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City services
Seattle Services
Start with the kind of job you need to do, then use the official city system for the transaction itself. The clearest first move is usually utilities and bills, permits and licenses, report a problem, or parking and transportation accounts.
Make the first move simple
Choose the task type first
Travel disruption is elevated right now. If the task depends on office hours, ferries, or road access, check Alerts before you leave. Otherwise choose the task lane first.
Most Seattle tasks start in one of these four lanes
Bill, account, discount, or home service issue
Use this when the real job is payment, account access, move-in service, or household utility follow-up.
Start with Utilities and bills
Permit, filing, renewal, record, or approval
Use this when the city needs to review, approve, renew, or issue something before the task is done.
Start with Permits and licenses
Broken, blocked, unsafe, or follow-up-needed city condition
Use this when the city needs to fix, inspect, collect, respond, or send the request to the right crew.
Start with Report a problem
Citation, RPZ permit, curb access, or transportation admin
Use this when the task is tied to parking permissions, transportation accounts, or street-use administration.
Start with Parking and transportation accounts
Before you leave
Check whether travel is the blocker
9 Seattle-area travel alerts, 25 high severity, and 8 ferry notes are part of the current city picture.
Latest live update: Mar 14, 2:47 PM
- If the task can be done online, solve it first and skip trip-planning until the city process requires a visit.
- Check Alerts first only when closures, outages, or ferry and road disruptions could waste the trip today.
- Check Transit first only when parking, timing, or access is harder than the city task itself.
Main lanes
Use the lane that matches the real task
These are the main first moves for almost every practical Seattle task. Each lane keeps the best Seattle.net guides and the official links that usually matter next.
Utilities and bills
For household accounts, bills, utility support, and city payment questions tied to the home.
Choose this when
The task is paying, starting, stopping, or fixing a household service account.
Use another lane when
A permit review, a report about a city condition in the field, or a citation or RPZ task.
Utilities and bills
Seattle.netUse Seattle.net to pick the right start for City Light, SPU billing, discounts, and account help.
Utility discount program
Official Seattle.gov pageCheck whether your household qualifies for a reduced utility rate.
Seattle Public Utilities contacts
Official Seattle.gov pageDepartment contact page for service and account questions.
Water, sewer, and drainage
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for water questions, sewer concerns, and drainage-related service starts.
Garbage, recycling, and yard
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for pickup basics, missed collection follow-up, and waste-service starts.
Payments and city accounts
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide when the real problem is logging in, paying online, or sorting out mixed city accounts.
Moving and address changes
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for mail forwarding, utility starts, and the city tasks that come with a move.
Permits and licenses
For permits, applications, renewals, records, and other tasks that depend on city process.
Choose this when
The city needs to approve, issue, renew, or track paperwork before the task is finished.
Use another lane when
A utility bill, a field issue that needs a crew, or a parking and curb-access administration question.
Permits and licenses
Seattle.netUse Seattle.net to choose the right start for permits, business licenses, pet-license basics, and city paperwork.
Seattle Services Portal
Official city portalOfficial account portal for permit applications, records, and tracking.
SDCI main services
Official Seattle.gov pageBroader department entry point when the permit path is still unclear.
Business and tax basics
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for city-finance licensing, business account setup, and tax-related admin.
Construction and remodel help
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for project starts, remodel questions, and permit routing before filing.
Licenses, renewals, and records
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for renewals, official records, and follow-up after the first application step.
Parking and transportation accounts
For resident parking, citations, curb-use questions, and other transportation-related administration.
Choose this when
The task is about parking permissions, citations, transportation accounts, or street-use administration.
Use another lane when
A general permit filing, a household utility issue, or a broad city request that needs customer-service triage.
Parking and transportation accounts
Seattle.netUse Seattle.net to choose the right start for citations, permit parking, and commute-related city account tasks.
Parking permits and zones
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for RPZ permits, permit-parking starts, and neighborhood parking-zone basics.
Report a pothole or street issue
Official Seattle.gov pageOfficial Seattle street report page for potholes and maintenance issues.
Current travel disruptions
Seattle.netUse Seattle.net Alerts when the live road or ferry picture matters first.
Parking and paperwork
Seattle.netSeattle.net crossover guide when permits, citations, and city paperwork are tangled together.
Commute and city tasks
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide when the city errand has to fit around a live workday trip or commute.
Report a problem
For city conditions that need follow-up, inspection, cleanup, repair, or routing to the right crew.
Choose this when
Something in the city is broken, blocked, missed, unsafe, or needs official follow-up.
Use another lane when
An account question, permit paperwork, or a citation and parking-permit task.
Report a problem
Seattle.netUse Seattle.net to choose the right reporting path for graffiti, potholes, missed pickup, and more.
Customer Service Bureau
Official Seattle.gov pageOfficial general-city help when you need the right department more than a specific app.
Seattle customer service directory
Official Seattle.gov pageBrowse official department contacts when the request does not fit the standard reporting paths.
Public safety and emergency basics
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide to non-emergency public-safety starts and basic emergency routing.
Household and civic basics
Seattle.netSeattle.net guide for broad everyday city-help questions when you need a calm public starting point.
Still fuzzy?
Use a chooser only if the lane is still unclear
These are fallback starts. They help when the task is still fuzzy after you try the four main lanes above.
Start here
Seattle.netUse this only when you still cannot tell which of the four main lanes fits.
Who handles this?
Seattle.netUse this when you know the problem but not the office or department name.
Household checklist
Seattle.netUse this when the task crosses home systems and you need a calmer checklist-style start.
New to Seattle
Seattle.netUse this when the real question is settling in, not one isolated city transaction.
Only when the day is mixed
Use these when the task is real, but the day is messy
These pages are for mixed situations where route, timing, or travel context is part of the job, not just background.
Getting to city offices
Seattle.netUse this when the office matters, but the harder problem is reaching it.
Parking and paperwork
Seattle.netUse this when citations, permits, or parking logistics overlap with city paperwork.
Commute and city tasks
Seattle.netUse this when the errand has to fit around a workday trip or commute window.
Ferry and waterfront errands
Seattle.netUse this when waterfront terminals or ferry timing shape the whole task.
Airport and travel basics
Seattle.netUse this when a travel day and a city task are mixed together.
Other useful starts
A few direct city-task starts outside the big four
These do not need a big chooser. Open them directly when they match the task.
Animal and pet services
Seattle.netPet-license basics, shelter starts, and the city lane for animal-related tasks.
Public safety and emergency basics
Seattle.netNon-emergency public-safety starts and city emergency basics.
Parks, community, and recreation
Seattle.netParks, community-center starts, and public recreation basics.
Voting and civic participation
Seattle.netVoting starts, elections basics, and civic-participation routing.