How to Respond to Plan Review Corrections on Mercer Island

Mercer Island's Community Planning and Development reviews permits through its MIePlan electronic plan review. The City publishes target review timelines as estimates.

Review targets

• Residential building permits: 8 to 12 weeks for first review, 3 weeks for second review, 2 weeks for later reviews.

• Commercial building permits: 12 weeks for first review.

• Land use: 4 weeks for completeness and 8 to 12 weeks for first review.

• Residential permits that need public notice have a 30-day comment period that must end before review is complete.

Clocks that matter

• Pay intake fees within 7 days of the email confirming the application is complete.

• Building permit applications expire if no permit is issued within 18 months.

• Issued permits expire if work is not completed within two years of issue.

How to answer

With a long first review, the second round is where time is won. Answer every comment on the drawings, name the sheet and detail in the response, and include the geotechnical and structural updates in the same resubmittal. Critical areas, steep slopes and accessory building limits are common repeat items on the island.

Common questions

How long is a Mercer Island residential review?

The City targets 8 to 12 weeks for first review, 3 weeks for second review and 2 weeks for later reviews.

When does a Mercer Island application expire?

If no permit is issued within 18 months.

How SASHKOV handles it

• Reads every correction comment and builds one item list across all review disciplines.

• Coordinates structural, civil, energy and survey items with the licensed consultants under one SASHKOV contract.

• Revises the set so every item is resolved on the drawings, with a response that names the sheet and detail for each comment.

• Resubmits one complete package through the City's portal and tracks each review to issuance, in business days.

Where a building requires a licensed architect or engineer of record, SASHKOV brings them into the contract.

Long review ahead? See Corrections and Permit Recovery and the City of Mercer Island permit page.

Have comments open now? Send the comments and permit number, and SASHKOV will scope the response and the timeline in business days.