Washington Administrative Code › Title 51 - Enterprise Services, Department of (Building Code Council) › Chapter 51-50 - State Building Code adoption and amendment of the 2021 edition of the International Building Code › INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE 2021 EDITION › Section 51-50-480200 - Section 201.3-Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
201.3
Terms
				defined in other codes.
Where terms are not defined in this code and are
				defined in the other International Codes and the Uniform Plumbing Code, such
				terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those codes.
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General definitions.
ADULT FAMILY HOME.
A dwelling, licensed by the
				  Washington state department of social and health services, in which a person or
				  persons provide personal care, special care, room and board to more than one
				  but not more than six adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the
				  person or persons providing the services. An existing adult family home may
				  provide services to up to eight adults upon approval from the department of
				  social and health services in accordance with
				  RCW
				    70.128.066.
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
For the purpose of
				  determining compliance with the flood provisions of this code, damage of any
				  origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to
				  its before damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the value
				  determined by one of the following methods:
1. Values developed for property tax
				assessment, adjusted to the approximate market value where the land is
				appraised separately from the structure.
2. Through a professional appraiser using
				estimates of a structure's actual cash value, including depreciation and
				improvements.
3. The latest
				building valuation data published by the International Code Council.
4. Qualified estimates based on the
				professional judgment of the building official. However, when the ratio falls
				between 40 and 60 percent, the building official may require the applicant to
				provide a detailed list of costs.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT.
For the purpose of
				  determining compliance with the flood provisions of this code, any repair,
				  alteration, addition, or improvement of a building or structure, the cost of
				  which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the value determined by one of the
				  following methods:
1. Values developed
				for property tax assessment, adjusted to the approximate market value where the
				land is appraised separately from the structure.
2. Through a professional appraiser using
				estimates of a structure's actual cash value, including depreciation and
				improvements.
3. The latest
				building valuation data published by the International Code Council.
4. Qualified estimates based on the
				professional judgment of the building official. However, when the ratio falls
				between 40 and 60 percent, the building official may require the applicant to
				provide a detailed list of costs.
If the structure has sustained substantial damage, any
				  repairs are considered substantial improvement regardless of the actual repair
				  work performed. The term does not, however, include either of the
				  following:
1. Any project for
				improvement of a building required to correct existing health, sanitary or
				safety code violations identified by the code official and that is the minimum
				necessary to ensure safe living conditions.
2. Any alteration of a historic structure,
				provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued
				designation as a historic structure.