Determine whether a planned crane staging setup in the Seattle public right-of-way requires an SDOT Heavy Crane permit, as distinct from a standard right-of-way construction permit.
domain: seattle.gov (Seattle Department of Transportation) · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm the Heavy Crane permit applies to staging of cranes rated over 100 tons in the public right-of-way, and covers only installation and removal of temporary cranes — not the crane's ongoing operation.
Apply through the Seattle Services Portal by selecting 'Heavy Crane' as the record type after registering an account.
Provide the required Certificate of Insurance from the crane company as part of the application.
For scoping questions or unclear tonnage thresholds, contact SDOT Street Use directly at (206) 684-7623 or 684-Road@seattle.gov before applying.
Confirm separately whether Seattle Municipal Code 15.04.010's general right-of-way permit requirement also applies to any related street-use activity beyond the crane staging itself.
Known gotchas
The Heavy Crane permit is issued by SDOT for right-of-way staging only — it does not cover building-permit-side requirements (e.g., tower crane erection engineering review), which fall under SDCI, a separate department.
The >100-ton threshold applies to the crane's tonnage rating for staging purposes; a crane below that threshold may still need a standard SDOT right-of-way construction permit even though it doesn't trigger the Heavy Crane permit specifically.
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