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Committee debates whether single-exit multiplex changes belong in base code or appendix

Washington State Building Code Council Executive Committee · March 6, 2026
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During other business the chair raised whether single-exit/multiplex housing rules — discussed by a tag that recommended no action — should instead be developed as base-code language; members disagreed over process and legislative intent and agreed to discuss the matter at BRFW as a technical public forum next week.

During the meeting's other business the chair asked the executive committee whether BRFW should examine code language for single-exit multiplex housing and potentially move elements from the appendix into the base code.

The chair said the full council had previously voted 10-1 to ask the tag to consider Type 3 construction up to six stories; the tag recommended no action. The…

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