Normandy Park ground, weather, and permits
The critical areas code names marine bluffs and ravines among its landslide hazard areas, and it treats slopes steeper than 15 percent with 20 feet of relief as erosion hazards. Walker Creek runs through a ravine in the city, and King County’s photo tour shows bank erosion north of SW 171st Street, photographed again in the December 2007 flood. Glacial sediment dominates the Puget Lowland and varies lot to lot, which is why the city asks for soils or geotechnical reports on hazard slopes.
Permits run through Community Development, and right-of-way use applications go through the city’s SmartGov portal. Stormwater follows Ecology’s 2019 manual, with a separate city manual for small residential projects. The Shoreline Master Program reaches 200 feet landward of the Puget Sound high-water line and covers the lower reaches of Miller and Walker creeks. Before quoting, we look up the mapping and the permit path for your parcel.
Nearby, we also build in Burien, Des Moines, White Center, Tukwila, and Federal Way, and we serve the rest of Pierce and South King County.