DPD News

General

• South Lake Union Urban Form Study Scoping Meeting
  - November 12, 2008
• Free Landslide Awareness Meetings
  - October 29, 2008
• Ray Gastil New Planning Director
  - October 29, 2008
• Single Family Zoning Amendments Adopted
  - October 14, 2008
• Draft Neighborhood Design Guidelines: Uptown and Upper Queen Anne
  - October 9, 2008
• Priority Green Permitting
  - October 2, 2008
• Mayor Nickels Calls for Plan to Create More Workforce Housing
  - September 17, 2008
• South Lake Union Urban Form Alternatives to be studied in an Environmental Impact Statement
  - September 17, 2008
• Mayor Nickels proposes interim regulations to protect trees
  - September 8, 2008
• Executive's Recommended Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendments
  - August 29, 2008
• Construction Codes Advisory Board Applications Due September 15
  - August 29, 2008
• EnvStd Tool Training Offered September 5, 2008
  - August 26, 2008
• Peat Settlement-Prone Area Ordinance Adopted by Council
  - July 30, 2008
• New Condo Conversion Ordinance
  - July 30, 2008
• Seattle Green Building Task Force Launched
  - July 30, 2008
• Seattle Stormwater Code Revisions Underway
  - July 30, 2008
• Mayor Nickels Announces New Townhome Regulations
  - July 10, 2008
• Planning Commission Addresses Seattle Center Master Plan
  - July 1, 2008
• DPD Seeks Electrical Contractor for Construction Codes Advisory Board
  - July 1, 2008
• Amendments Proposed for 2006 Seattle Building and Residential Code
  - July 1, 2008
• Earthquake Home Retrofit Standard Plans Revised
  - July 1, 2008
• Mayor Proposes Improvements in Sidewalk Café Permitting
  - June 25, 2008
• Temporary Erosion and Sedimentation Control Contractor Workshop
  - June 4, 2008
• A Vision for Little Saigon
  - June 2, 2008
• Proposed Single Family Code Amendments
  - June 2, 2008
• South Downtown Final Environmental Impact Statement Published
  - June 2, 2008
• DPD Unveils New Website Design
  - June 2, 2008
• Svend Auken And A Truly Green Economy
  - May 29, 2008

Director's Rules

FINAL

• Director's Rule 13-2008, Requirements for Measuring the Annual High Static Groundwater Level 
  - Effective November 1, 2008
• Director's Rule 14-2008, Infiltration Facilities in Peat Settlement-prone Areas
  - Effective November 1, 2008

DRAFT
The following Draft Rulings are available for review and comment:

• Draft Director's Rule 16-2008, Designation of Exceptional Trees
  Summary of Proposed Changes
  For more information, please contact
  Brennon Staley
  206-684-4625
  brennon.staley@seattle.gov
  - Review period ended at 5 p.m. Friday, October 31, 2008
• Draft Director's Rule 17-2008R (Draft SDOT Director's Rule 2-2008), Sidewalk Cafes
  For more information, please contact
  Mark Troxel (DPD)
  206-615-1739
  mark.troxel@seattle.gov
  Angela Steel (SDOT)
  206-684-5967
  angela.steel@seattle.gov
  - Review period ends at 5 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2008

RESCINDED

• Director's Rule 3-2005, Criteria for Allowing 6'-4" Ceiling Height in Dwelling Units (Replaced by DR 23-2008)
  - Effective October 3, 2008
• Director's Rule 3-2001, Approved Alternate Accessibility Guidelines for Building Elements Designed for Children's Use
  - Effective October 3, 2008
• Director's Rule 7-2006, Access to Exits from Elevator Lobbies
• Director's Rule 5-2002, Exceptions to Installing Fire and Smoke Dampers in Exhaust Only Shafts in Other Than High-rise Buildings - Prescriptive Path
• Director's Rule 19-89, Partial Application for Building Permits/Vesting and Permit Expiration

PROPOSAL TO RESCIND
None at this time.