Zoning · ZIP 98109
Zoning in Seattle (Queen Anne), WA
ZIP 98109 (Washington) — zoning summary sourced from Municipal planning departments. Refreshed on the cadence of the primary regulator with every claim cited to the source record.
What lands here
Pages translate the city's zoning code into plain English for the ZIP's dominant classifications, with a link to the planning department's official map.
Source & refresh
Municipal planning departments. Refreshed annual plus ad-hoc rezonings. Stale data is flagged, never silently served. Primary source →
Limitations specific to this source
Top-25 cities covered at launch. Houston has no zoning laws (special handling). Elsewhere, zipradar links to the planning department's portal.
Washington context
Wildfire (eastern), Cascadia seismic, coastal flood
Washington's wildfire risk concentrates in eastern WA + the Cascades. Cascadia subduction zone shapes long-term seismic risk. Puget Sound coastal flood zones face Risk Rating 2.0 pressure. Seattle has documented LCRR lead-service-line obligations.
See Washington state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.
Read more on zoning
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Plain-English guide to property tax millage rates, assessment ratios, and homestead exemptions. How county assessors compute your annual property tax bill.
Deed records — what they show and what they don't
Plain-English guide to county deed records: what gets filed, how to look up a property's history, and why zipradar aggregates only counts (never owner names).
Zoning codes — what R-1, C-2, M-1, MU mean and why your house is one
Plain-English guide to common US zoning codes: R-1 / R-2 / C-1 / C-2 / M-1 / MU. Why zoning matters for your home, your neighbors, and what you can build.
Homestead exemption — state-by-state property tax savings
Every US state offers a homestead exemption that reduces property tax for owner-occupied homes. State-by-state amounts and how to file.
Full dashboard for ZIP 98109
Zoning is one of twelve dimensions zipradar federates per address. See the full federated summary for ZIP 98109:
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