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CITY OF TUK WILA
WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. A 51
-y� A L B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
d ADOPTING THE 1982 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, WITH
AMENDMENTS, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 11152.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLL0WS:
Section 1. The "Uniform Building Code" and the Uniform
Building Code Appendix, Ch. 7, Part 1, 11, 32, 49 70, 1982 Edition and
the "Uniform Building Code Standards, 1982 Edition, published by the
International Conference of Building Officials, are hereby adopted as the
code of the City of Tukwila for regulating the erection, construction,
occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all buildings
and /or structures in the City of Tukwila; providing for issuance of
permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and all of the
regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such "Uniform Building
Code," 1982 Edition and the "Uniform Building Code Standards," 1982
Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials,
on file in the offices of the City of Tukwila are hereby referred to,
adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this ordinance.
Section 2. Chapter 4, Definitions and Abbreviations, or the
1982 Uniform Building Code is hereby amended as follows:
A) Grade (Adjacent Ground Elevation) is the lowest point of
elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving
or sidewalk within the area between the building and
property line, or when the property line is more than 5
feet from the building, between the building and a line
5 feet from the building.
Grades that are altered or revised from the original
terrain for the purpose of complying with other provisions
of this code will be classified as, and measured from
original terrain.
B) Story is that portion of a building included between the
upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the
floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be
that portion of a building included between the upper
surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or foor
above. If the finished floor level directly above a
basement or unused underfloor space is more than 2 feet
above grade as defined herein for more than 20 percent
of the total perimeter or is_ more than 12 feet above
grade as defined herein at any point, such basement or
unused underfloor space shall be considered as a story.
Section 3. Ordinance 7 is hereby repealed.
Section 4. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
of phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
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at a regular meeting thereof this
Approved as to Form:
ATTEST:
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Deputy City Attorney, Daniel Woo
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Published: Record Chronicle February 13, 1983