Residential building permit in Maple Valley, Washington

Maple Valley requires a residential building permit for: MVMC 15.05.050: “There is adopted and by this reference made a part of this chapter as though fully set forth herein, at length, that certain code, known as the International Residential Code (IRC), 2021 Edition, as adopted by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-51 WAC”.; MAPLE VALLEY NAMES ITS YEARS AND PUBLISHES NO ROLLING CLAUSE, WHICH IS UNUSUAL IN THIS SET, AND THE ABSENCE IS MEASURED RATHER THAN ASSUMED. A regular expression for the usual rolling formulations (“as now or hereafter amended”, “hereafter be amended”, “as presently constituted”, “as the same exists”, “as now in effect”, “as amended from time to time”, “as now existing”, “subsequently amended”) returns ZERO matches across the whole of Chapter 15.05 (31,082 characters) AND the whole of Chapter 15.01 (12,306 characters). A control term fired 11 times in the first and 85 in the second, so the search was alive and the zero is real. Walla Walla taught that a roll can hide in a section of its own; that check was run here and found nothing. >>> SO THE ENTRY RECORDS TWO READINGS AND ADJUDICATES NEITHER. On its face the adoption is named-and-static: each section names an edition and nothing says it moves. But every adopting sentence also reads “as adopted by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-xx WAC”, and that reference can be read as incorporating the state chapter, which does move. USEFULLY, THE TWO READINGS AGREE TODAY, AND THAT IS CHECKED AGAINST THE STATE SOURCE RATHER THAN ASSUMED: Chapter 51-52 WAC is titled “STATE BUILDING CODE ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF THE 2021 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE” and WAC 51-52-003 reads “The 2021 edition of the International Mechanical Code published by the International Code Council is hereby adopted by reference”, read at app.leg.wa.gov on 2026-09-16. The city's named 2021 and the state's current adoption are the same edition, so the ambiguity is not biting at present.; MVMC 15.01.020 requires the City to “at all times keep on file with the City Clerk, for reference by the general public” copies of the adopted codes. With no rolling clause published, that filed copy is the practical way to establish which text the city is working from.; MVMC 15.01.015 supplies a general reference-mapping rule: “Whenever reference is made to local authority, codes, jurisdiction, and similar concepts, within the codes adopted by reference in this chapter, interpretations rendered by such reference shall apply to the City of Maple Valley and its jurisdiction and authority.”; SEVEN OF THE EIGHTEEN SECTIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION CODES CHAPTER ARE PUBLISHED AS BARE “Reserved.” — MVMC 15.05.010, .015, .020, .030, .035, .140 and .150 — with no subject name attached. Like Pullman's bare “Repealed.” sections, these tell a reader that a number is held open but not what it was ever meant to hold. Walla Walla's reserved chapters, by contrast, keep their subject (“ELECTRICAL CODE (RESERVED)”).; THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL CODE IN TITLE 15, AND THE ABSENCE IS BOUNDED BY TWO READINGS. Title 15 has exactly five chapters — 15.01 General Provisions, 15.02 Fee Schedule, 15.05 Construction Codes, 15.10 Signs and 15.20 Fire Code — and none is an electrical chapter. The full section list of Chapter 15.05 was read and its eleven live adoption sections cover the IBC, IRC, IEBC, UPC, IMC, IFGC, NFPA 54, NFPA 58, IECC, IWUIC and IPMC, with no electrical code among them. WHO ISSUES AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT HERE IS NOT ASSERTED — the usual Washington route is the Department of Labor and Industries under Chapter 19.28 RCW, but no such provision was found in Title 15 and the state route was not read. Walla Walla reaches the same end by publishing an expressly RESERVED electrical chapter; Maple Valley simply has none.; THE CODE DISCLAIMS A DUTY TO ANY PARTICULAR PERSON. MVMC 15.01.010: the purpose is “to provide for and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the general public, and not to create or to otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected”. Inspection and approval are not a warranty to the permit holder.; Appeal provisions sit at MVMC 15.01.035. This guide does not summarise them, so no appeal body, deadline or procedure is stated here.. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Maple Valley at (425) 413-8800 before starting work.

In Maple Valley, the published Permit fee is: Set by Development Fee Schedule. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Maple Valley does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Maple Valley at (425) 413-8800 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building permit application; Current Development Fee Schedule. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through City of Maple Valley at 22017 SE Wax Road, Suite 200, Maple Valley, WA 98038. Phone: (425) 413-8800. Official information: https://www.maplevalleywa.gov/.

Maple Valley, Washington has adopted: IBC — MVMC 15.05.040(A): “the International Building Code (IBC), 2021 Edition, as adopted by the State Building Code Council and as published by the International Code Council together with Appendix Chapters: H – Signs, and J – Grading”.; IRC — MVMC 15.05.050: “the International Residential Code (IRC), 2021 Edition, as adopted by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-51 WAC”.; UPC — MVMC 15.05.070: “the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), 2021 Edition, as adopted by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-56 WAC, as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials”.; IMC — MVMC 15.05.080: “the International Mechanical Code (IMC), 2021 Edition, as adopted by the State Building Code Council”.; NFPA 58 — MVMC 15.05.110: “the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, 2020 Edition, as adopted by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-52 WAC, as published by NFPA.”; ADOPTED IN THEIR OWN SECTIONS BUT READ BY TITLE ONLY, so NO edition year is asserted for these: International Existing Building Code (15.05.060), International Fuel Gas Code (15.05.090), National Fuel Gas Code / NFPA 54 (15.05.100), International Energy Conservation Code (15.05.120), International Wildland Urban Interface Code (15.05.130) and International Property Maintenance Code (15.05.135).; NO ELECTRICAL CODE IS ADOPTED ANYWHERE IN TITLE 15, whose five chapters are 15.01 General Provisions, 15.02 Fee Schedule, 15.05 Construction Codes, 15.10 Signs and 15.20 Fire Code.; MVMC Chapter 15.20 FIRE CODE was NOT opened for this entry.. Local amendments apply — see the Maple Valley overview page for the full list.

MVMC 15.05.050 names the 2021 Edition of the International Residential Code, as adopted by the State Building Code Council in Chapter 51-51 WAC. Unusually for this Washington set, the city publishes no rolling clause — no “as now or hereafter amended” language appears anywhere in the chapters read. Whether the city's named year or the state chapter it points at controls is ambiguous on the face of the code, and at present both give 2021.

Not in the code. MVMC Chapter 15.02 is a chapter titled “Fee Schedule” whose entire content is one sentence: all fees under Title 15 are “as shown in the currently adopted Development Fee Schedule.” That schedule is a separate document and it changes without the code being amended.