36.43 - Building codes and fire regulations.

36.43.010 - Authority to adopt.

  1. The boards of county commissioners may adopt standard building codes and standard fire regulations to be applied within their respective jurisdictions.

  2. The boards of county commissioners may eliminate the minimum gross floor area requirements for single-family detached dwellings or reduce the requirements below the minimum performance standards and objectives contained in the state building code.

[ 2018 c 302 § 5; 1963 c 4 § 36.43.010; 1943 c 204 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-10; ]

36.43.020 - Area to which applicable.

The building codes or fire regulations when adopted by the board of county commissioners shall be applicable to all the area of the county situated outside the corporate limits of any city or town, or to such portion thereof as may be prescribed in such building code or fire regulation.

[ 1963 c 4 § 36.43.020; 1943 c 204 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-11; ]

36.43.030 - Enforcement—Inspectors.

The boards of county commissioners may appoint fire inspectors or other inspectors to enforce any building code or fire regulation adopted by them. The boards must enforce any building code or fire regulation adopted by them.

[ 1963 c 4 § 36.43.030; 1943 c 204 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-12; ]

36.43.040 - Penalty for violation of code or regulation.

Any person violating the provisions of any building code or any fire regulation lawfully adopted by any board of county commissioners shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

[ 1963 c 4 § 36.43.040; 1943 c 204 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 4077-13; ]

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