HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1152 - 1979 Uniform Building Code (Repealed by Ord 1287)CITY OF TUKWIL
WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 1152
REPEALED BY 1287
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
ADOPTING THE 1979 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, WITH
AMENDMENTS, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE #1012 AND
ORDINANCE #1092.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The "Uniform Building Code" and Uniform Building Code
Appendix, Ch. 11, 32, 49 70, 1979 Edition and the "Uniform Building Code
Standards," 1979 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 providing penalties for violation of such code. Three
copies of said code are on file with the City Clerk.
follows:
Approved as to
Section 2. Section 304(a), Permit Fees, shall be amended as
The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in Table No.
3 -A, 1976 Edition.
Section 3. Chapter 4, Definitions and Abbreviations, of the
1979 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 roof above. If the finished floor
level directly above a basement or unused underfloor space is
more than 6 2 feet above grade as defined herein for more than
59 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 4. Ord. No. 1012 and Ord. No. 1092 are hereby repealed.
Section 5. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or 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,
at a regular meeting thereof this day of (7f 1980.
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City Attorney, Lawrence E. Hard
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Published Record Chronicle April 13, 1980