Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-150F - Factory-built housing and commercial structures › Section 296-150F-0020 - What definitions apply to this chapter?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Approved"
is approved by the department of labor
				and industries.
"Building site"
is a tract, parcel, or subdivision
				of land on which a factory-built house or commercial structure will be
				installed.
"Component"
is a part or element of another system
				as defined by the International Building Code, section 202, and is:
Designed to be installed in a structure;
Manufactured as a unit; and
Designed for a particular function or group of
				functions.
A component may be a service core or other assembly that is a
				factory assembled section of a building. It may include mechanical, electrical,
				plumbing, and related systems. It may be a complete kitchen, bathroom, or
				utility room. Service cores are referred to as "wet boxes," "mechanical cores,"
				or "utility cores."
Note:
A roof truss is not considered a component.
"Damaged in transit"
is damage that effects the
				integrity of the structural design or damage to any other system referenced in
				the codes required by the State Building Code, or other applicable
				codes.
"Department"
is the department of labor and
				industries. The department may also be referred to as "we" or "us" in this
				chapter. Note: You may contact us at: Department of Labor and Industries,
				Specialty Compliance, PO Box 44440, Olympia, WA 98504-4440.
"Design plan"
is a plan for the construction of
				factory-built housing, commercial structures, or components that includes floor
				plans, elevation drawings, specifications, engineering data, or test results
				necessary for a complete evaluation of the design.
"Design option"
is a design that a manufacturer
				may use as an option to its design plan.
"Educational facility"
is a building or portion of
				a building used primarily for educational purposes by six or more persons at
				one time for twelve hours per week or four hours in any one day. Educational
				occupancy includes: Schools (preschool through grade twelve), colleges,
				academies, universities, and trade schools.
"Equipment"
is all material, appliances, devices,
				fixtures, fittings, or accessories used in the manufacture, assembly,
				installation, or alteration of factory-built housing, commercial structures,
				and components.
"Factory assembled structure (FAS) advisory board"
is a board authorized to advise the director of the department regarding
				the issues and adoption of rules relating to factory-built housing, commercial
				structures and components. (See
				RCW
				43.22.420.)
"Health or personal care facilities"
are buildings
				or parts of buildings that contain, but are not limited to, facilities that are
				required to be licensed by the department of social and health services or the
				department of health (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, private alcoholism
				hospitals, private psychiatric hospitals, boarding homes, alcoholism treatment
				facilities, maternity homes, birth centers or childbirth centers, residential
				treatment facilities for psychiatrically impaired children and youths, and
				renal hemodialysis clinics) and medical, dental or chiropractic offices or
				clinics, outpatient or ambulatory surgical clinics, and such other health care
				occupancies where patients who may be unable to provide for their own needs and
				safety without the assistance of another person are treated. (Further defined
				in WAC 296-46B-900.)
"Insignia"
is a label that we attach to a
				structure to verify that a factory-built house or commercial structure meets
				the requirements of this chapter. It could also be a stamp or label attached to
				a component to verify that it meets the requirements of this chapter.
"Install"
is to erect or set in place a structure
				at a building site. It may also be the construction or assembly of a component
				as part of a factory-built house or commercial structure.
"Institutional facility"
is a building or portion
				of a building used primarily for detention and correctional occupancies where
				some degree of restraint or security is required for a time period of
				twenty-four or more hours. Such occupancies include, but are not restricted to:
				Penal institutions, reformatories, jails, detention centers, correctional
				centers, and residential-restrained care.
"Listing agency"
is an organization whose business
				is approving equipment, components, or installations for publication.
"Local enforcement agency"
is an agency of city or
				county government with power to enforce local regulations governing the
				installation of factory-built housing and commercial structures.
"Manufacturing"
is making, fabricating, forming,
				or assembling a factory-built house, commercial structure, or component.
"Master design plan"
is a design plan that expires
				when a new State Building Code has been adopted.
"One-year design plan"
is a design plan that
				expires one year after approval or when a new State Building Code has been
				adopted.
"Repair"
is the replacement, addition,
				modification, or removal of any construction, equipment, system, or
				installation to correct damage in transit or during on-site installation before
				occupancy.
"Temporary factory built structure"
is a building
				not set on a permanent foundation, which is used for temporary occupancy such
				as an educational, commercial, or agricultural building. The building must meet
				the requirements of this chapter and the installation requirements. As required
				under RCW
				43.22.480 all alterations to temporary
				factory built structures must be preapproved by the department.
"Unit"
is a factory-built house, commercial
				structure, or component.
"Used structure"
is a building as defined by
				section 202 of the International Building Code that has been given a
				certificate of occupancy by the local building department and has been
				occupied.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.22 RCW. 12-15-061,
				  § 296-150F-0020, filed 7/17/12, effective 9/1/12; 07-05-063, §
				  296-150F-0020, filed 2/20/07, effective 4/1/07; 05-23-002, §
				  296-150F-0020, filed 11/3/05, effective 12/4/05; 98-14-078, §
				  296-150F-0020, filed 6/30/98, effective 7/31/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.340, [43.22.]355,
				  [43.22.]360,[43.22.]432 , [43.22.]440 and [43.22.]480. 96-21-146, §
				  296-150F-0020, filed 10/23/96, effective
				  11/25/96.