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CRITERIA FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING GUARANTEE PROGRAM
City of Salem
Building & Safety Division
555 Liberty St SE Room 320
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 588-6256 phone
(503) 588-6115 fax
EFFECTIVE DATE:
June 1, 2005
REVISED:
August 30, 2012
APPROVAL:
Division Administrator
Background: Our goal is to consistently provide professional service by offering
predictable, friendly assistance and efficiency through streamlined processes that promote
positive community and business relationships while ensuring public safety. As a service
to our customers, the City has instituted a conditional money-back guarantee ten-day
(working days) turn-around criteria for qualified single-family dwellings.
Procedure:
Qualified submittals under this program shall be limited to five (5) per a continuous 5-day
interval, (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays) submitted by an individual,
contractor, or company.
Qualified submittals are those considered complete and in conformance with all applicable
state and local laws following preliminary review by intake staff. The first day of the tenday program shall begin the first full day after submission, weekends and holidays
excluded.
Qualified Single-Family Dwellings shall be considered Conventional Light Frame
Construction, designed in compliance with the latest edition of the Oregon Residential
Specialty Code (Code) and subject to the following limitations:
1.
Buildings shall be designed as such that its vertical and horizontal structural
elements are primarily formed by a system of repetitive wood or light gage steel
framing members as allowed by the code;
2.
Buildings shall be subject to the maximum height and story limitations as specified
in the code;
3.
Bearing wall floor-to-floor heights shall not exceed those specified in the code;
4.
All design loads, including wind and seismic loading shall not be less than those
allowed by the code;
5.
Site topography and site geo-technical imitations shall not exceed those allowed by
the code; and
G:CDBuilding & SafetyAccreditationIAS Accreditation Working Files 8-20-20123.0 CODE ENFORCEMENT_
ADMINISTRATION3.2 General Operations3.2.23
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