HomeMy WebLinkAbout2501 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 2501
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Pasco adopting the 1982 Edition of the
Uniform Building Code; adopting the 1983 Supplement to
the Uniform Building Code; adopting the Uniform Building
Standards; adopting regulations for Barrier Free
Facilities; and adopting the Uniform Building Code
Appendix Chapters 1, 7, 11, 32, 49, and 70; all
together with appropriate amendments and substitions
thereto
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 16.04.010 of the Pasco Municipal Code be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows.
16.04.010 ADOPTION OF UNIFORM BUILDING CODE AND SUPPLEMENT.
The Uniform Building Code with Appendix Chapters 1, 7, 11, 32,
49, and 70, 1982 Edition, and the 1983 supplement, both prepared by
the International Conference of Building Officials, and as herein
amended or revised, is adopted by the city, and all buildings herein-
after erected or constructed, enlarged, repaired, removed, demolished,
or converted shall be done in conformity with the provisions of said
codes, except as expressly provided herein.
Three (3) copies of said codes have heretofore been filed and
are now on file in the office of the city clerk for use and examination
by the public as required by law prior to adoption of the ordinance
codified in this chapter.
Section 2. Section 16.04.110 of the Pasco Municipal Code be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.04.110 AMENDMENT OF UBC SECTION 1204. Section 1204 of
the Uniform Building Code shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 1204 Exit Facilities. Stairs, exits and smokeproof
enclosures shall be as specified in Chapter 33. All stairs and exits
in Group R, Division 1 Occupancies shall open directly upon a street
or alley or upon a yard or court not less than four feet in width
directly connected to a street or alley by means of a passageway not
less in width than the stairway opening into such passageway and not
less than seven feet in height.
Buildings more than one story in height shall have no
transoms or ventilating openings from guest rooms to public corridors.
Door openings from guest rooms to public corridors shall be protected
as specified in Section 3305(h).
Every sleeping room below the fourth story shall have at
least one operable window or exterior door approved for emergency
escape or rescue. The units shall be operable from the inside to
provide a full clear opening without the use of separate tools.
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All escape or rescue windows from sleeping rooms shall
have a minimum clear opening of 5.7 square feet. The minimum net
clear opening height dimension shall be 24 inches. The minimum
net clear opening width dimension shall be 20 inches. Where windows
are provided as a means of escape or rescue, they shall have a
finished sill height not more than 44 inches above the floor.
Bars, grilles, grates or similar devices may be installed
on emergency escape or rescue windows or doors, provided:
1) Such devices are equipped with approved release
mechanisms which are openable from the inside
without use of a key or special knowledge or effort;
and
2) The building is equipped with smoke detectors installed
in accordance with Section 1210.
Section 3. Section 16.04.160 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.04.150 AMENDMENT OF UBC SECTION 2305(d). Section 2305
(d) of the Uniform Building Code shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 2305(d). Snow Loads. Snow loads full or unbalanced
shall be considered in place of loads set forth in Table No. 23-C,
where such loading will result in larger members or connections.
Potential accumulation of snow at valleys, parapets, roof
structures, and offsets in roofs of uneven configuration shall be
considered. Snow loads shall be twenty-five pounds per square foot.
Section 4. Section 16.04.170 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 5. Section 16.04.180 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.04.180 AMENDMENT OF UBC SECTION 2516(c)2. Section
2516(c)2 of the Uniform Building Code shall be amended to read as
follows:
Section 2516(c)2. Underfloor Clearance. Wood joists
or bottom of wood floors closer than eighteen inches, or wood girders
closer than twelve inches to the ground underfloor areas and their
supports, shall be of treated wood or all heartwood of approved
naturally durable species as listed in Section 2517(c)3.
Accessible underfloor areas shall be provided with an exterior
twenty-four inch by twenty-four inch access crawl hole. The well for
the access hole must have a minimum horizontal distance of twenty-
four inches and, if there is mechanical equipment under the house,
the opening must be capable of removing the largest piece of equipment.
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Section 6. Section 16.04.190 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 7. Section 16.04.200 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.04.200 AMENDMENT OF UBC SECTION 2517(g)2. Section 2517
(g)2 of the Uniform Building Code shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 2517(g)2. Framing Details. Studs shall be placed
with their wide dimension perpendicular to the wall. Not less than
three studs shall be installed at each corner of an exterior wall.
Bearing and exterior wall studs shall be capped with double
top plates installed to provide overlapping at corners and at inter-
sections with other partitions. End joints in double top plates shall
be offset at least 48 inches.
When bearing studs are spaced at 24-inch intervals and top
plates are less than two 2 by 6 by 4 menbers and when the floor joists,
floor trusses or roof trusses which they support are spaced at more
than 16-inch intervals, such joists or trusses shall bear within 5
inches of the studs beneath or a third plate shall be installed.
Interior nonbearing partitions may be capped with a single
top plate installed to provide overlapping at corners and at inter-
sections with other walls and partitions. The plate shall be
continuously tied at joints by solid blocking at least 16 inches in
length and equal in size to the plate or by 1/8-inch by 11/2-inch
metal ties with spliced sections fastened with two 16d nails on
each side of the point.
Studs shall have full bearing on a plate or sill not less than
2 inches in thickness having a width not less than that of the wall
studs.
Section 8. Section 16.04.210 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
16.04.210 AMENDMENT OF UBC SECTION 2907(a). Section 2907(a)
of the Uniform Building Code shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 2907(a). Footings: General. Footings and foundations,
unless otherwise specifically provided, shall be constructed of
masonry, concrete, or treated wood in conformance with UBC Standard
No. 29-3. In all cases, footings and foundations shall extend below
the frost line; the minimum frost line depth shall be twenty-four
inches. Footings of concrete and masonry shall be of solid material;
any hollow core masonry unit foundation that exceeds twenty-four
inches vertical height shall have all cores filled to a minimum of
six (6) inches above finish grade with mortar or other material
acceptable to the administrative authority. Foundations supporting
wood shall extend at least 6 inches above the adjacent finish grade.
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Section 9. Section 16.04.220 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 10. Section 16.04.230 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 11. Section 16.04.240 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.04.240 AMENDMENT OF UBC SECTION 3205(a). Section
3204(a) of the Uniform Building Code shall be amended to read as
follows:
Section 3205(a) Attics: Access. An attic access opening
shall be provided in the ceiling of the top floor of ,buildings with
combustible ceiling or roof construction. The opening shall be
located in a corridor, hallway, or garage of an R-3 occupancy and
in the corridor or hallway of any other occupancy.
The opening shall be not less than 22 inches by 30 inches.
Thirty (30) inch minimum clear head room shall be provided above the
access opening. Attics with a maximum vertical clear height of less
than 30 inches need not be provided with access openings.
Section 12. Section 16.04.245 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.04.245 ADDITION TO UBC SECTION 3304(k).
Section 3304(k) shall be added to the Uniform Building Code to read
as follows:
Section 3304(k) Door Construction All exterior doors
installed for use in habitable portions of Group R occupancies,
if of wood construction, shall be of solid core design; if of metal
construction, shall be fully insulated
Section 13. Section 16.04.270 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same hereby is enacted to read as follows:
16.04.270 AMENDMENT OF UBC APPENDIX SECTION 108(b). .
Section 108(b) of the Uniform Building Code Appendix shall
be amended to read as follows:
Section 108(b) Compliance Period. The building inspector
shall provide a minimum of thirty (30) days but not more than twelve
(12) months for compliance with the requirements of this chapter;
the time periods prescribed herein and/or by the building inspector
shall commence on the date of receipt, by the owner of the building,
of written notice of necessary corrections and the compliance period
prescribed by the building inspector.
ED by th City Council of the City of Pasco this r 7
, 1984.
stello, City Attorney
Wells, City Clerk
AP FORM•
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Section 14. Section 16.04.280 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and the same hereby is enacted to read as follows:
16.04.280 DELETION OF UBC APPENDIX SECTION 111. Section 111
of the Uniform Building Code Appendix shall be deleted.
Section 15. Section 16.04.300 of the Pasco Municipal Code
be and teh same hereby is enacted to read as follows:
16.04.300 RESOLUTION OF CODE CONFLICTS. In case of
conflict among the following construction codes, the code
first named below shall govern over those following:
(1) Uniform Building Code;
(2) Uniform Mechanical Code;
(3) Uniform Fire Code,
(4) Uniform Plumbing Code.
Section 16. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
after its passage and publication as required by law.
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ATTEST.
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
COUNTY OF Franklin
)ss
STATE OF WASHINGTON
Eileen Scott , being first duly sworn on oath deposes
and says she theprincipal clerk of the Tri-City Herald,
a daily newspaper That said newspaper is a legal newspaper and has been approved as a
legal newspaper by order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and it
is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication here-
inafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in
Franklin County,
Washington, and is now and during all of said time was printed in an office maintained at
the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper That the annexed is a true copy of a
legal ad "Ordianee NO. 250/...n
as it was printed in the regular and enye issue of the Tri City Herald itself and not in a
supplement thereof, for a period of consecutive weeks, commencing
on the 8th day of June ,184 , and
ending on the 8th day of June , 1984, and that said
newspaper was regularly cittributed to its subscribers during all of this period 009 00 That the full amount of $ 0 has been paid in full, also at the rate of
40 inches @ $6.90 . *276.00 9
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th d ay o f June ,1984
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Pasco
ORDINANCE NO 2501
AN ORDINANCE of the City
I of Pasco adopting the 1982
'Edition of the Uniform
I Building Code adopting
the 1983 Supplement to the
'Uniform Building Code
adopting the Uniform Build
ing Standards adopting
regulations for Barrier Free
, Facilities and adopting the
Uniform Building Code Ap-
' pendix Chapters 1 7 11
j32 49 and 70 all together
with appropriate amend
ments and substitions
I thereto
THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PASCO
DOES ORDAIN AS FOL-
LOWS
Section 1 Section
/ 16 04 U10 of the Pasco Mu
nicipal Code be and the
I same hereby amended to
read as follows
16 04 010 ADOPTION
OF UNIFORM BUILDING
CODE AND SUPPLE
' MENT The Uniform Build
mg Code with Appendix
1 Chapters 1 7 11 32 49
and 70 1982 Edition and
the 1983 supplement both
prepared by the Interns
tionaf Conference of Build
mg Officials and as herein
amended or revised 'is
adopted by the city and all
buildings hereinafter
erected or constructed en-
larged repaired removed
demolished or converted
shall be done in conformity
with the provisions of said
codes except as expressly
provided herein
, Three (3) copies of said
11 codes have heretofore
n ' been filed and are now on
file in the office of the City
Clerk for use and examine
lion by the public as re
I quired by law prior to
adoption of the ordinance
codified in this chapter
Section 2 Section
16 04 110 to the Pasco Mu
I nicipal Code be and the
same is hereby amended to
I read as follows
16 04 110 AMENDMENT
I OF UBC SECTION 1204
Section 1204 of the Um
form Building Code shall be
I amended to read as, fol
I lows I Section 1204 Exit Facili-
ties Stairs exits and smo 1 keproof enclosures shall be
as specified in Chapter 33
All stairs and exits in Group
' R Division 1 Occupancies
shall open directly upon a
1 street or alley or upon a
yard or court not less than
L four feet in width directly
T connected to a street or
alley by means of a passe
, geway not less than seven
feet in height
Buildings more than one
story in height shall have no
transoms or ventilating
openings from guest rooms
to public corridors Door
openings from guest rooms
to public corridors shall be
protected as specified in
? Section 3305(h)
Every sleeping room
below the fourth story shall
have at least one operable
window or exterior door ap
proved for emergency es
cape or rescue The units
shall be operable from the
inside to provide a full clear
opening without the use of
separate tools
All escape or rescue win
dows from sleeping rooms
shall have a minimum clear
opening of 5 7 square feet
The minimum net clear
opening height dimension
shall be 24 inches The
minimum net clear opening
width dimension shall be 20
inches Where windows are
provided as a means of es
cape or rescue they shall
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have a finished sill height
not more than 44 inches
above the floor
Bars grills grates or
similar devices may be in-
stalled on emergency es
cape or rescue windows or
doors provided
1) Such devices are
equipped with approved re
lease mechanisms which
are openable from the in
side without use of a key or
special knowledge or effort
and
2) The building is
equipped with smoke de
tectors installed in accord
ance with Section 1210
Section 3 Section
16 04 160 of the Pasco Mu
nicipal Code be and the
same is hereby amended to
read as follows
16 04 150 AMENDMENT
OF UBC SECTION 2305(d)
Section 2305 (d) of the Uni-
form Building Code shall be
amended to read as fol
lows
Section 2305(d) Snow
Loads Snow loads full or
unbalanced shall be con
sidered in place of loads set
forth in Table No 23-C
where such loading will re
suit in larger members or
connections
Potential accumulation
of snow at valleys par
apets roof structures and
offsets in roofs of uneven
configuration shall be con-
sidered Snow loads shall
be twenty five pounds per
square foot
Section 4 Section
16 04 170 of the Pasco Mu
recipe! Code be and the
same hereby repealed
Section 5 Section
16 04 180 of the Pasco Mu
nictpal Code be and the
same is hereby amended to
read as follows
16 04 180 AMENDMENT
OF UBC SECTION
2516(c)2 Section 2516(c)2
of the Uniform Building
Code shall be amended to
read as follows
Section 2516(c)2 Un-
derfloor Clearance Wood
joists or bottom of wood
floors closer than eighteen
inches or wood girders
closer than twelve inches to
the ground underfloor
areas and their supports,
shall be of treated wood or
all heartwood of approved
naturally durable species
as listed in Section
2517(c)3
Accessible underfloor
areas shall be provided
with an exterior twenty four
inch by twenty four inch ac
cess crawl hole The well
for the access hole must
have a minimum horizontal
distance of twenty four
inches and if there is me
chanical equipment under
the house the opening
must be capable of remov
log the largos piece of
equipment
Section 6 Section
16 04 190 of the Pasco Mu
recipal Code be and the
same Is hereby repealed
Section 7 Section
16 04 200 of the Pasco Mu-
nicipal Code be and the
same is hereby amended to
read as follows
16 04 200 AMENDMENT
OF UBC SECTION
2517(9)2 Section 2511(g)2
of the Uniform Building
Code shall be amended to
read as follows
Section 2517(g)2 Fram-
ing Details Studs shall be
placed with their wide di
mension perpendicular to
the wall Not less than three
studs shall be installed at
each corner of an exterior
wall
Bearing and exterior wall
studs shall be capped with
double top plates installed
to provide overlapping at
corners and at intersec-
tions with other partitions
End joints in double top
plates shall be offset at
east 48 inches
When bearing studs are
spaced at 24-inch intervals
and top plates are less than
two 2 by 6 by 4 members
and when the floor joists
floor trusses or roof trusses
which they support are
spaced at more than 16
inch intervals such joists or
trusses shall bear within 5
inches of the studs beneath
or a third plate shall be in-
stalled
Interior nonbearing pare
bons may be capped with a
single top plate installed to
provide overlapping at cor-
ners and at intersections
with other walls and pare
bons The plate shall be
continuously tied at joints
by solid blocking at least 16
inches in length and equal
in size to the plate or by 1/8
inch by 11/2 inch metal ties
with spliced sections fas
tened with two 16d nails on
each side of the point
Studs shall have full
bearing on a plate or sill not
less than 2 inches in thick
ness having a width not
less than that of the wall
studs
Section 8 Section
16 04 210 of the Pasco Mu
moped Code be and the
same is hereby amended to
read as follows
16 04 210 AMENDMENT
OF UBC SECTION 2907(a)
Section 2907(a) of the Uni-
form Building Code shall be
amended to read as fol
lows
Section 2907(a) Foot-
ings General Footings
and foundations unless
otherwise specifically pro-
vided shall be constructed
of masonry concrete or
treated wood in confor
mance with UBC Standard
No 29 3 In all cases foot-
ings and foundations shall
extend below the frost line
the minimum frost line
depth shall be twenty-four
inches Footings of con-
crete and masonry shall be
of solid materials any hol
low core masonry unit foun-
dation that exceeds twenty-
four inches vertical height
shall have all cores filled to
a minimum of six (6) inches
above finish grade with
mortar or other material ac-
ceptable to the administra-
tive authority Foundations
supporting wood shall ex-
tend at least 6 inches above
the adjacent finish grade
Section 9 Section
16 04 220 of the Pasco Mu
nicipal Code be and the
same is hereby repealed
Section 10 Section
16 04 230 of the Pasco Mu
nicipal Code be and the
same is hereby repealed
Section 11 Section
16 04 240 of the Pasco Mu
nictpal Code be and the
same is hereby amended to
read as follows
Section 16 04 240
AMENDMENT OF UBC
SECTION 3205(a) Section
3204(a) of the Uniform
Building Code shall be
amended to read as fol
lows
Section 3205(a) Attics
Access An attic access
opening shall be provided
in the ceiling of the top floor
of buildings with combust'
ble ceiling or roof construc-
tion The opening shall be
located in a corridor hall
way or garage of an Fl 3
occupancy and in the corn
dor or hallway of any other
occupancy
The opening shall be not
less than 22 Tnches by 30
inches Thirty (30) inch min
imum clear head room shall
be provided above the ac
cess opening Attics with a
maximum vertical clear
height of less than 30
inches need not be pro
vided with access open
ings
Section 12 Section
16 04 245 of the Pasco Mu-
nicipal Code be and the
same is hereby amended to
read as follows
Section 16 04 245 ADDI-
TION TO UBC SECTION
3304(k) Section 3304(k)
shall be added to the Uni
form Building Code to read
as follows
Section 3304(k) Door
Construction All exterior
doors installed for use in
habitable portions of Group
R occupancies if of wood
construction shall be of
solid core design if of
metal construction shall be
fully insulated
Section 13 Section
16 04 270 of the Pasco Mu
rucipal Code be and the
same is hereby is enacted
to read as follows
16 04 270 AMENDMENT
OF UBC APPENDIX SEC-
TION 108(b) Section
108(b) of the Uniform Build-
ing Code Appendix shall be
amended to read as fol
lows
Section 108(b) Compli-
ance Period The building
inspector shall provide a
minimum of thirty (30) days
but not more than twelve
(12) months for compliance
with the requirements of
this chapter the time pen
ods prescribed herein
and/or by the building in
spector shall commence on
the date of receipt by the
owner of the building of
written notice of necessary
corretions and the comp!'
ance period prescribed by
the building inspector
Section 14 Section
16 04 280 of the Pasco Mu
nicipal Code be and the
same hereby is enacted to
read as follows
16 04 280 DELETION
OF UBC APPENDIX SEC
TION 111 Section 111 of
the Uniform Building Code
Appendix shall be deleted
Section 15 Section
16 04 300 of the Pasco Mu
nocipal Code be and the
same hereby is enacted to
read as follows
16 04 300 RESOLUTION
OF CODE CONFLICTS In
case of conflict among the
following construction
codes the code first named
below shall govern over
those following
(1) Uniform Building-
Code
(2) Uniform Mechanical
Code
(3) Uniform Fire Code
(4) Uniform Plumbing
Code
Section 16 This ordi
nance shall be in full force
and effect after its passage
and publication as required,
by law
PASSED by the City!
Council of the City of Pasco
this 4 day of June 1984
s-Joe %N Jackson
Mayor
ATTEST
$ Evelyn Wells
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
s Greg Rubstello
City Attorney
Legal No 16956. June 8,
1984
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) 81h day of June
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
COUNTY OF PrP 1110 1 /1
)
)ss
STATE OF WASHINGTON
)
Eileen Scntt
being first duly sworn on oath deposes
and says she is thePrQ1Pai clerk of the Tn City Herald, 3.1-1
a daily newspaper That said newspaper is a legal newspaper and has been approved as a
legal newspaper by order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and it
is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication here
inafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in
Franlain
, County,
Washington, and is now and during all of said time was printed in an office maintained at
the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper That the annexed is a true copy of a
legal ad "Ordiance NO. 2501..."
as it was printed in the regular and entie issue of the Tn City Herald itself and not in a
supplement thereof, for a period of consecutive weeks, commencing
on the etb day of June ,i434 , and
ending on the 8th day of Jung, , 1984, and that said
newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of this period
That the full amount of $ 276,00 has been paid in full, also at the rate of
40 inch e$ @ $6,90 . $276.00.
.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
L
,
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Pasco
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
1S09) 545-1401
Sean 726 3 WI
ew
Wells
ity Clerk
P 0 BOX 293 412 WEST CLARK PASCO, WASHINGTON 99301
June 4, 1984
In City Herald
P 0 Box 2608
Pasco, Washington 99302
Gentlemen
Please publish Ordinance Nos. 2501, 2502 and 2503 on the
following date
June 8, 1984
Please send two (2) Affidavits of Publication for each.
Sincer ly yours,