Article II. Amendments to Uniform Code

14.06.101.2 Scope.

Section R101.2 (Scope) of the IRC shall be amended and replaced with the following:

Scope. The provisions of the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, removal, and demolition of detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures, including adult family homes, foster family care homes and family day care homes licensed by the Washington state department of social and health services.

Exceptions:

1. Work located primarily in a public way;

2. Work related to public utility towers and poles (not including wireless communication, radio, or television towers);

3. Amateur radio and citizen band support towers less than seventy (70) feet in height;

4. Mechanical equipment not specifically regulated in this Code;

5. Hydraulic flood control structures; and

6. Agricultural Buildings as defined in the IBC.

(Sec. 4 (Exh. C) of Ord. 2004-06-04)