Ravenna

Why seven Ravenna permits do not mean seven completed wall projects

The selected Ravenna set contains seven permits tied to six companies whose Washington registrations were active at the September 13, 2026 review. Five permits are Completed, one is Issued, and one is Expired. Two completed Build & Restore records describe the same retaining-wall and driveway scope across two adjacent lots and both direct review to permit 7009819-CN. They are linked records, not two independent examples of experience.

The other scopes connect retaining walls to exterior stairs and a driveway, alterations and site improvements, a porch addition with grading, associated site work, or a broadly described standalone wall. Status and scope remain visible because an issued or expired permit is not evidence of completed work, and a permit count is not a contractor ranking.

Official neighborhood screening

Ravenna ravine context and the limits of neighborhood averages

The neighborhood aggregate maps 3.61% steep-slope overlap, no potential-slide or known-slide-area polygon overlap, and 7.38% liquefaction-prone-area overlap. One historical known-slide event point falls inside the matched boundary. A zero in a generalized neighborhood overlay does not certify that a parcel is outside every ECA or site condition.

Seattle Parks describes the Ravenna Park ravine as a drainage ravine cut through glacial till by meltwater from glacial Lake Russell. That establishes a real neighborhood landform, not the geology of every Ravenna lot. For a wall project, locate the address relative to the ravine, mapped ECAs, drainage paths, utilities, and proposed excavation before drawing a site conclusion.

The matched neighborhood boundary contains 1 historical known-slide event point across source years 1997. Points may be incomplete or generalized and do not establish a current condition at a nearby property.

Neighborhood × work type

Open the relevant work in Ravenna

A dedicated local page appears only where the selected records clear the publication threshold. Other cards lead to the broader work-type page and state that the local evidence is limited.

Compare companies represented in Ravenna permits

The neighborhood-wide comparison includes all six researched companies and identifies the status and scope of every record. The dedicated construction page narrows this to five companies by excluding the expired Sage & Stone permit. Permit count is evidence depth, not a quality ranking.

Questions raised by the Ravenna permits

• Are multiple permit numbers part of one coordinated project, and which master record, approved plan set, inspections, and revisions control the wall scope?
• When walls connect to driveways or exterior stairs, are elevations, vehicle loads, drainage, guard or handrail requirements, and restoration included in the same coordinated design?
• If grading or a building addition is involved, who prices temporary excavation support, exported soil, wet-weather protection, utility conflicts, and inspection hold points?
• Does the address intersect the ravine, a mapped ECA, liquefaction-prone mapping, or a concentrated drainage path that needs site-specific professional review?

Articles supporting the Ravenna topic

These guides answer narrower planning questions and link back into the relevant service and neighborhood evidence.