WAC 51-50-0502   Section 502 -- Definitions.  


502.1 Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter and as used elsewhere in this code, have the meanings shown herein.


     BASEMENT. A story that is partly or completely below grade plane (see "Story above grade plane" in Section 202). A basement shall be considered as a story above grade plane where the finished surface of the floor or roof next above the basement is:

     1. More than 6 feet (1829 mm) above grade plane; or

     2. More than 12 feet (3658 mm) above the finished ground level at any point.


     STORY. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of a floor and the upper surface of the floor or roof next above, including basements (also see "Basement" and "Mezzanine").



[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27.074, 19.27.020, and chapters 70.92, 19.27, and 34.05 RCW. 07-01-091, § 51-50-0502, filed 12/19/06, effective 7/1/07.]