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( NGINEERING / PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT March 25, 2005 Jamal Mahmoud 13330 62"'� DR SL Gvcrott, WA 98208 Projcct: 1ob Address: Plmi Revic�v No: Dc:�r Mr. Mnlimoud; Townhousc additions 123 llorn P.vcnuc BO501-007 In responsc to your application for a construction permit, your plans havc bccn prcliminarily cxamined and you arc adviscd that a plan rcvicw can not begin until thc follo�ving issucs arc � olvcd. Thcsc commcnts address building issucs only. Additional rcvisions or addition �nay bc required by othcr deparlmcnls (such as Utilities, Planning or rirc). All refcrcnces refcr to the 2003 Intcrnational Residential Codc (IRC), as amcndcd by thc Statc of Washington and/or tlic Washington Statc Gncrgy CoJc, 2003 cdition, unlcss notcd othcrnisc. • In ordcr to dcsign tl�is residcntial building using thc provisions of lhc IRC, the dwcllinb units must mcct tlic dcfinition of a to�vnliousc providcd in Chapter 2. Thc dctinition states thal a townliouse is a`'singlo-family dwclling unit coiistructed in a group of tliroe or more aitaclicd units in which each unit extends from loundation to roof." Thc proposcd units cach sit on top of a scparatc, non- acccss��ry storage space. This configuration mquires that the building be designed undcr thc provisions of thc [ntcmational Building Codc (113C) and not thc IRC as suUriittcd. • h: ordcr to consider this projccl a scrie� of to��nhouses connected to an cxisting tri-plcx (and tLerefore not bc suUject to the Ciry of E�'crett �ire Suppression and Detcction Ordinance), a complying heo-hour firc wall must separatc thc rn�o buildings. Thc construction rcquircmcnls for firc walls may bc found in Scction 705 of thc I[�C. • Wails scparating townhouscs should cotnply n�ith Section R317.2 CI1Y OF EVERETT • 3200 Cedar Street • Everett, WA 98201 •(425) 257-8800 • Fax (425) 257-8856 �IZ