Section 43.22.450 - Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of-DefinitionsWhenever used in RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490:
(1) "Department" means the Washington state department of labor and industries;(2) "Approved" means approved by the department;(3) "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;(4) "Install" means the assembly of factory built housing or factory built commercial structures at a building site;(5) "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;(6) "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;(7) "Commercial structure" means a structure designed or used for human habitation, or human occupancy for industrial, educational, assembly, professional or commercial purposes;(8) "Qualified inspection agency" means a nongovernmental entity approved to perform inspections under contract for the department. 2019 c 352 § 4; 2019 c 165 § 2; 2001 c 335 § 8; 1973 1st ex.s. c 22 § 1; 1970 ex.s. c 44 § 1.Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2019 c 165 s 2 and by 2019 c 352 s 4, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
Finding- 2019 c 352: See note following RCW 58.17.040.
Application-2001 c 335: See note following RCW 43.22.335.