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Lakewood staff outline broad Title 12 and ESM update; permit backlog, Pierce County sewer and street ends draw questions
Summary
City staff briefed the Planning Commission on a comprehensive update to Title 12 (Public Works Code) and the Engineering Standards Manual, describing stormwater alignment with Ecology manuals, relocating sewer connection language to Title 13, a migrating permit system (about 2,200 active permits, ~30–40% migrated), and concerns about street ends, tree removal near Hilltop Lane and downtown traffic mitigation fees.
City staff provided an extended briefing Dec. 3 on proposed amendments to Lakewood’s Title 12 (Public Works Code) and the Engineering Standards Manual (ESM), describing the package as a combination of housekeeping, substantive technical updates and reorganization meant to align local rules with current state and regional standards.
The presenter said the update’s goals are to modernize engineering standards, remove outdated references and make code and design standards easier to find — placing procedural rules in the code and technical design specifications in the ESM. "The purpose of this update is really to modernize our engineering standards to reflect current regulatory requirements," City staff said, adding that the ESM will incorporate current Ecology stormwater manuals and that Pierce County sewer standards will be…
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