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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 2491
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Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/18/2002. Referred to Committee on Local Government &
Housing.
Limiting the authority to inspect facilities used for
temporary storage and processing of commodities.
AN
ACT Relating to inspection of facilities used for temporary storage and
processing of agricultural commodities; and reenacting and amending RCW
19.27.060.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
19.27.060 and 1989 c 266 s 2 and 1989 c 246 s 1 are each reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(1)
The governing bodies of counties and cities may amend the codes enumerated in
RCW 19.27.031 as amended and adopted by the state building code council as they
apply within their respective jurisdictions, but the amendments shall not
result in a code that is less than the minimum performance standards and
objectives contained in the state building code.
(a)
No amendment to a code enumerated in RCW 19.27.031 as amended and adopted by
the state building code council that affects single family or multifamily
residential buildings shall be effective unless the amendment is approved by
the building code council under RCW 19.27.074(1)(b).
(b)
Any county or city amendment to a code enumerated in RCW 19.27.031 which is
approved under RCW 19.27.074(1)(b) shall continue to be effective after any
action is taken under RCW 19.27.074(1)(a) without necessity of reapproval under
RCW 19.27.074(1)(b) unless the amendment is declared null and void by the
council at the time any action is taken under RCW 19.27.074(1)(a) because such
action in any way altered the impact of the amendment.
(2)
Except as permitted or provided otherwise under this section, the state
building code shall be applicable to all buildings and structures including
those owned by the state or by any governmental subdivision or unit of local
government.
(3)
The governing body of each county or city may limit the application of any
portion of the state building code to exclude specified classes or types of
buildings or structures according to use other than single family or
multifamily residential buildings((: PROVIDED, That)). However,
in no event shall fruits or vegetables of the tree or vine stored in buildings
or warehouses constitute combustible stock for the purposes of application of
the uniform fire code. A governing body of a county or city may inspect
facilities used for temporary storage and processing of agricultural
commodities.
(4)
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any building four or more
stories high with a B occupancy as defined by the uniform building code, 1982
edition, and with a city fire insurance rating of 1, 2, or 3 as defined by a
recognized fire rating bureau or organization.
(5)
No provision of the uniform fire code concerning roadways shall be part of the
state building code: PROVIDED, That this subsection shall not limit the
authority of a county or city to adopt street, road, or access standards.
(6)
The provisions of the state building code may be preempted by any city or
county to the extent that the code provisions relating to the installation or
use of sprinklers in jail cells conflict with the secure and humane operation
of jails.
(7)(a)
Effective one year after July 23, 1989, the governing bodies of counties and
cities may adopt an ordinance or resolution to exempt from permit requirements
certain construction or alteration of either group R, division 3, or group M,
division 1 occupancies, or both, as defined in the uniform building code, 1988
edition, for which the total cost of fair market value of the construction or
alteration does not exceed fifteen hundred dollars. The permit exemption shall
not otherwise exempt the construction or alteration from the substantive
standards of the codes enumerated in RCW 19.27.031, as amended and maintained
by the state building code council under RCW 19.27.070.
(b)
Prior to July 23, 1989, the state building code council shall adopt by rule,
guidelines exempting from permit requirements certain construction and
alteration activities under (a) of this subsection.
Passed the House February 17, 2002.
Passed the Senate March 4, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
March 26, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 26, 2002.
