DPD News

General

• Seattle Named Nation's Most Sustainable Big City
  - August 5, 2009
• City Gains Nineteen Seattle LEED Accredited Professionals
  - August 5, 2009
• Amendments Protect Pike/Pine Character
  - August 5, 2009
• Virtual Meeting: How is Your Neighborhood Doing?
  - August 5, 2009
• New Commissioners Sought For Seattle Design Commission
  - July 10, 2009
• Meeting Date Correction: Backyard Cottages Meetings on July 15 and August 3.
  - July 6, 2009
• LEED and Built Green Portfolio Analysis
  - June 29, 2009
• Stormwater Public Meeting - August 4, 2009
  - June 29, 2009
• Noise Code Amended
  - June 18, 2009
• Green Shorelines Workshop: Voluntary Approaches to Healthier Lakeshores
  - June 11, 2009
• Seattle Planning Commission has Four New Members
  - May 28, 2009

Director's Rules

FINAL

• Director's Rule 6-2009, Clarifying Landscape Standards Including The Green Factor Requirement
  - Effective September 4, 2009

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

• Draft Director's Rule 11-2009, SDOT 7-2009 Queen Anne Ave N Streetscape Concept Plan
  For more information, please contact
  Geoffrey Wentlandt
  206-684-3586
  geoffrey.wentlandt@seattle.gov
  - Review period ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 17, 2009
• Draft Director's Rule 3-2009, Variances from the Standards of the Noise Control Code, SMC 25.08
  For more information, please contact
  Gordon Clowers
  206-684-8375
  gordon.clowers@seattle.gov
  - Review period ends at 5 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2009
• Draft Director's Rule 10-2009, Small Diameter Pipe Piles (Pin Piles)
  For more information, please contact
  Tanya Elder
  206-615-1639
  tanya.elder@seattle.gov
  - Review period ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, 2009
• 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 ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2009

RESCINDED

• Director's Rule 22-2000, Submittal Requirements for Open-Web Steel Joist Framing Products was rescinded as it is no longer consistent with Dept. of Planning and Development practice.
  - Effective September 18, 2009

PROPOSAL TO RESCIND
None at this time.