Kittitas County outlines approach to meet Washington’s SB 5290 permitting deadlines
County planners told commissioners they plan to use a fee‑timeline model to comply with Senate Bill 5290’s new permitting timelines effective Jan. 1, 2025, proposing an '80/20' fee approach that could refund up to 20% if processing deadlines are missed and warning of annual reporting requirements.
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Jeremy Johnson, long‑range planner for Kittitas County Community Development Services, told the Board of County Commissioners on Dec. 23 that Washington’s Senate Bill 5290 requires jurisdictions to comply with new maximum processing timelines beginning Jan. 1, 2025. He said the law divides land‑use decisions into three types — purely administrative decisions, administrative decisions requiring public notice, and decisions that require a public hearing — and assigns a separate maximum timeline to each.
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