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Council asks BFRW to clarify how RCW 19.27.600 affects fire-area and occupant-load calculations for child care centers
Summary
Following confusion among jurisdictions, the Building Code Council directed its Building Fire & Residential/Accessibility (BFRW) committee to draft options clarifying how RCW 19.27.600 should interact with building-code fire‑area and occupant-load calculations for child-care centers in existing buildings.
The council directed the Building Fire & Residential/Accessibility committee on Oct. 17 to develop recommendations clarifying how RCW 19.27.600 applies to child-care centers in existing buildings and how the statute should be interpreted alongside building-code fire-area and occupant-load rules.
Proponent Ken (last name in transcript: Burlette was introduced earlier as representing the City of Seattle Fire Department) told the council that local plan reviewers are finding inconsistent interpretations. The statute was intended, proponents said, to allow child-care uses in existing spaces without automatically…
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