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What to do when the little yellow ‘Land Use Action’ sign comes to your neighborhood.

October 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments

First thing, don’t ignore it! On this little yellow sign are tons of important pieces of information including (a brief summary of the application, the project number and generally a deadline for public feedback). I’d start off by going to jotting down the project number and entering it into the project number field on this DPD page. Next, get in touch with the DPD planner assigned to this project and ask them for a copy of the entire filing. What you find here will be significantly more useful than what the little yellow sign provides. And if there are any deadlines on the sign, make sure to meet them!littleyellowsign.JPG

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4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Eric // Oct 24, 2007 at 1:32 pm

    Good info as always Greg. I imagine it was a lot easier for developers to slip this stuff by neighbors when a actual trip to city hall was necessary to find out project details. the internet rulez.

  • 2 Cosmo Seattle // Oct 24, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    “…i just came across a great post! and in fact a great urban blog!! greg raece at the smarter neighbors blog provides some good advice about what to do when you find one of those little yellow sings pop up near your home.

    those signs are in fact invitations to participate in public debate about land use and development. however, it’s not very clear (and intentionally so in my opinion) that we as citizens can represent our own interests in these design meetings…”

  • 3 » Ugly Seattle condos and design reviews - urbnlivn a seattle condo blog // Oct 25, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    [...] if you’re interested in particpating in the design process both the Cosmo blog and the Smart Neighbors blog have posts this week on it. Frankly I don’t trust a bunch of disgruntled apartment owners [...]

  • 4 Greg // Oct 26, 2007 at 12:54 am

    Thanks for the comments! It’s surprisingly easy for people to miss important deadlines. I mean, what if you’re out of town for a few weeks, you could completely miss a filing.

    And thanks for the links guys!