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Clerk 04/02/2009
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AN ORDINANCE relating to extending the period for permits or approvals; amending Ordinance 12560, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.02.290, Ordinance 13694, Section 56, as amended, and K.C.C. 19A.12.020 and Ordinance 13694, Section 58, as amended, and K.C.C. 19A.12.040, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 20.20 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 27A.30.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12560, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.02.290 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 105.5 of the International Building Code is not adopted and the following is substituted:
Expiration (IBC 105.5). Every permit issued by the building official under the provisions of the Code shall expire by limitation and become null and void one year from date of issue. Issued permits may be extended for one year periods subject to the following conditions:
1. An application for a permit extension together with the applicable fee is submitted to the department of development and environmental services at least seven (7), but no more than sixty (60), calendar days prior to the date the original permit becomes null and void. Once the permit extension application is submitted, work may continue past the expiration date of the original permit, provided that the extension application is not denied. If the extension application is denied, all work must stop until a valid permit is obtained.
2. If construction of a building or structure has not substantially commenced, as determined by the building official, within two years from the date of the first issued permit and the building and the structure is no longer authorized by the zoning code or other applicable law, then the permit shall not be extended.
3. An applicant may request a total of two permit extensions provided there are no substantial changes in the approved plans and specifications.
4. The building officia...
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