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Committee refers question on Section 5.10.2 (occupancies above horizontal separation) to full council for research
Summary
Committee asked staff to research whether language was omitted in the 2021 code process for Section 5.10.2 and to present findings to the full council. Staff and committee members disagreed on whether the provision was an omission or an appropriate removal and decided more archival research is needed.
The BFRW committee sent a technical question about Section 5.10.2 (occupancies above horizontal separation) to the full State Building Code Council after staff and members identified conflicting versions of the rule text in 2018 and later publications.
Staff explained that a requester flagged a potential omission in the 2021 Washington-adopted code showing an allowance for certain occupancies above a horizontal separation. Staff said the online and…
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