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Docket Requests

Community Development

Management Analyst

Jaclyn Beliel

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.

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 2026, the annual deadline is August 3rd by 5:00 PM.

Fees

Docket requests and amendments to the Comprehensive Plan or Development Regulations may require the applicant to pay applicable fees. 

2026 Site Specific Land Use Map Amendment Fees:

  • Docket Request Fee (up to 12 hours): $2,885
  • Site Specific Land Use Map Amendment Fee: $3,159 (deposit)

2026 Text Amendment Fees*:

  • Docket Request Fee: $1,943
  • Text Amendment Fee: $7,898 (deposit)

*If a Text Amendment is deemed 'Public Benefit', the fees are waived. Public Benefit is evaluated based on having a positive impact on society and/or the environment by the Director of Community Development based on the applicant's responses in the Docket Request Form.