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PUBLIC WDR X5 CHECKLIST RCW REFERENCES <br /> RCW 18.08.410 [ARCHITECT] <br /> Application of chapter. <br /> This chapter shall not affect or prevent: <br /> (1)The practice of naval architecture, landscape architecture as authorized in chapter 18.95 RCW,engineering as <br /> authorized in chapter:3.43 RCW,or the provision of space planning or interior design services not affecting public health <br /> or safety; <br /> (2)Drafters, clerks, project managers,superintendents,and other employees of architects from acting under the <br /> instructions, control, or supervision of an architect; <br /> (3)The construction, alteration, or supervision of construction of buildings or structures by contractors registered <br /> under chapter 18.27 RCW or superintendents employed by contractors or the preparation of shop drawings in connection <br /> therewith; <br /> (4)Owners or contractors registered under chapter 13,27 RCW from engaging persons who are not architects to <br /> observe and supervise construction of a project; <br /> (5)Any person from doing design work including preparing construction contract documents and administration of <br /> the construction contract for the erection,enlargement, repair, or alteration of a structure or any appurtenance to a <br /> structure regardless of size, if the structure is to be used for a residential building of up to and including four dwelling <br /> units or a farm building or is a structure used in connection with or auxiliary to such residential building or farm building <br /> such as a garage, barn,shed, or shelter for animals or machinery; <br /> (6)Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person from doing design work including preparing construction <br /> contract documents and administering the contract for construction,erection,enlargement, alteration, or repairs of or to a <br /> building of any occupancy up to a total building size of four thousand square feet;or <br /> (7)Any person from doing design work, including preparing construction contract documents and administration of <br /> the contract,for alteration of or repairs to a building where the project size is not more than four thousand square feet in <br /> a building greater than four thousand square feet and when the work contemplated by the design does not affect the life <br /> safety or structural systems of the building.The combined square footage of simultaneous projects allowed under this <br /> subsection(7)may not exceed four thousand square feet. <br /> RCW 18.43.040 [STRUCTURAL ENGINEER] <br /> Registration requirements. <br /> (1) (iv)An engineer must be registered as a structural engineer in order to provide structural engineering <br /> services for significant structures. <br /> RCW 18.43.020 <br /> Definitions. <br /> 11) "Significant structures" include: <br /> (a) Hazardous facilities, defined as: Structures housing, supporting, or containing sufficient quantities of <br /> explosive substances to be of danger to the safety of the public if released; <br /> (b) Essential facilities that have a ground area of more than five thousand square feet and are more than twenty <br /> feet in mean roof height above average ground level. Essential facilities are defined as: <br /> (i) Hospitals and other medical facilities having surgery and emergency treatment areas; <br /> (ii) Fire and police stations; <br /> (iii)Tanks or other structures containing, housing, or supporting water or fire suppression material or equipment <br /> required for the protection of essential or hazardous facilities or special occupancy structures; <br /> (iv) Emergency vehicle shelters and garages; <br /> (v)Structures and equipment in emergency preparedness centers; <br /> (vi) Standby power-generating equipment for essential facilities; <br /> (vii) Structures and equipment in government communication centers and other facilities requiring emergency <br /> response; <br /> (viii)Aviation control towers, air traffic control centers, and emergency aircraft hangars; and <br /> (ix) Buildings and other structures having critical national defense functions; <br /> (c) Structures exceeding one hundred feet in height above average ground level; <br /> (d) Buildings that are customarily occupied by human beings and are five stories or more above average <br /> ground level; <br /> (e) Bridges having a total span of more than two hundred feet and piers having a surface area greater than ten <br /> thousand square feet; and <br /> (f) Buildings and other structures where more than three hundred people congregate in one area. <br /> CITY OF EVERETT PERMIT SERVICES -320+ A R ST, EVERETT, WA 98201 425-257-8810 <br /> website: www.everettwa.gov/permit Page 2/; email:everetteps(c, everettwa.pov <br /> 1 <br />