HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 90-107-CCADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS OF THE 1988 EDITIONS OF THE
UNIFORM BUILDING, FIRE, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING AND ABATEMENT
OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CODE
RESOLUTION NUMBER 90 -107 -CC
ORDINANCE NUMBER 90 -107 -CC
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Grant County
Commissioners as follows:
24.1.010, Building Code, There is hereby adopted by the Board of
County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington in conformance with the
State Building Code Act, the following codes, Uniform Building Code,
Uniform Fire Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, and
Standards, amended as hereinafter provided.
24.2.010, The 1988 Edition of the Uniform Building Code and
subsequent editions as they are published and approved by Public
Hearing, and Related Standards including supplements and amendments with
the exception of the revision of Section 701 and including all the
Appendices except for the Appendix of Requirements for Group R, Division
3 occupancies (labeled Chapter 12, in the 1988 Uniform Building Code),
and the appendix of Earthquake Instrumentation (labeled Chapter 23 in the
1988 Uniform Building Code), and the appendix on Sound Transmission
Control (labeled Chapter 35 in the 1988 Uniform Building Code), with the
following supplemental changes:
24.2.020, Section 204 of said Building Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: Where reasonable and economically feasible, the
Board of Appeals should include one (1) person with an architectural
background, and one (1) building material supplier. Additionally,
members should be selected from various areas of the County. If
possible, to ensure a balance in representation. (See Section 29.10.010
of this Ordinance).
24.2.030, Section 205 of said Building Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of the Codes of this ordinance shall be deemed a Civil
violation subject to a monetary penalty not to exceed $300.00 for each
day of violation.
24.2.040, Section 301(a) of said Building Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: to include the list of Projects for which a Building
Permit is Not Required by the Grant County Building Department.
24.2.041, Section 302(a)2 Application: To obtain a permit, the
applicant shall first file an application thereof in writing on a form
furnished by the code enforcement agency for that purpose. The Building
Official may deny a building permit for a structure which is proposed
for a location which will be exposed to danger of serious damage from
external causes such as floods, mudslides and avalanches, provided, that
this shall not obligate the Building Official to make an inspection or
inquiry as to exposure or any proposed building site to dangers nor does
the issuance of a permit express or imply any assurance that the
building site is safe from such dangers: (Reference Resolution
#88 -106 -cc; Grant County Flood Zoning Ordinance).
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24.2.042, Section 304(b) of said Building Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: "Permit Fee's". The permit fee for each permit
shall be determined from Table 3A of the 1988 Uniform Building Code
(UBC). Table 3A establishes the fee's for permits using the building
valuation established by contract for the construction or by use of the
Building Department Valuation Guide. Valuations are determined by a
cost per square foot for various occupancy uses. The guide is
established from the Building Valuation Data published in the Building
Standards magazine by the International Conference of Building
Officials, in compliance with Chapter 4, Section 423 of the UBC. Plan
check fees for commercial structures are established at 65% of the
permit fee by this section.
24.2.043, Permit fees for modular homes shall be established as
follows: the valuation for construction on-site shall be determined of
the same method for site built structures and the fees shall be
established by Table 3A of the Building Code. Also a flat fee of $60.00
shall be added to the construction permit fee for inspection of the
modular building placed on a foundation.
24.2.044, Special Inspection Fees; for inspections required, and
no fee schedule has been established, a special inspection fee of $35.00
for the first hour plus $15.00 per hour for additional hours shall be
established by this ordinance.
24.2.045 Demolition Permits; For the recording of buildings or
structures demolished and/or removed from developed property, a permit
shall be established to remove the structure from the property records
of the Building Department and Assessor's Office.
24.2.050 Division 5 Occupancies Added in Amendment to Group B
Occupancies; Chapter 7 of the Uniform Building Code, 1988 edition
is amended by the addition of a new subsection as follows:
Section 701, Division 5 controlled atmosphere storage buildings used
soley for storage of agricultural products in refrigerated rooms with
room atmosphere maintained at 14% oxygen and 861h nitrogen or carbon
dioxide.
Section 711
(a) General. In addition to the requirements set forth else where in
this code, Group B, Division 5 occupancies shall comply with the
following provisions of this section and the Uniform Fire Code.
(b) Exits shall comply with Chapter 33. Exceptions:
1. Maximum allowable occupancy for a 3.5 occupancy shall be 9.
2. The maximum distance of travel from any point to an exit, exit
passageway, or an enclosed stairway in a building not equipped
with an automatic fire extinguishing system throughout shall
not exceed 300 feet. The exit travel distance may be increased
to 450 feet if the building is equipped with an automatic fire
extinguishing system through out.
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(24.2.050 Con't.)
3. The doors giving access to the building and spaces with in the
building shall be maintained open when the building or portion
of the building is occupied and contains a normal outdoor
atmosphere. When operated in this manner, B-5 occupancies
shall be exempt from Section 3304 provision.
(c) Smoke and heat venting. B.5 occupancies used exclusively for the
storage of fruit, or other agricultural produce shall meet the
provisions of 24.2.100, amendment to Section 3802(b)1 of this ordinance.
(d) Fire extinguishing systems: Automatic fire extinguishing systems are
not required for B.5 occupancies which comply with the allowable
floor area provisins of Sections 508 and 506. B.5 occupancies which
exceed the allowable floor area set forth in subsections 506 (b) or c
are required a fire extinguishing system as provided in Chapter 38.
(e) Storage of empty fruit bins may be allowed without maintaining an
atmosphere of 14% oxygen and 86% nitrogen or carbon dioxide provided
that the building is sealed air tight, and the seal is maintained
throughout the time when bins are stored.
24.2.055 Amendments to Tables 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D; Tables 5A, 5B, 5C,
5D of the Uniform Building Code, 1985 edition are amended to include
Group B, Division 5 occupancies as set forth in amended table 5A, 5B,
5C, and 5D.
24.2.056 Amendment of Chapter 5, Subsection 506; Allowable area
increases. Add the following after item C, Group M Division 5; D. Group
B Division 5, occupancies not exceeding two stories in height. Add the
following to subsection 506 (b) add group B, Division 5 to group B and
Group H, in paragraph #1. Add Group B, Division 5 to Group B, Division
4 in paragraph #2.
24.2.060, Section 504(a) of said Building Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: Add after the first paragraph; "Required minimum
building setbacks from property lines shall be established in the Grant
County Zoning Ordinance". Reduction of these setbacks will be
authorized only by a Variance Permit from the Board of Adjustment,
through the Grant County Planning Department.
24.2.065 Chapter 9 Requirements for Group H Occupancies, is hereby
excluded from adoption, thus keeping current with the State adoption of
the Uniform Building Code. Chapter 9 of the 1985 Edition of the Uniform
Building Code will remain in force.
24.070, Section 1101 of said Building Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: Add Division 4, private garages, carports and sheds
between 1,000 and 3,500 square feet in area.
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24.2.080, Section 1712 of said Building Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: Add the following exception to paragraph two of
Section (a): Buildings used solely for bulk storage of agricultural
commodities containing more that 70° water, without flammable pallets,
cartons, bins or other containers need not provide the required thermal
barrier over approved urethane insulation. Storage of combustibles or
repair of equipment within such buildings cancels the exception.
24.2.090, Section 2907(a) of said Building Code is hereby amended
to provide as follows:
(1) "Frostline in Grant County is 18" below the finish earth grade
line."
(2) Drains shall be provided around foundations enclosing
habitable or usable spaces below grade which are subject to ground water
conditions. Drains shall be installed at or below the area to be
protected and shall discharge by gravity or by mechanical means to an
approved drainage system.
(3) In buildings where the bearing loads are transferred to the
ground by means of piers rather than a continuous foundation and footing
and the slab floor is cast monolithically with the piers, a curtain wall
at least 4 inches thick must extend to frostline on the edges of the
slab between piers.
(4) For pole buildings which establish foundation support by means
of wood poles/posts shall meet the requirements established by; The
Guidelines for Minimum Pole Embedment for Wood Pole Buildings,
established by the Grant County Building Department.
(5) Structural considerations for the use of wood members as floor
joists, ceiling joists, rafters and headers shall be required to meet
the loading requirements established by the UBC, Chapter 23. If
engineering is not provided, the Building Department may require the
span limitations set forth in those span charts established for floor
joists, ceiling joists, rafters and headers, published by the Grant
County Building Department.
24.2.100, Section 3802(b)l of said Building Code is hereby amended
to provide the following exclusions: Cold storage and controlled
atmosphere storage structures shall be excluded from the requirements of
this section on the following basis: In the absence of an automatic
fire extinguishing system and/or approved wall openings as required by
Chapter 38 of the UBC, the following shall apply:
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(1) The structure shall be provided with roof vents to provide
smoke and heat venting. The vents shall be constructed of International
Conference of Building Officials or Underwriters Laboratory approved
plastic melt -out vent material or 3/8" (max) plywood, kept free of
insulation on its bottom side. The vent hatch between the ceiling and
roof shall be enclosed to direct heat and smoke directly up to the roof
vent. The minimum dimension of footage of each vent shall be 16 square
feet with a minimum dimension of 48 inches. Each storage room within
the structure shall be provided with a minimum of one such vent.
(2) The venting ratio of effective area of vent opening to floor
area shall be 1:100.
(3) The maximum center -to -center spacing between vents within the
building shall be 50 feet.
(4) Combustible material shall not be stored in cold storage or
controlled atmosphere structures, including the packaging material and
pallets or storage racks.
24.2.110, Chapter 70 of the Appendix is hereby adopted for
engineering use only in determining maximum or minimum allowable grading
or excavation requirements. Permits and fee schedules are not adopted.
24.2.112 Mobile Home Commercial Coaches and Recreational Vehicles,
Site Placement Requirements, Site Placement of these structures shall be
regulated by County Resolution Adopted October 25, 1976.
24.2.114 Additions and Alterations to Factory Built Structures
i.e.; Mobile Homes, Travel Trailers, Recreational Vehicles, This section
establishes the requirements to construct additions or alter factory
build structures.
1) Mobile Homes, Modular Homes
Additions: Site built structures to increase the existing floor
space of a factory built unit will be allowed as follows: The structure
stall be constructed to meet the rules and regulation of the Uniform
Building, Plumbing and Mechanical Codes and the National Electrical
Code.
Foundations shall be constructed as for permanent built structures as
allowed by the above mentioned codes. Total support of the structure
and all applied loads shall be bore by the foundation. No loading may
be applied to the structural framing of the factory built unit. Flashing
may be anchored to the factory built unit and the addition to seal out
the natural elements.
Exception: Additions which are designed to apply loading to the
structural framing of a factory built unit may be allowed when approval
of the design is approved by the Washington State Department of Labor
and Industries. Reference Chapter 296-1506, WAC Standards for Mobile
Homes, Commercial Coaches, Recreational Vehicles.
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2) Alterations: Any alteration to the structural frame of a factory
built unit shall first meet the design approval of the Washington State
Department of Labor and Industries. Reference, Chapter 296-1506, WAC
Standards for Mobile Homes, Commercial Coaches, Recreational Vehicles.
24.2.116 Travel Trailer, Recreational Vehicle, Site Placement
Requirements.
(3) Site placement regulations for these factory built structures are
instated when the travel trailer or recreational vehicle are permanently
place at a site for more than three months. Use and placement on-site
for less than three months does not constitute permanent placement and
no regulation of site placement are imposed. Special permission to park
a travel trailer or recreational vehicle on an approved RV Park site may
be required through the Grant County Planning Department and subject to
limitations of habitation.
Permanent placement on a site, of a travel trailer or recreational
vehicle may be approved on application for placement to the Grant County
Building/Fire Marshal's Office. Permanent placement also may allow
habitation for more than three months, subject to County zoning
requirements. Regulations and requirements for placement are enforced by
Resolution adopted October 25, 1976.
(4) Additions to travel trailer or recreational vehicles. Because of
certain recreational use and areas providing approved siting needs, the
following provisions are made to allow additions to travel trainer or
recreational vehicles, approval is subject to rules and regulations of
the Grant County Planning Department and Building/Fire Marshal's Office.
Additions shall be constructed on permanent footing and foundations,
with no provisions to apply any structural or applied loading to the
structural frame of these factory built units. Rules and regulations of
the Uniform Building, Plumbing and Mechanical Codes and the National
Electrical codes shall apply to the construction of the additions.
Flashing may be anchored to the factory built unit and the addition to
seal out the natural elements. Structural alterations of the factory
built unit or application of an structural or applied loads to this
structural frame are prohibited. No provision in the design of factory
built travel trailers or recreational vehicles has been made to minimum
or maximum loading of the structure, Therefore, no permanent loading
may be applied and the structure must be capable at all times to be
detached by the flashing and moved away from any permanent structure.
24.3.010, The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1988 Edition, including
supplements and amendments.
24.4.010, the 1988 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code, and related
standards latest edition, including supplements and amendments except
for the following supplemental changes:
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24.4.020, Section 2.101 of said Fire Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: Before the first sentence, add: "The Grant County
Fire Marshal shall be deemed to be the Chief for the purposes of
enforcing and administering the Uniform Fire Code."
24.4.030, Section 4.101 of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read
as follows: "The Grant County Fire Marshal shall issue permits for items
10, 16, 17, 18, 26, 38, and 43 below. The remaining items may have
permits issued by the local Fire Districts or Departments."
24.4.040, Section 11.101(a) of said Fire Code is hereby amended to
read as follows: "The Chief of each individual'Fire Department or Fire
Protection District within the County jurisdiction shall, at his
discretion, handle the issuance of permits to kindle or maintain any
bon -fire, crop residue fire or rubbish fire, in accordance to County and
State Clean -Air Regulations and Limitations."
24.4.050, Section 10.301, Paragraph 2 of said Fire Code is amended
as follows: In setting the requirements for fire flow, the Fire Marshal
may be guided by the standard published by the Insurance Services
Office, "Guide for Determination of Required Fire Flow", or the National
Fire Code Section 1231, "Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and
Rural Fire Fighting" or the County Guide for Required Fire Flow.
DEFINATION: "Industrial and commercial buildings" are defined as those
used for industrial or commercial enterprises not including storage of
unprocessed agricultural commodities, by the grower.
24,4,050 Article 80 of the Uniform Fire Code is hereby excluded
from adoption, thus keeping current with the State adoption of the
Uniform Fire Code. Article 80 of the 1985 Edition of the Uniform Fire
Code will remain in force.
24.5.010, The 1988 Edition of The Uniform Plumbing Code, including
supplements and amendments and including all the Installation Standards
and including all the Appendices except the Appendix on Mobile Home
Parks and Recreational Vehicle Parks (labeled Appendix E in the 1988
Uniform Plumbing Code) and the Appendix on Swimming Pools (labeled
Appendix G in the 1988 Uniform Plumbing Code) and the Appendix on
Private Sewage Disposal Systems (labeled Appendix I in the 1988 Uniform
Plumbing Code), with the following supplemental changes:
24.5.020, Section 20.1 of said Plumbing Code is hereby amended to
provide as follows: The Board of Appeals shall be the same as for the
Building Code except that if in the event a member of the Board is not
a qualified plumber or plumbing contractor, one may be called by the
Chairman of the Board as an expert witness.
24.5.040, Chapter 11 of said Plumbing Code is hereby deleted in its
entirety because on-site sewage disposal is regulated and enforced by
the Grant County Health District.
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24.6.101, The rules and regulations adopted by the Building Code
Advisory Council established Regulations for Barrier Free facilities for
the physically handicapped or elderly persons are adopted as provided
for in R.C.W. 70.92.100 through 70.92.160.
24.7.010, The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings, 1988 Edition, including supplements and amendments, as
published by the International Conference of Building Officials is
adopted.
24.10.010, Section 204, In order to determine the suitability of
alternate materials and methods of construction and to provide for
reasonable interpretations of the Uniform Building. Plumbing, Mechanical
and Fire Code, there shall be and is hereby created a Board of Appeals
consisting of members who are qualified by experience and training to
pass upon matters pertaining to building construction and who are not
employees of the jurisdiction. The Building Official shall be an ex
officio member of and shall act as Secretary to said Board. The Board
of Appeals shall be appointed by the governing body and shall hold
office at its pleasure. The Board shall adopt rules of procedure for
conducting its business and shall render all decisions and findings in
writing to the appellant with a duplicate copy to the Building Official.
The Board of Appeals shall be selected from a qualifying list of members
selected as to qualified experience. This list shall be updated
annually to assure an adequate number of individuals are made available
for selection by the Board of County Commissioners when the Board is
required to meet. Other than the list of candidates, no formal Board of
Appeals has been named for continuous service.
The appellant shall be granted an opportunity to review the list of
appeal board candidates to insure those members not desirable to him
because of personal conflict are noted, before the Board is chosen by
the Board of County Commissioners.
24.10.020, All ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance hereby adopted are
hereby repealed.
24.11.010, It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove,
convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building or
structure in contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of
this Ordinance.
24.12.010. R.C.W. 19.90.901 Severability, If any provision of this
act, or if application to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other
persons or circumstances is not affected.
24.13.010, This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and
after its passage.
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Dated this day of DC�:, , 1990.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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