Description:
The Development Services Manual is a major component of the department's overall strategy to promote a consistent statewide development review process and application of mitigation policies. This manual provides policies and procedures for: reviewing proposed developments; assessing development impacts to the state highway system; determining appropriate improvements and or shared contributions to mitigate impacts; writing interlocal agreements and other agreements with local agencies and public and private parties; and considering access to the state highway system.
Individual Chapters
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Date Originally Published:
September, 2005
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Publication Number:
M 3007
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Last Modified:
September, 2005
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Version:
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Manual Manager:
Ramin Pazooki
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Originators:
Policy Development and Regional Coordination, Strategic Planning and Programming Division
- # of Pages: 310
- Subject: Statewide review processes and application of mitigation policies.
- Keywords: Development Services Manual, Washington State Department of Transportation Development Services Manual, WSDOT Development Services Manual
- Related Publications:
Development Services Manual Individual Chapters 
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Foreword (pdf 128 KB)
Contents (pdf 207 KB)
Chapter 1 Introduction (pdf 163 KB)
Chapter 2 Coordinating Review and Response (pdf 299 KB)
Chapter 3 SEPA and GMA (pdf 268 KB)
Chapter 4 Analyzing Land-Use Proposals (pdf 218 KB)
Chapter 5 Agreements (pdf 252 KB)
Chapter 6 Managed Access and Limited Access Highways
(pdf 337 KB)
Chapter 7 Land Use Appeals (pdf 177 KB)
Appendix 1 WSDOT Development Services Staff (pdf 194 KB)
Appendix 2 Sample Response Letters Showing How Different Type of
Recommendations Can Be Conveyed (pdf 245 KB)
Appendix 3 Significant Court Case Decisions Affecting Developments
and Access Control (pdf 163 KB)
Appendix 4 Blank (pdf 37 KB)
Appendix 5 Example of a Developer Agreement (pdf 1.22 MB)
Appendix 6 Developer Agreement/Access Permit Process Flow
Chart (pdf 62 KB)
Appendix 7 Example of a Reimbursable Account Form (pdf 189 KB)
Appendix 8 Intersection/Channelization Plan for Approval
Checklist (pdf 783 KB)
Appendix 9 Example of a Roadway Section (pdf 180 KB)
Appendix 10 Traffic Signal Permit Form (pdf 409 KB)
Appendix 11 A City or County Interlocal Agreement Model
(pdf 378 KB)
Appendix 12 Highway Access Management RCW 47.50 (pdf 181 KB)
Appendix 13 Highway Access Management-Administrative Process
WAC 468-51 (pdf 240 KB)
Appendix 14 Highway Access Management-Access Control
Classification System and Standards
WAC 468-52 (pdf 182 KB)
Appendix 15 City Streets As Part of State Highways RCW 47.24
(pdf 866 KB)
Appendix 16 Limited Access Facilities RCW 47.52 (pdf 223 KB)
Appendix 17 Limited Access Highways WAC 468-58 (pdf 200 KB)
Appendix 18 Limited Access Hearings WAC 468-54 (pdf 141 KB)
Appendix 19 Application for Access Connection (pdf 108 KB)
Appendix 20 Access Connection Permit (Form 224-005) and
Example Including Exhibits (pdf 311 KB)
Appendix 21 Blank (pdf 36 KB)
Appendix 22 Sample Cover Letters When Sending Access
Connection Permit Forms (pdf 158 KB)
Appendix 23 Example Road Approach Installation Checklist
(pdf 140 KB)
Appendix 24 Bond Forms, Assignment of Savings Account Certificate
of Deposit Form, and Example Bond
Release Letter (pdf 163 KB)
Appendix 25 Blank (pdf 36 KB)
Appendix 26 Plan Review Checklist (pdf 140 KB)
Appendix 27 Construction Inspection Checklist (pdf 116 KB)
Appendix 28 Local Transportation Act (pdf 136 KB)
Appendix 29 LOS Standards Set By MPOs/RTPOs for Regionally
Significant (non-HHS) State Highways (pdf 64 KB)
Appendix 30 Developer Agreement Mitigation Form (pdf 200 KB)
Appendix 31 Guideline for Determining Responsibility for Developer-
Required Utility Relocation (pdf 334 KB)
This abstract was last modified June 4, 2009