2000-00. Department of Construction and Inspections

Materials relating to the activities of the Police Precinct Task Force, appointed in 1978 to select the sites of three new police stations.

Atlas of environmentally critical areas requiring SEPA review.

Photographic aerials of Seattle from 1965.

The Department of Design, Construction and Land Use (DCLU) annual reports date from 1979 to 1999. The reports include narrative information on projects within DCLU such as preparing the Land Use Code, evaluation of the Master Use Permit process and review of Seattle's shoreline regulations. The reports also include building permit statistics and budget information for the department.

Correspondence and memoranda related to building inspections, the permit process, building codes, and departmental policies and procedures. The bulk of correspondence dates from 1915-1922; also included is material from the department's structural engineer dated 1919-1935.

Customer newsletter from the Department of Planning and Development with updates on planning, permits, and zoning. From 1985-2002 the publication was titled "DCLUInfo." In 2010, it began being published in electronic format only.

Publication for DPD customers explaining various issues of code compliance and permitting.

Various newsletters and brochures published by the department.

Collection documents Department of Planning and Development efforts to protect trees and plant life.

Content includes group and individual portraits of the Department of Planning and Development's "Green Team" as well as scenic shoreline images.

Land Use Information Service is a twice weekly bulletin listing land use applications, decisions of the director of DCLU, notices of hearings and appeals, and other land use actions.

Real estate map of Seattle includes 33 plates with scale of 100 feet to an inch and 200 feet to an inch. Information includes lot dimensions, short legal descriptions, color coded building composition, width of streets and alleys, and location of sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, railway lines, and section lines. Corrected to 1910 with an index to additions and subdivisions.

Architectural drawings of commercial buildings in Seattle. Includes drawings of public buildings, hospitals, schools, churches, and significant retail and manufacturing establishments. These are permit and design change drawings.

Correspondence, reports, and reference copies of legislation relating to the administration of the Pioneer Square Historic District. These are records generated while Arthur Skolnik was district manager.

Records relating to the shoreline inventory conducted by the Department of Construction and Land Use.

Permits issued by the Building Department for electrical work.

The email correspondence and related attachments of department directors and assistant directors.