A. The 2021 Edition of the International Building Code (IBC), including Appendix Chapters E, G, and J, published by the International Code Council and amended by the Washington State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-50 WAC, is hereby adopted by reference and as subsequently amended by this chapter. Chapter 11 and other International Building Code requirements for barrier-free access, including ICC A117.1-2017 and Appendix E, are adopted pursuant to Chapters 19.27 and 70.92 RCW.

B. The 2021 Edition of the International Residential Code (IRC) excluding Sections R103, R104, R105, R106, R107, R108, R109, R110, R111, R112, R113, and R114, provided Chapters 11 and 25 through 43 are not adopted. Appendices F, Q, and U, as published by the International Code Council and as adopted and amended by the Washington State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-51 WAC, are hereby adopted by reference and as subsequently amended by this chapter. Energy Code is regulated by Chapter 51-11R WAC; Plumbing Code is regulated by Chapter 51-56 WAC; Electrical Code is regulated by Chapter 296-46B WAC.

C. The 2021 Edition of the International Mechanical Code (IMC) published by the International Code Council and amended by the Washington State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-52 WAC, including the 2018 International Fuel Gas Code for the installation of fuel gas distribution piping and equipment, fuel gas-fired appliances and fuel gas-fired appliance venting systems as amended by the Washington State Building Code Council, is hereby adopted.

The standards for liquefied petroleum gas installations shall be the 2014 Edition of NFPA 58 (Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code) and the 2015 Edition of ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54 (National Fuel Gas Code).

D. The 2021 Edition of the International Fire Code (IFC), including Appendix Chapters B, C, D (Sections 105 and 106), E, F and G, published by the International Code Council and amended by the Washington State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-54A WAC, is hereby adopted by reference and as subsequently amended by this chapter.

E. The 2021 Edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), including Appendices A, B and I, published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and amended by the Washington State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-56 WAC, is hereby adopted by reference and as subsequently amended by this chapter.

F. The 2021 Edition of the Washington State Energy Code – Commercial, Chapter 51-11C WAC, and the Washington State Energy Code – Residential, Chapter 51-11R WAC, are hereby adopted.

G. The 2021 Edition of the International Existing Buildings Code (IEBC), published by the International Code Council and amended by the Washington State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-50 WAC, is hereby adopted. Appendix A, Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings, is hereby adopted as part of the code. Per the International Existing Buildings Code (IEBC) Section 302.3, Additional Codes, alterations, repairs, additions and changes of occupancy to, or relocation of, existing buildings and structures shall comply with the provisions for alterations, repairs, additions and changes of occupancy or relocation, respectively, in the IEBC and the International Energy Conservation Code, International Fire Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code, International Property Maintenance Code, International Private Sewage Disposal Code, International Residential Code and NFPA 70. Where provisions of the other codes conflict with provisions of the IEBC, the provisions of the IEBC shall take precedence.

H. The 2021 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted.

I. The current edition of the National Electrical Code, published by the National Fire Protection Association, as adopted in Chapter 296-46B WAC and Chapter 19.28 RCW, except that “Department” shall mean either the State Department of Labor and Industries or Tacoma Public Utilities, depending on geographic service area located within Lakewood’s City limits.

J. The 2021 Edition of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC), published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted.

K. The Manufactured Home Standards established by the state of Washington governing the installation of manufactured homes (as set forth in Chapter 296-150M WAC) are hereby adopted.

L. The 2021 Edition of the International Wildland Urban-Interface Code published by International Code Council and amended by the Washington State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-55 WAC is hereby adopted. The effective date of implementation is deferred until such time as an accurate usable map defining wildland urban-interface areas within the City of Lakewood is available and adopted by the Lakewood City Council. [Ord. 799 § 2, 2024; Ord. 758 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 747 § 2, 2020; Ord. 738 § 2 (Exh. A), 2020; Amended during 2018 recodification; Ord. 647 § 1, 2016; Ord. 641 § 2, 2016.]