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Pasco staff asks council for guidance on reducing inspection requirements for small projects
Summary
Staff presented options to remove certain low-risk residential/commercial items from mandatory inspection requirements in Pasco’s municipal code or adopt a plan-review-only permit; councilmembers generally favored a plan-review compromise and asked staff to return with fee and procedure details.
City staff presented an informal proposal to align the city’s permit and inspection code with the International Building Code by removing some low-risk items from required inspections, and sought council guidance on whether to adopt an exemption or a reduced plan-review-only approach.
Building official (transcript: Miss Seagdahl) identified categories being considered for removal from mandatory inspections: single-story detached accessory structures below certain square-foot thresholds (for example sheds under 200 square feet for…
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