Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
FACILITY STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-359 - Temporary worker housing construction standard
Section 246-359-150 - Site requirements
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 246-359-150
Current through Register Vol. 24-24, December 15, 2024
(1) The site used for TWH must be:
(a)Adequately
drained and not subject to periodic flooding;
(b)Located a distance of at least two hundred
feet from all surface water;
(c)Located so the drainage from and through
the TWH will not endanger any domestic or public water supply;
(d) Graded, ditched, and made free from
depressions which allow water to become a nuisance;
(e)Adequate in size to prevent overcrowding
of necessary structures; and
(f)Located on a slope which is not more than
one unit (inches, feet, etc.) vertical per twenty units horizontal.
(2) Any structure used for sleeping or preparing and serving food must be located at least five hundred feet from any area in which livestock is kept.
(3) All TWH structures must be located a minimum of ten feet from any other structure or building.
(4) The TWH must have adequate lighting to provide safe passage for occupants to travel between TWH facilities.
(5)Common toilet facilities must meet the following:
(a)When a toilet is in a separate
building from the sleeping room, the toilet room must be not more than two
hundred feet from the door of each dwelling unit;
(b) No person has to pass through a sleeping
room to reach common toilet facilities;
(c)Comply with the toilet ratios identified
in WAC 246-359-560;
(d) If the TWH will provide for occupancy by
both sexes, there must be separate toilet rooms for each sex that meet the
required ratio as defined in Table 1 of WAC
246-358-093 and separate
facilities by solid walls or partitions extending from the floor to the roof or
ceiling when facilities for each sex are located in the same building;
and
(e) Common toilet facilities
used for both men and women must:
(i) Have
separate and distinct entrances on separate walls;
(ii) Must be separated by at least twenty
feet; and
(iii) Locate the women's
entrance to be visible from and oriented toward the majority of the TWH
dwelling units.
Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.081. 99-03-065, § 246-359-150, filed 1/18/99, effective 2/18/99.
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