On this website you will find easy access to DPD's publications including:

• Client Assistance Memos
• Director's Rules
• dpdINFO
• DPD News
• Design Guidelines
• Landlord/Tenant Information
• Publication Pricelist

• Building permit forms
• Land use permit forms
• Over-the-counter permit forms
• Side sewer permit forms
• Checklists & Standards
• Miscellaneous forms
• Packets of forms

DPD develops and administers codes regulating construction and governing the use of land in Seattle, including: 

• Energy Codes
• Land Use Codes
• Technical Codes
• Trade Licensing Regulations
• Trees & Landscaping

DPD provides notice on land use actions:

• Public Notices
• Land Use Information Bulletin
• Land Use Signs and Notice
• Code Interpretation
• Public Comment
• Appealing Decisions