Online Tools
Skip the trip with DPD's Online Tools
DPD has several online tools that allow our customers to access information, make inspection requests, pay permit fees or submit comments, all from the home or office.
Permit Tools
- Permit Status - includes project, permit and case information from 1983 - present
- Online Coaching - interactive coaching tool for your single family project
- Request an Inspection
- DPD Dashboard - track your open projects and projects with payable fees
- Apply for a self-issued electrical permit
- Apply for a side sewer repair permit
- View estimated wait times for service - see the current estimated wait times for in-person visits organized by service
Payment Center
Other Services
- Land Use Q&A
- Historical Documents New! - soils reports, plus recent permits/inspections and related documents are available for online viewing
- Seattle Registered Billboards
- Design Reviews - view design proposals and reports of recent project reviews
- Comment on proposed land use actions
- Environmental Sign Installation Notification - applicants are responsible for posting environmental signs for their own projects and notifying DPD once the sign is installed (see Director’s Rule (DR) 29-2006 for requirements)
Mapping Tools
- DPD Activity Locator - view permitting activity in Seattle from July 2005 to present using Microsoft Virtual Earth
- DPD GIS - interactive maps using Seattle GIS data and Microsoft Virtual Earth
- Engineering Wind Map - resource for engineers designing structures for wind loads in Seattle
- Parcel Data - view parcel information, including maps, within the city of Seattle
- Side Sewer Cards & Maps - view side sewer cards, including lateral maps & aerial photographs for parcels within the city of Seattle
- SPU GIS Map Counter Services - link to the Seattle Public Utilities' GIS map counter, located in the DPD Public Resource Center
- Zoning Maps - detailed PDF maps containing zoning information on Seattle properties and neighborhoods
Compliance
- Check the status of a complaint
- File a complaint - report a complaint about a building, land use or environmental code violation
Subscriptions