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Council moves multiplex‑housing appendix into rulemaking; allows small three‑story up to six units under modified IRC rules
Summary
The SBCC approved advancing a multiplex-housing appendix that lets 3–6 unit, up to 3‑story buildings be built under the residential code with added corridor, fire-protection, sprinkler, EV-ready parking and accessibility rules; staff will replace an EV table with embedded wording before CR‑102.
The council voted Feb. 20 to move a new multiplex-housing appendix into the CR‑102 public‑rulemaking process after a high‑level review of scope and technical provisions.
Roger Haringa summarized the draft produced under RCW direction to permit multiplex buildings—defined in the appendix as three to six dwelling units consolidated into a single structure of common walls and floors—to be constructed under a modified…
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