(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) “Essential facility” means:
(A) Hospitals and other medical facilities having surgery and emergency treatment areas;
(B) Fire and police stations;
(C) Tanks or other structures containing, housing or supporting water or fire-suppression materials or equipment required for the protection of essential or hazardous facilities or special occupancy structures;
(D) Emergency vehicle shelters and garages;
(E) Structures and equipment in emergency-preparedness centers;
(F) Standby power generating equipment for essential facilities; and
(G) Structures and equipment in government communication centers and other facilities required for emergency response.
(b) “Hazardous facility” means structures housing, supporting or containing sufficient quantities of toxic or explosive substances to be of danger to the safety of the public if released.
(c) “Major structure” means a building over six stories in height with an aggregate floor area of 60,000 square feet or more, every building over 10 stories in height and parking structures as determined by Department of Consumer and Business Services rule.
(d) “Seismic hazard” means a geologic condition that is a potential danger to life and property that includes but is not limited to earthquake, landslide, liquefaction, tsunami inundation, fault displacement, and subsidence.
(e) “Special occupancy structure” means:
(A) Covered structures whose primary occupancy is public assembly with a capacity greater than 300 persons;
(B) Buildings with a capacity greater than 250 individuals for every public, private or parochial school through secondary level or child care centers;
(C) Buildings for colleges or adult education schools with a capacity greater than 500 persons;
(D) Medical facilities with 50 or more resident, incapacitated patients not included in subparagraphs (A) to (C) of this paragraph;
(E) Jails and detention facilities; and
(F) All structures and occupancies with a capacity greater than 5,000 persons.
(2) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall consult with the Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission and the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries prior to adopting rules. Thereafter, the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt rules as set forth in ORS 183.325 to 183.410 to amend the state building code to:
(a) Require new building sites for essential facilities, hazardous facilities, major structures and special occupancy structures to be evaluated on a site specific basis for vulnerability to seismic geologic hazards.
(b) Require a program for the installation of strong motions accelerographs in or near selected major buildings.
(c) Provide for the review of geologic and engineering reports for seismic design of new buildings of large size, high occupancy or critical use.
(d) Provide for filing of noninterpretive seismic data from site evaluation in a manner accessible to the public.
(3) For the purpose of defraying the cost of applying the regulations in subsection (2) of this section, there is hereby imposed a surcharge in the amount of one percent of the total fees collected under the structural and mechanical specialty codes for essential facilities, hazardous facilities, major structures and special occupancy structures, which fees shall be retained by the jurisdiction enforcing the particular specialty code as provided in ORS 455.150 or enforcing a building inspection program under ORS 455.148.
(4) Developers of new essential facilities, hazardous facilities and major structures described in subsection (1)(a)(E), (b) and (c) of this section and new special occupancy structures described in subsection (1)(e)(A), (D) and (F) of this section that are located in an identified tsunami inundation zone shall consult with the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for assistance in determining the impact of possible tsunamis on the proposed development and for assistance in preparing methods to mitigate risk at the site of a potential tsunami. Consultation shall take place prior to submittal of design plans to the building official for final approval. [1991 c.956 §12; 1995 c.79 §229; 1995 c.617 §1; 2001 c.573 §12]
Note: 455.447 was added to and made a part of 455.010 to 455.740 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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