General

• DPD Closed Friday, July 3rd for Holiday
  - July 2, 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
• Seattle Adopts New Electrical Code: Changes Effective June 6
  - May 15, 2009
• Quick Guide to Green TI: Sustainable Tenant Improvements
  - May 5, 2009
• Green Building Initiative: Saving Energy for Homes and Businesses
  - April 28, 2009
• DPD's New Online Coaching Permit Tool Goes "Live"
  - April 28, 2009
• Neighborhood Planning Process Update
  - April 28, 2009
• Public Meeting on Administrative Design Review for Townhouses
  - April 28, 2009
• Nickels, Clark call for review of sidewalk requirements
  - March 27, 2009
• Mayor and Historic Preservation President launch Preservation Green Lab in Seattle
  - March 27, 2009
• Design Review Introduces its New Board Members
  - March 26, 2009
• Backyard Cottages Offer More Choice for Seattle Families
  - March 19, 2009
• Neighborhood Plan Update Meetings Scheduled
  - March 16, 2009
• Interim Tree Protection Ordinance Passed by Full Council
  - March 2, 2009
• New Report Maps the Health of Seattle's Shorelines
  - March 2, 2009
• New Permitting Process Encourages Deconstruction
  - March 2, 2009
• Staff Issues Green Building Task Force Draft Recommendations
  - March 2, 2009
• Neighborhood Plan Update Meetings Scheduled
  - February 20, 2009
• SEPA Thresholds - Phase 2
  - February 5, 2009
• Multifamily Code Update
  - February 3, 2009
• Priority Green Permitting
  - February 3, 2009
• SDOT Improves Street Improvement Permitting Process
  - February 3, 2009
• New Seismic Survey and Report Requirements
  - February 3, 2009
• New Standards for Better Townhouses, Multifamily Housing
  - January 22, 2009
• Urban Planner Sought For Seattle Design Commission
  - January 15, 2009
• FREE lecture with Peter Newman January 12
  - January 9, 2009
• DPD Issues RFI for Electronic Plan Submission and Review
  - January 9, 2009
• Comprehensive Planning Amendments in 2008
  - January 7, 2009
• Seattle Electrical Code Update
  - January 7, 2009
• Green Shorelines Guidebook Now Available
  - January 7, 2009

Director's Rules

FINAL

• Director's Rule 20-2008, Pike & Pine Streetscape Conceptual Design
  (Joint Director's Rule with SDOT, SPU & SCL)
  - Effective May 5, 2009
• Director's Rule 7-2009, Seismic Survey and Report Requirements for Buildings Undergoing Substantial Alteration or Repairs (superceding DR 32-96)
  - Effective April 24, 2009
• Director's Rule 5-2009, Transportation Concurrency Project Review System
  - Effective April 13, 2009
• Director's Rule 16-2008, Designation of Exceptional Trees
  - Effective April 1, 2009
• Director's Rule 17-2008, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Exemptions from Environmental Review Requirements When Establishing Changing or Expanding a Use
  - Effective February 26, 2009
• Director's Rule 4-2009, Demolition Permit with a Waste Diversion Plan
  - Effective February 27, 2009

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

• 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, June 12, 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 ends 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
None at this time.

PROPOSAL TO RESCIND
None at this time.