WAC 296-150F-0020
What definitions apply to this
chapter? "Approved" is approved by the department of labor
and industries.
"Building site" is a tract, parcel, or subdivision of
land on which a factory-built house or commercial structure
will be installed.
"Component" is a part or element of another system as
defined by the International Building Code, section 202, and
is:
• Designed to be installed in a structure;
• Manufactured as a unit; and
• Designed for a particular function or group of
functions.
A component may be a service core or other assembly that
is a factory assembled section of a building. It may include
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and related systems. It may
be a complete kitchen, bathroom, or utility room. Service
cores are referred to as "wet boxes," "mechanical cores," or
"utility cores."
Note:
A roof truss is not considered a component.
"Damaged in transit" is damage that effects the integrity
of the structural design or damage to any other system
referenced in the codes required by the State Building Code,
or other applicable codes.
"Department" is the department of labor and industries. The department may also be referred to as "we" or "us" in this
chapter. Note: You may contact us at: Department of Labor
and Industries, Specialty Compliance, PO Box 44440, Olympia,
WA 98504-4440.
"Design plan" is a plan for the construction of
factory-built housing, commercial structures, or components
that includes floor plans, elevation drawings, specifications,
engineering data, or test results necessary for a complete
evaluation of the design.
"Design option" is a design that a manufacturer may use
as an option to its design plan.
"Educational facility" is a building or portion of a
building used primarily for educational purposes by six or
more persons at one time for twelve hours per week or four
hours in any one day. Educational occupancy includes: Schools
(preschool through grade twelve), colleges, academies,
universities, and trade schools.
"Equipment" is all material, appliances, devices,
fixtures, fittings, or accessories used in the manufacture,
assembly, installation, or alteration of factory-built
housing, commercial structures, and components.
"Factory assembled structure (FAS) advisory board" is a
board authorized to advise the director of the department
regarding the issues and adoption of rules relating to
factory-built housing, commercial structures and components. (See RCW 43.22.420.)
"Health or personal care facilities" are buildings or
parts of buildings that contain, but are not limited to,
facilities that are required to be licensed by the department
of social and health services or the department of health
(e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, private alcoholism hospitals,
private psychiatric hospitals, boarding homes, alcoholism
treatment facilities, maternity homes, birth centers or
childbirth centers, residential treatment facilities for
psychiatrically impaired children and youths, and renal
hemodialysis clinics) and medical, dental or chiropractic
offices or clinics, outpatient or ambulatory surgical clinics,
and such other health care occupancies where patients who may
be unable to provide for their own needs and safety without
the assistance of another person are treated. (Further
defined in WAC 296-46B-010.)
"Insignia" is a label that we attach to a structure to
verify that a factory-built house or commercial structure
meets the requirements of this chapter. It could also be a
stamp or label attached to a component to verify that it meets
the requirements of this chapter.
"Install" is to erect or set in place a structure at a
building site. It may also be the construction or assembly of
a component as part of a factory-built house or commercial
structure.
"Institutional facility" is a building or portion of a
building used primarily for detention and correctional
occupancies where some degree of restraint or security is
required for a time period of twenty-four or more hours. Such
occupancies include, but are not restricted to: Penal
institutions, reformatories, jails, detention centers,
correctional centers, and residential-restrained care.
"Listing agency" is an organization whose business is
approving equipment, components, or installations for
publication.
"Local enforcement agency" is an agency of city or county
government with power to enforce local regulations governing
the installation of factory-built housing and commercial
structures.
"Master design plan" is a design plan that expires when a
new State Building Code has been adopted.
"Manufacturing" is making, fabricating, forming, or
assembling a factory-built house, commercial structure, or
component.
"One-year design plan" is a design plan that expires one
year after approval or when a new State Building Code has been
adopted.
"Repair" is the replacement, addition, modification, or
removal of any construction, equipment, system, or
installation to correct damage in transit or during on-site
installation before occupancy.
"Unit" is a factory-built house, commercial structure, or
component.
"Used structure" is a building as defined by section 202
of the International Building Code that has been given a
certificate of occupancy by the local building department and
has been occupied.