Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s BetterBricks and the City of Seattle offer free workshops for building owners, property managers and service providers to support compliance with the City of Seattle’s building energy benchmarking and disclosure ordinance.
March 2012 Publication Updates
Two Director’s Rules, DR 3-2012 and DR 4-2012, are available for public comment until 5:00 p.m. on March 13, 2012. One Director’s Rule, DR 2-2012, went into effect on February 9, 2012.
Annual Billboard Relocation Request
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.
New Rules for Carbon Monoxide Alarms
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.
December 2011 Permit Turnaround Times
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”).
Unreinforced Masonry Policy Committee
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.
Discussion Sessions on High Performance Codes
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.
January 2012 Publication Updates
DPD updated CAM 123, Seattle’s Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordiance, to correct the assistance amount paid by the owner.
December 2011 Publication Updates
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.
2012 Fee Changes
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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