Archive for January 3rd, 2012
The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is pleased to announce the release of the draft Shoreline Restoration Plan. Written comments on the plan are welcomed and encouraged. The comment period will last through Friday, February 10, 2012.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, Code Updates, Long-Range Planning, Top News Stories.
Tags: draft plan, public comment, restoration, shoreline master program
On December 19, 2011, the Seattle City Council approved new land use standards and maximum building heights for the West Seattle Triangle neighborhood. DPD planners have been working with members of the community since spring 2010 to ensure that new development in the area is transit- and pedestrian-oriented.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, Code Updates, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Top News Stories.
Tags: building heights, west seattle triangle, zoning changes
Since 1999, the City Green Building team has been working to make sustainable development standard practice in the City of Seattle – first working as an interdepartmental team from across multiple City departments and then as a combined, yet still multidisciplinary, unit within DPD. City Green Building is now moving on to our next iteration to better align our work with that of our colleagues working on environmental policy, sustainable communities and development services.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Top News Stories.
Tags: Green Building, sustainability
On December 8, DPD planners shared three draft urban design concepts with the public. The concepts were developed following a late July open house. The three concepts illustrate a range of ideas for the evolution of a denser neighborhood district in the vicinity of the Northgate transit center, including different arrangements of open space and future development near the light rail station.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Top News Stories.
Tags: Northgate, urban design
DPD has updated CAM 316, Subject-to-Field-Inspection Permits. DPD published draft DR 2-2012/SDOT 4-2012, West Seattle Triangle Streetscape Concept Plan and final DR 1-2012, Implementation of the Fee Subtitle, Building Valuation Data.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: director's rules, fee subtitle, publications, west seattle triangle
DPD adjusted its service fees on January 1, 2012.
DPD uses the most recent building valuation data (BVD) published by the International Code Council as a base for the Seattle BVD table, found in Director’s Rule (DR) 1-2012.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: changes, director's rule, permit fees
DPD’s social media portal conveniently consolidates the department’s Facebook sites, Twitter, blog, RSS feeds, and listservs in one location.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter.
Tags: blog, BuildingConnections, comp plan, facebook, listserv, neighborhood planning, RSS, social media, twitter
Permit turnaround times for November 2011.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: permit, turnaround times
Since 2000, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has developed an array of green building tools to provide building owners and operators with a framework to identify and implement practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. Participating buildings may achieve a level of LEED certification representing the amount of high performance measures successfully incorporated into the project. Since its inception, LEED has transformed the way built environments are designed, constructed, and operated, and has helped to make sustainable building practices more commonplace.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: Code Updates, Green Building, LEED
The Neighborhood Planning team is wrapping up the second round of plan updates. The team is drafting final language for the neighborhood plan updates and responding to comments on the proposals shared at open houses this past October and November. The Neighborhood Planning team is working with the Neighborhood Advisory Committees in both Rainier Beach and Broadview - Bitter Lake - Haller Lake.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning.
Tags: Bitter Lake, Broadview, Haller Lake, neighborhood planning, Rainier Beach
