(1) "Approved" means approved by the department;
(2) "Building site" means any tract, parcel or subdivision of land upon which factory built housing or a factory built commercial structure is installed or is to be installed;
(3) "Commercial structure" means a structure designed or used for human habitation, or human occupancy for industrial, educational, assembly, professional or commercial purposes;
(4) "Department" means the Washington state department of labor and industries;
(5) "Factory built housing" means any structure, including a factory built tiny house with or without a chassis (wheels), designed primarily for human occupancy other than a manufactured or mobile home the structure or any room of which is either entirely or substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other than a building site;
(6) "Install" means the assembly of factory built housing or factory built commercial structures at a building site;
(7) "Local enforcement agency" means any agency of the governing body of any city, county, or state which enforces laws or ordinances governing the construction of buildings;
(8) "Qualified inspection agency" means a nongovernmental entity approved by the department to perform inspections.
[ 2026 c 3 s 1. Prior: 2019 c 352 s 4; 2019 c 165 s 2; 2001 c 335 s 8; 1973 1st ex.s. c 22 s 1; 1970 ex.s. c 44 s 1.]
Notes:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Finding—2019 c 352: See note following RCW 58.17.040.
Application—2001 c 335: See note following RCW 43.22.335.