Permit turnaround times for August 2012.
Reminder: Time to Apply for Grading Season Extension
The rainy season is rapidly approaching, which means it’s time to think about whether you will be doing any grading between November 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. If Geotechnical Special Inspections were assigned for your project and if your project is in an environmentally critical area or involves a large quantity of earth-moving, check the Geotechnical Special Inspection assignment letter sent to you shortly after permit issuance.
Capitol Hill Light Rail Station Area Update
Eleven months ago, the Urban Design Framework for the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station Sites was finalized. The Framework articulated the community’s vision for the redevelopment of the station sites, offering development guidance and design guidance to the future developers of the station sites.
DPD Service Outage – Aug. 30 to Sept 5
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.
Green Code Provisions Open House
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.
EPA Offers Lead Awareness Workshops
The primary cause of childhood lead poisoning is lead-based paint in homes and child-occupied facilities built prior to 1978. To reduce risks of childhood lead poisoning, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule. This rule requires property management companies, landlords, contractors, renovators, and painters to take safety measures when working with lead paint.
June 2012 Permit Turnaround Times
Permit turnaround times for June 2012.
2012 Seattle Mechanical Code Review Begins
DPD is looking for people interested in helping us review the draft 2012 Seattle Mechanical Code. A committee of the Construction Codes Advisory Board (CCAB) will review the draft in September. DPD expects the 2012 Seattle Mechanical Code to take effect in the summer or fall of 2013, close to the July 1, 2013 effective date of the State codes.
Elevator Code Committee Members Needed
DPD is forming a public review committee to review Chapter 30 (Elevators and Conveying Systems) of the draft 2012 Seattle Building Code. We anticipate that the committee will meet three to four times during October and November for approximately two hours each meeting.
Updated Tree Regulations Proposal and Public Open House
The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has released a revised proposal to update regulations governing trees on private property, which is now available at www.seattle.gov/dpd/planning/trees. The intent of this update is to better implement the goals of the Urban Forest Management Plan by improving existing tree regulations and adding a number of new measures that would expand or improve development standards to better mitigate the impacts of development.
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