A. WUIC Section 101.1 Amended. Section 101.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:

101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Wildland-Urban Interface Code of the City of Monroe, hereinafter referred to as “WUIC” or “this code.”

B. WUIC Section 103.1 Repealed and Replaced. Section 103.1 is hereby repealed and replaced to read as follows:

The Building and Life Safety Office is hereby established and the official in charge thereof shall be known as the building official. The function of the division shall be the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions of this code.

C. WUIC Section 106.3 Amended. Section 106.3 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Unless otherwise provided in the requirements of the International Building Code or International Fire Code, a permit shall not be required for the following:

1. One-story detached accessory structures, provided that the floor area does not exceed 200 square feet. Accessory buildings must meet required zoning setbacks, be considered to be portable, and may not be constructed on permanent foundations such as poured-in-place concrete footings or poured-in-place concrete poles or posts.

Exemption from the permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code, or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction.

The code official is authorized to stipulate conditions for permits. Permits shall not be issued where public safety would be at risk, as determined by the code official.

D. WUIC Section 106.8 Amended. Section 106.8 is hereby amended to read as follows:

106.8 Expiration. Every building permit issued shall become null and void two years after the date of issuance. The building official is authorized to grant, in writing, a onetime 30 day extension when only the final inspection is remaining and all other work has been approved. The extension shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated before the expiration.

E. WUIC Section 109.2 Repealed and Replaced. Section 109.2 is hereby repealed and replaced to read as follows:

109.2 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, gas, mechanical, and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the periodic fee resolution of the Monroe City Council and Table 1-A and Table 103.4.2(A) thereto.

Plan Review Fees. When submitted documents are required, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the submittal documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be 75 percent of the building permit fee as shown in Table 1-A of the Monroe Fees Resolution. The plan review fees specified in this section are separate from and in addition to the permit fees. When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review or when the project involves deferred submittal items, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate shown in Table 1-A of the Monroe Fees Resolution.

F. WUIC Section 109.3 Repealed and Replaced. Section 109.3 is hereby repealed and replaced to read as follows:

109.3 Permit valuations. Permit valuations shall include the total value of the work, including materials and labor for which the permit is being issued, such as electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing equipment and permanent systems. The building official may use the latest edition of the Building Valuation Data Table published by ICC in determining the value. Final building permit valuation shall be set by the building official.

G. WUIC Section 109.6 Repealed and Replaced. Section 109.6 is hereby repealed and replaced to read as follows:

109.6 Refunds. The building official may authorize the refund of fees paid upon filing of a written application by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment, as follows:

1. 100% of any fee erroneously paid or collected;

2. Up to 80% of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with the periodic fee resolution of the Monroe City Council; or

3. Up to 80% of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan review is performed.

4. The request for a refund must be in writing, prior to the expiration date of the 180 day plan review period, or within 180 days of permit issuance, and with justifiable cause.

H. WUIC Section 110.4 Repealed and Replaced. Section 110.4 is hereby repealed and replaced to read as follows:

110.4 Notice of violation. Enforcement of violations of this code shall be in accordance with Chapter 1.04 of the Monroe Municipal Code. Signs, tags, or seals posted or affixed by the building official shall not be mutilated, destroyed, tampered with, or removed without authorization from the building official. The fine for the removal, mutilation, destruction of, or tampering with said notice, sign, tags, or seals shall be as set forth in the Monroe Municipal Code, Section 15.04.200.

I. WUIC Section 110.4.1 Repealed. Section 110.4.1 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

J. WUIC Section 110.4.2 Repealed. Section 110.4.2 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

K. WUIC Section 110.4.3 Repealed. Section 110.4.3 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

L. WUIC Section 110.4.4 Repealed. Section 110.4.4 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

M. WUIC Section 110.4.5.1 Repealed. Section 110.4.5.1 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

N. WUIC Section 110.4.5.2 Repealed. Section 110.4.5.2 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

O. WUIC Section 110.4.5.2.1 Repealed. Section 110.4.5.2.1 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

P. WUIC Section 110.4.7 Repealed. Section 110.4.7 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

Q. WUIC Section 113 Repealed and Replaced. Section 113 is hereby repealed and replaced to read as follows:

Section 113 – APPEALS.

113.1 Appeals. All appeals of orders, decisions, interpretations or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of the IBC shall be to the City of Monroe Hearing Examiner in accordance with Chapter 2.34 and 22.84.080 MMC. The Hearing Examiner shall have no authority to waive requirements of this code.

113.2 Limitations on authority. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The hearing examiner shall have no authority to waive requirements of this code.

R. WUIC Section 114.2 Amended. Section 114.2 is hereby amended to read as follows:

114.2 Issuance. The stop work order shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property involved, the owner’s authorized agent or the person performing the work. Upon issuance of a stop work order, the cited work shall immediately cease. The stop work order shall state the reason for the order and the conditions under which the cited work will be permitted to resume. There shall be a fee imposed for issuance of a Stop Work Order in the amount set by periodic fee resolution of the Monroe City Council.