Archive for 'Planning Commission'
DPD and the Seattle Planning Commission are co-presenting this one-day conference with the Seattle branch of the American Institute of Architects and the Downtown Seattle Association.
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Posted: March 28th, 2013 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: downtown, family-friendly
The City of Seattle is looking for candidates to serve on the Seattle Planning Commission beginning in April 2013. Planning commission members are appointed by the Mayor or the City Council to serve renewable, three-year terms. This year, three positions will open in all; one position will be appointed by the Mayor and two will be appointed by the City Council.
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Posted: February 4th, 2013 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Planning Commission.
Tags: application, board members, Seattle Planning Commission
All DPD web applications will be out of service, due to electrical repairs on Aug. 30 at 5:00 p.m. to Sept. 5 at 8:00 a.m. During the outage, you can still schedule inspections at (206) 684-8900 and file a complaint at (206) 615-0808. Permit and other services will be limited during the interruption. For questions about available services, call (206) 684-8850. Visit www.seattle.gov/dpd on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5 to learn if DPD is back to regular business operations.
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Posted: August 27th, 2012 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Code Updates, Customer Alerts, Design Commission, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
The City of Seattle and regional partners are identifying long-term green priorities and developing new code to address climate change.The public can comment on the draft code language at the Green Code Provisions Open House. Staff will be available to answer questions and give feedback to those who want to comment.
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Posted: August 8th, 2012 under Building Connections, Code Compliance, Code Updates, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: code, code development, Green Building
The Seattle Planning Commission elected new leadership earlier this month. David Cutler was elected by the commission to serve as chair. Cutler previously served as the commission’s vice chair alongside outgoing Chair Leslie Miller. The leadership term will last until July 2013.
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Posted: August 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Planning Commission.
Today the Seattle Planning Commission released Housing Seattle, a report that analyzes housing information from the Census, American Community Survey as well as market data.
“The action strategy we put forward today will help Seattle address important gaps in our housing market and disparities among certain segments of the population,” stated Planning Commission Chair Leslie Miller, “Seattle is a stronger, more prosperous city if we have diversity in people who live and work here.”
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Posted: December 9th, 2011 under Building Connections, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: housing, Long Range Planning, planning commission
The City of Seattle is sending letters to the owners of 8,000 buildings this week informing them of its new building energy-efficiency program. The program aims to help building owners and managers reduce their energy costs through benchmarking – or measuring and rating a building’s energy performance. By benchmarking, owners get insight into how their building uses – and wastes – energy and can begin identifying opportunities to improve energy efficiency and increase savings.
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Posted: November 21st, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, Design Commission, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: energy benchmarking, Long Range Planning, seattle
Did you know that most landslides occur between the months of December and March? And that 86 percent of landslides are caused to some extent by human activity? Landslide season is upon us and although the Seattle rainfall is currently below the landslide threshold, the City of Seattle is urging residents to take preventive measures to protect themselves and their property from possible landslides.
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Posted: November 7th, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, Design Commission, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: free, landslides, public meeting
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 Seattle City Council will be hosting a public hearing on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 at 6 p.m. The hearing will be held at the Roosevelt High School Auditorium.
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Posted: September 12th, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, Design Commission, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: Roosevelt rezone
