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 Code of Ordinances
 Title 14. BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
 Chapter 14.03. BUILDING CODE

  § 14.03.020. Amendments to International Codes.  

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  • Pursuant to RCW 19.27.040, RCW 19.27.060(3) and (4), and PAMC 14.03.010, the following amendments to the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Fire Code, and Uniform Sign Code are adopted:

    A.

    International Building Code, Chapter 5, Tables 504.3, 504.4, and 506.2 are amended by adding the following footnote:

    (e)

    Type V-B construction prohibited in CBD - Central Business District.

    B.

    International Building Code, Section 903.2 is amended by adding the following:

    903.2.13 Automatic Sprinklers shall be provided:

    (a)

    In all buildings where the floor area exceeds 6,250 square feet on all floors;

    (b)

    In any adult family home, boarding home, or group care facility that is licensed by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services for more than five persons;

    However, the height and area increases specified in Section 504 and 506 (for sprinklers) shall be permitted.

    For the purpose of this subsection, portions of buildings separated from the rest of the building in accordance with the International Building Code may be considered as separate buildings.

    C.

    A building permit under the International Building Code is not required for roads, bridges, sidewalks, drainage structures, retaining walls and similar structures, and electrical transmission towers and telephone poles (not including cell towers) regulated, approved, and inspected by the City's Public Works and Utilities Departments. These facilities may be subject to other codes or standards, and this paragraph is not intended to exempt such structures from other codes or standards to the extent they are applicable.

    D.

    International Residential Code, Section R 105.2, is amended by restricting work exempt from a permit to one story detached accessory structures provided that the floor area does not exceed 120 square feet.

    E.

    International Residential Code is amended to provide as follows: No building permit is required for construction of decks less than 30 inches from finished grade, unless such deck is part of a larger construction project for which a building permit is required, but this provision does not exempt deck construction from the minimum performance standards and objectives contained in the state building code.

    F.

    International Residential Code is amended to exempt the replacement of non structural siding that does not result in construction less than the minimum performance standards and objectives contained in the state building code.

    G.

    Uniform Sign Code, Chapter 3, Section 301, is amended by adding the following: Provided that presently existing signs not in conformity with this code, as amended, may be maintained in their present condition unless hazardous, but may not be altered or reconstructed unless in conformity with this code.

    H.

    Uniform Sign Code, Chapter 3, Section 303: Delete #3, signs less than six feet above grade.

    I.

    Uniform Sign Code, Chapter 4, delete Table 4-B. In lieu thereof, Chapter 32, Section 3205.2 of the Uniform Building Code, 1997 Edition, shall apply to projection of signs.

(Ord. 3558 § 1, 10/18/2016; Ord. No. 3459, § 1, 9-4-2012; Ord. No. 3450, § 3, 4-3-2012; Ord. 3408, 8/27/2010; Ord. 3389 § 1, 1/30/2010; Ord. 3165, § 2 (part), 7/30/2004; Ord. 2995 § 1 (part), 10/16/1998; Ord. 2910 § 1 (part), 3/15/1996; Ord. 2565 § 1, 2/14/1990; Ord. 2552 § 2, 10/25/1989)