WSR 17-14-092

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed June 30, 2017, 3:05 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 51-50 WAC amendment of the 2015 International Building Code.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.27.074.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The 2017 legislature passed HB 1262 requiring a minimum width for accessible van parking access aisles, and that the access aisles be marked with no parking signs. In HB 1262, the legislature directs the state building code council amend the building code to implement the new rules.

Process for Developing New Rule: The state building code council developed a proposed rule based on the legislation.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Tim Nogler, Washington State Building Code Council, P.O. Box 41449, Olympia, WA 98504-1449, (360) 407-9277, fax (360) 586-5366, email sbcc@des.wa.gov.

June 9, 2017

Steve K. Simpson

Chair