Archive for 'Code Compliance'
In 2010 the City Council passed Ordinance No. 123311 establishing a Residential Rental Business License and Inspection Program. However, recognizing the need for additional consideration of program details and policy issues, the Council also adopted Resolution No. 31221 requesting DPD to gather stakeholder input and develop program recommendations concerning twelve specific policy questions.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, dpdINFO Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: inspection program, proposal, rental housing, stakeholder input
Read our "Seattle's Shoreline Rules to Change" blog story and go to our Shoreline Master Program website to learn more about proposed new shoreline regulations for Seattle.
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Posted: October 28th, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Code Updates, Customer Alerts, Design Commission, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: Long Range Planning, shoreline
The Land Use Code changed last year to increase the number of chickens allowed to be kept on a residential lot from three to eight. Along with this increase in the number of birds, provisions were added prohibiting the keeping of roosters and requiring that coops be located at least ten feet away from dwelling units on adjacent lots. The new code provisions, included as part of comprehensive changes designed to encourage urban agriculture, became effective on September 23, 2010.
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Posted: August 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: chickens, rules, urban agriculture
The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) and Fire Department have been working with the Columbia City Cinema for almost a year to try and resolve safety issues, in an effort to retain this important community facility and to ensure the safety of the public. We are disappointed that the operator has chosen to shut down the Cinema rather than address these safety concerns.
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Posted: May 12th, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Top News Stories.
As a way of providing better customer service through our online applications, DPD has made new enhancements to the Permit & Complaint Status tool. Some of the changes include:
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Posted: March 17th, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Code Updates, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: Complaints, Permit Pipeline Newsletter
DPD is proposing amendments to the Housing and Building Maintenance Code (Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.206) and the Land Use Code (Seattle Municipal Code Section 23.91), concerning standards for habitable and vacant buildings.
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Posted: February 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Code Updates, dpdINFO Newsletter.
Tags: housing and building maintenance code, proposed amendments
The Department of Planning and Development is proposing amendments to the Housing and Building Maintenance Code (Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.206) and the Land Use Code (Seattle Municipal Code Section 23.91), concerning standards for habitable and vacant buildings. The proposed regulations would consolidate code provisions concerning maintenance of vacant building sites by
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Posted: January 19th, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Code Updates, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: housing and building maintenance code
The City of Seattle desires effective means to address problem rental housing units and improve rental housing conditions for Seattle residents. While the City recognizes that the great majority of housing units in the city meet basic standards of habitability, we know that there are some units that clearly do not.
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Posted: January 4th, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, dpdINFO Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: housing, licensing, registration, rental, stakeholders
As local economic conditions improve property owners and developers may consider converting apartment rental units into condominiums. There are two important bodies of law that govern these conversions.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2010 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter.
Tags: apartment, changes, condominium conversion, ordinance, rentals, requirements
The City Council began its review of multifamily zoning in March 2009. In August, 2009, the Planning, Land Use, and Neighborhoods Committee (PLUNC) decided to split the proposal into two parts, beginning with changes to the Midrise and Highrise zones. The Council adopted amendments to those two zones in December 2009.
Phase two of the multifamily code update addresses the Lowrise zones and other issues remaining from last year. The City Council’s Committee on the Built Environment, formerly PLUNC, identified a list of issues to be examined and a schedule in February 2010.
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Posted: April 5th, 2010 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Top News Stories.
Tags: city council, code, update
