Archive for 'dpdINFO Newsletter'
Every year, between January 1 and March 1, DPD accepts applications from residents to request the relocation of a billboard located within Seattle. If there is a specific billboard that you would like removed from your neighborhood or some other location within the city, now is the time to submit your request.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: applciation, billboard, relocation, request
Last month’s snow, ice and wind gave us a timely reminder about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning during winter power outages. Following our 2006 windstorm, 250 people were treated for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the Puget Sound area and eight died, all from either burning charcoal briquettes inside their homes or from improper use of gasoline-powered generators.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: carbon monoxide, poisoning, power outages, requirements
Community Power Works (CPW), the City of Seattle’s home energy upgrade program, launched last April with the goals of simultaneously driving demand to weatherize 2,000 homes, and creating a sustainable industry for home energy upgrades. After a successful start in Seattle’s central area and southend, CPW expanded its services citywide in January. To date, over 900 homes have entered the program, and demand continues to grow as homeowners spread the word about the increased warmth and comfort of their newly upgraded homes.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter.
Tags: compunity powerworks, energy upgrade, financial assistance
DPD is committed to providing good customer service to its applicants. The permit turnaround data is updated monthly online and can be viewed at www.seattle.gov/dpd/resourcecenter (go to "Turnaround/Approval Times 2011").
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: permit turnaround times
DPD is creating a proposal for a mandatory unreinforced masonry (URM) retrofit program that will help reduce the earthquake risk to unreinforced masonry buildings. DPD has, with help from a technical committee, developed a proposed standard for retrofits. Next steps include formation of a policy committee this month to help develop recommendations for a retrofit requirement threshold, incentives and penalties, possible financing options, and a time line for implementation.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: committee, unreinforced masonry building, URM
The December 2011 and January 2012 issues of dpdINFO provided some insight on The International Green Construction Code (IGCC), the IGCC’s relationship to LEED, and how these tools can be used as building blocks from which Seattle may continue to develop higher performance codes.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: green codes, LEED
DPD updated CAM 123, Seattle's Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordiance, to correct the assistance amount paid by the owner.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: publication updates, tenant relocation
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
