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Citation |
Process |
Product |
Timeline/Rules |
Time
line/Program |
Status |
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ORS 705.710 (1): Develop a minor label
program. |
Assign a rules advisory
committee. |
Minor label program for
residential plumbing and residential and commercial electrical installations. |
July 1, 2000 |
In place July 1, 2000 |
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Met July 1, 2000 deadline §
Program expanded to
include commercial electrical installations August 16. §
Committee reconvenes
to discuss and evaluate programs later this summer. §
As of 9/30/02 the
Service Center has sold 47.000 labels. §
Program expanded to statewide July, 2002.. |
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ORS 705.710 (2) -(4) Develop standard
application forms and procedures for issuing permits (both with and without a
plan review) and for recording inspections. |
Assign a rules advisory Committee. |
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Permit application
forms for plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building, and manufactured
dwelling. §
Residential plan
review check list. §
Process for recording
inspections. §
Process for issuing
permits when no plan review is required. §
Commercial application
checklist. |
July 1, 2000. |
Forms distributed and in
use by tri-county jurisdictions by July 1, 2000 |
Met July 1, 2000 deadline to write rules. Rules listed a number of issues to be resolved
including processes for deferred submittals, phased permitting, over-the-counter
permits that require plan review and plan review resolution Committee activity:
ongoing. |
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ORS 705.710 (5), Establish a standardized
methodology for determining fees. |
Assign a rules advisory Committee. |
Fee methodologies have been
defined for residential and commercial: §
Electrical permits §
Plumbing permits §
Mechanical permits §
Structural permits §
Manufactured Home
Siting |
July 1, 2000. |
Tri-County jurisdictions
implemented the fee methodology July 1, 2000. |
Committee has completed rule writing and will reconvene when new methodology issues
arise. It is anticipated that this group will reconvene to discuss a fee
methodology for phased permitting processes. |
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ORS 705.710 (6),(7) Maintain and make available
the names of plans reviewers and inspectors. |
Staff project. |
Lists uploaded and
maintained on the BCD web site with links from the Tri-County web page. |
July 1, 2000 No rules necessary. |
Posted to the Tri-County
web site: www.oregonbcd.org/tricounty/htm. |
Maintained by BCD's
webmaster. |
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Citation |
Process |
Product |
Timeline/Rules |
Time
line/Program |
Status |
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ORS 705.710 (8) Review the qualifications
of persons applying for certification as inspector or plans reviewer |
Assign rules advisory
committee |
Qualification review
process |
January 1, 2001 |
Program will be enacted
after January 1, 2001 |
The committee has developed
a process allowing any person with a denied application for structural or
mechanical inspector or plans examiner to request the Tri-County board review
the application |
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ORS 705.710 (9) Develop and make available
appropriate training for plans reviewers and inspectors |
Planning Panel |
Approved in-training
programs for A and B level structural and mechanical inspectors and plans
reviewers |
January 1, 2001 No rules necessary |
Approved program/s in place
by July 1, 2001 |
All programs have been approved for use by all jurisdictions statewide. The programs, attendant forms and information are available on the BCD web site. Became statewide program 6/2001. |
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ORS 705.710 (10) Administer pre-paid cost accounts. |
Staff project |
Pre-paid cost accounts will
be available to customers purchasing minor labels. |
January 1, 2001 No rules necessary. |
Accounts were available
January 1, 2001. |
Status: Twenty pre-paid
cost accounts have been opened to date |
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ORS 705.710 (11) Assist local building
officials in interpreting the state building code.ORS 705.710 (12) Establish a process to
facilitate consistent code interpretation in the tri-county region. |
Task force assigned. |
Process to facilitate the
consistent application of code. The process is based on the code forum
concept with industry and building department participation. |
July 1, 2001 No rules necessary. |
Code forums begin late
July. Each code forum is scheduled every other month. |
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Code consistency
committee made code panel designations §
Written minutes cause
waves within the jurisdictions, but BO’s hold to promise of using
determinations as inspection standards. §
Newsletters published
quarterly; causing a stir outside the region (contractors wish to use the
code applications downstate, for example). §
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ORS 705.710 (13) Develop a process to
resolve code disputes between local building officials and contractors
regarding site specific application of one or more provisions of the state
building code. |
Discussed and approved at
the Board level. |
Process to resolve site
specific disputes using an “on-call” group of industry and building
department code experts consult with the building official of the
jurisdiction in which the dispute occurs. |
July 1, 2001 No rules necessary. |
Volunteer staffing and
procedures to be in place by July 1, 2001 |
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To date, six disputes
resolved. Two in favor of the local jurisdiction, four in favor of
contractor. All find the process fair. |