23.50.010 Adoptions | Bellevue City Code

23.50.010 Adoptions.

The following codes, all as amended, added to or excepted in this chapter, together with all amendments and additions provided in this title, are adopted and shall be applicable within the city of Bellevue:

1. Code Adoption. The 2018 Edition of the International Mechanical Code published by the International Code Council, as adopted and amended by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-52 WAC, excluding Chapter 1, “Administration,” is adopted and shall be applicable within the city, as amended, added to and excepted in this chapter.

2. Scope. This code shall regulate the design, installation, maintenance, alteration and inspection of mechanical systems that are permanently installed and utilized to provide control of environmental conditions and related processes within buildings. This code shall also regulate those mechanical systems, system components, equipment and appliances specifically addressed herein. The installation of fuel gas distribution piping and equipment, fuel gas-fired appliances and fuel gas-fired appliance venting systems shall be regulated by the International Fuel Gas Code.

Exceptions:

a. Detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories high with separate means of egress and their accessory structures shall comply with the International Residential Code.

b. The standards for liquefied petroleum gas installations shall be the 2017 Edition of NFPA 58 (Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code) and the 2018 Edition of NFPA 54 (ANSI Z223.12006 National Fuel Gas Code).

B. National Fuel Gas Code (NFPA 54, ANSI Z223.1). The 2018 Edition of the National Fuel Gas Code published by the National Fire Protection Association, as amended by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-52 WAC, is adopted and shall be applicable within the city, as amended, added to and excepted in this chapter.

C. Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code (NFPA 58). The 2017 Edition of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code published by the National Fire Protection Association, as amended by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-52 WAC, is adopted and shall be applicable within the city, as amended, added to and excepted in this chapter.

D. International Fuel Gas Code. The 2018 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code published by the International Code Council, as amended by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-52 WAC, excluding Chapter 1, “Administration,” is adopted and shall be applicable within the city, as amended, added to and excepted in this chapter. (Ord. 6531 § 9, 2020.)