§ 19.27.010 Short title
§ 19.27.015 Definitions
§ 19.27.020 Purposes — Objectives — Standards
§ 19.27.031 State building code — Adoption — Conflicts — Opinions
§ 19.27.035 Process for review
§ 19.27.040 Cities and counties authorized to amend state building code — Limitations
§ 19.27.042 Cities and counties — Emergency exemptions for housing for indigent persons — Rule making for temporary emergency shelter standards
§ 19.27.050 Enforcement
§ 19.27.060 Local building regulations superseded — Exceptions
§ 19.27.065 Exemption — Temporary growing structures used for commercial production of horticultural plants
§ 19.27.067 Temporary worker housing — Exemption — Standards
§ 19.27.070 State building code council — Established — Membership — Travel expenses
§ 19.27.074 State building code council — Duties — Public meetings — Timing of code changes
§ 19.27.076 State building code council — Open public access information technologies
§ 19.27.077 State building code council — Mobile on-demand gasoline operations — Adoption of rules — Fees
§ 19.27.080 Chapters of RCW not affected
§ 19.27.085 Building code council account — Building permit fee
§ 19.27.087 Building permit and plan review fees — Agricultural structures
§ 19.27.090 Local jurisdictions reserved
§ 19.27.095 Building permit application — Consideration — Requirements
§ 19.27.097 Building permit application — Evidence of adequate water supply — Authority of a county or city to impose additional requirements — Applicability — Exemption — Groundwater withdrawal authorized under
§ 19.27.100 Cities, towns, counties may impose fees different from state building code
§ 19.27.110 International fire code — Administration and enforcement by counties, other political subdivisions and municipal corporations — Fees
§ 19.27.111 RCW 19.27.080 not affected
§ 19.27.113 Automatic fire-extinguishing systems for certain school buildings
§ 19.27.115 Technical advisory group — International building code
§ 19.27.120 Buildings or structures having special historical or architectural significance — Exception
§ 19.27.140 Copy of permit to county assessor
§ 19.27.150 Report to department of enterprise services
§ 19.27.160 Counties with populations of from five thousand to less than ten thousand — Ordinance reenactment
§ 19.27.175 Recycled materials — Study code and adopt changes
§ 19.27.180 Residential buildings moved into a city or county — Applicability of building codes and electrical installation requirements
§ 19.27.190 Indoor air quality — Interim and final requirements for maintenance
§ 19.27.195 Renewable energy systems — Study code and adopt changes
§ 19.27.490 Fish habitat enhancement project
§ 19.27.500 Nightclubs — Automatic sprinkler system — Building code council shall adopt rules
§ 19.27.510 “Nightclub” defined
§ 19.27.520 Building constructed, used, or converted to nightclub — In accordance with chapter
§ 19.27.530 Carbon monoxide alarms — Requirements — Exemptions — Adoption of rules
§ 19.27.540 Electric vehicle infrastructure requirements — Rules
§ 19.27.550 Accessible parking space access aisles
§ 19.27.560 International Wildland Urban Interface Code
§ 19.27.570 Mass timber products — Building construction
§ 19.27.580 Use of substitutes — Adoption of rules
§ 19.27.590 Drinking fountain/bottle filling station
§ 19.27.700 Definitions
§ 19.27.710 Owners of buildings equipped with fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers, or smoke control systems — Duties — Penalty
§ 19.27.720 Inspections and tests — Qualifications — Report — Penalty
§ 19.27.730 State building code council and director of fire protection — Implementation and enforcement
§ 19.27.740 Building owner — Violations — Penalties
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 19.27 - State building code

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • City: means a city or town. See Washington Code 19.27.015
  • Commercial building permit: means a building permit issued by a city or a county to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of any building not covered by a residential building permit. See Washington Code 19.27.015
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Nightclub: means an A-2 occupancy use under the 2006 international building code in which the aggregate area of concentrated use of unfixed chairs and standing space that is specifically designated and primarily used for dancing or viewing performers exceeds three hundred fifty square feet, excluding adjacent lobby areas. See Washington Code 19.27.510
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Residential building permit: means a building permit issued by a city or a county to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of any building containing only dwelling units used for independent living of one or more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation, and structures accessory to dwelling units, such as detached garages and storage buildings. See Washington Code 19.27.015
  • Temporary growing structure: means a structure that has the sides and roof covered with polyethylene, polyvinyl, or similar flexible synthetic material and is used to provide plants with either frost protection or increased heat retention. See Washington Code 19.27.015