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Docket Requests

Community Development

Management Analyst

Jaclyn Beliel
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The Docket Request Process

Each year, the City's Planning Commission and City Council consider updates, amendments, or revisions of the Comprehensive Plan and the Sammamish Municipal Code development regulations.

The first step in this process is the docket request. These requests can be submitted throughout the year via the online Docket Request form. 

Docket Request Types

Applicants must decide between two docket request types based on the amendments desired. Each type has a slightly different process, detailed below.

Two docket request types. One is a text amendment which changes the text of the Comprehensive Plan or the development regulations. The other is a site-specific land use map amendment which changes the designation on the Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map.

Text Amendments

Text amendments include additions, modifications, or corrections to the text of the Comprehensive Plan or the Sammamish Municipal Code. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a Text Amendment Guidance Form before submitting a Docket Request.

Site-Specific Land Use Map Amendments

Site-Specific Land Use Map amendments may be requested for a single property or for small groups of properties. Please refer to the image below.

site-specific land use map amendments. Illustration of a single house with the words single property underneath it. Illustration of three houses with a plus symbol and three people with the words up to three adjoining properties with one or more owners underneath them. Illustration of six houses and plus symbol and one person with the words up to six adjoining properties with one owner underneath them.

A Pre-Application Conference is required before a Docket Request Form for a Site-Specific Land Use Map Amendment can be submitted.

This meeting helps those interested in a Site-Specific Land Use Map Amendment learn about the application requirements and process.

The fee for a Pre-Application Conference will be collected before the conference begins. Please refer to the latest version of the Fee Schedule for the amount.

Submission Deadline

SMC 24A.10.010 requires that docket requests be submitted by the annual deadline of 5:00 PM on the first Monday of August of each year.

For 2025, the annual deadline is August 4th by 5:00 PM.