits may be applied for. The reasoning for this is to limit unnecessary and additional reviews of the building plans if there happen to be significant changes required to the civil construction plans. 

Submitting for building permits once the civil plan review is farther along, will increase the likelihood of a streamline and expedited building permit review process.

For most development projects within the City, staff requires the applicant to submit a request for a pre-application. This process allows all applicable staff and agencies to review the proposal before too much time and money is invested.

Click here Version OptionsDevelopment review processHeadlineLand Use Review Flowcharts to learn more about the pre-application process or to apply.