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WAC 296-46B-900: ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEW <br /> EVERETT <br /> DIRECTIONS: Read the WAC section below to determine if plan review is required or not required.Then select the box next to(a) <br /> to tell City Staff if plan review is not requried and select the box next to the specific reason from WAC 296-46B-900. If plan review <br /> is required,select the box next to(b)and (c)to acknowledge that plan review is required and the electrical plans have been <br /> provided with this permit application. <br /> * If item(a)-(ii,iii,or v) is selected,the work must also comply with section (a)-(vii).See arrow flow chart below. <br /> (3) Electrical plan review. <br /> ❑ (a)Electrical plan review is not required for: <br /> E) (i) Low voltage systems; SIM <br /> .❑ (ii) Lighting specific projects that result in an electrical load reduction on each feeder involved in the project; <br /> (iii)Heating and cooling specific retrofit projects that result in an electrical load reduction on each existing feeder <br /> involved in the project, provided there is not a corresponding increase in the available fault current in any feeder. <br /> ❑ (iv)Stan d-alone'uti14 fed services that do not exceed 250 volts,400 amperes where the project's distribution <br /> system does not include: <br /> (A) Emergency systems other than listed unit equipment per NEC 700.12(F); <br /> (B)An essential electrical system defined in NEC 517.2; or <br /> (C)A required fire pump system. <br /> (v)Modifications to existing electrical installations where all of the following conditions are met: <br /> (A)Service or distribution equipment involved is rated not more than 400 amperes and does not exceed <br /> 250 volts or for lighting circuits not exceeding 277 volts to ground; <br /> (B) Does not involve emergency systems other than listed unit equipment per NEC 700.12(F); <br /> (C) Does not involve branch circuits or feeders of an essential electrical system as defined in NEC <br /> 517.2; and <br /> (D)Service or feeder load calculations are increased by 5%or less. <br /> (vi)Electric power production source(s)such as solar photovoltaic,fuel cell,or wind electric system(s)with a total <br /> rating of 9600 watts or less. <br /> (vii) For installations in (a)(ii),(iii),and (v)of this subsection to be considered,the following must be <br /> available to the electrical inspector before the work is initiated: <br /> (A)A clear and adequate description of the project's scope; <br /> (B)A load calculation(s); <br /> (C)What the load changes are, providing both before and after panel schedules as needed; and <br /> (D) Provide information showing that the service and feeder(s)supplying the panel(s)where the work is <br /> taking place has adequate capacity for any increased load and has code compliant overcurrent <br /> protection for that supply. <br /> NOTE.Electrical plan review is not required for"Medical, dental, and chiropractic clinic"of which is a clinic or <br /> ❑ physicians'office where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients for twenty-four hours or more, per section <br /> (1)(c)(xii). <br /> ❑ (b) Electrical plan review is required for all other new or altered electrical projects in educational, institutional, or health care <br /> occupancies defined in this chapter, <br /> ❑ (c)if a review is required,the electrical plan must be submitted for review and approval before the electrical work is begun. <br /> Table 900-1 Table 900-2 <br /> Health or Personal care Facilities Educational and Institutional Facilities,Places of Assembly,or other Facilities <br /> Health or Personal care Facility Plan Review <br /> Type Required Educational,Institutional,or Plan Review <br /> hoso,tai Yes Other Facility Types Required <br /> Nursing nome unit or lortio-term Yes EducaLonal Yes <br /> care unit Institutional Yes <br /> Boarding home Yes <br /> Assisted living facility 'les <br /> Private alcohol:m hosoital Yes Notes to Tables 900-1 and 900.2. <br /> Pnvate psych,atnc hospital Yes 1.A city authorized to do electrical Inspections <br /> Maternity home Yes may require plan review on facility types not <br /> A.mbusatory surgery fac;lty Yes reviewed by the department. <br /> Rena:hemodialysis Uinc Yes <br /> Res,dentla;treatment facility Yes <br /> Enhanced service factlity Yes <br /> Adult residential rehabiBtation Yes PERMIT# Page 2-Plan Review <br /> center <br /> M <br />