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WACs > Title 296 > Chapter 296-127 > Section 296-127-01346
296-127-01344
296-127-01347
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WAC 296-127-01346
Landscape construction.
For the purposes of the Washington state public works law, chapter 39.12 RCW, landscape construction involves the beautification of a plot of land by changing its natural features through the addition or modification of lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
(1) Landscape construction includes:
⢠Constructing or maintaining lawns, yards, gardens or other landscaped surfaces.
⢠Mixing and spreading mulches, ground covers, soil amendments, decorative bark or decorative rock.
⢠Seeding, sodding or hydroseeding.
⢠Applying chemicals or fertilizers.
⢠Planting trees, shrubs or plants.
⢠Installing, servicing or repairing above ground lawn or landscape sprinkler systems.
⢠Installing, servicing or repairing underground lawn or landscape sprinkler systems to a maximum depth of three feet below finish grade.
⢠Assembling or placing premanufactured trellis work, play equipment, benches or picnic tables.
⢠Constructing rock walls to a maximum height of four feet.
⢠Land clearing.
⢠Spreading top soil to a maximum depth of six inches below finish grade.
⢠Trenching to a maximum depth of three feet below finish grade.
⢠Installing french drains or other subsurface water collection systems to a maximum depth of three feet below finish grade.
⢠Hauling top soil, plants or other landscaping materials in trucks with only one rear axle.
(2) Landscape construction does not include:
⢠Any activity or task (including those mentioned above) when performed preparatory to any nonlandscaping construction work.
⢠Constructing roads, footpaths, trails or rock walls more than four feet high.
⢠Custom fabrication of trellis work, play equipment, benches or picnic tables.
⢠Constructing restrooms, shelters or similar structures.
⢠Installing sewer systems, storm sewer systems, catch basins, vaults or drainage systems for impervious surfaces (such as parking lots).
⢠Installing drainage systems or underground sprinkler systems more than three feet below final grade.
⢠Land clearing, dozing, grading, excavating or hauling except as permitted above.
⢠Tree falling or bucking.
⢠Subgrade preparation.
⢠The use of power equipment with more than ninety horsepower.
⢠The use of trucks with more than one rear axle except hydroseeders.
⢠Demolition of structures.
⢠Asphalt or concrete work except incidental anchorage for play equipment, benches or picnic tables.
⢠Welding.
⢠Installing agricultural irrigation systems.
⢠Encapsulation of landfills.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 39.12 RCW, RCW 43.22.270 and 43.22.051. WSR 00-15-077, § 296-127-01346, filed 7/19/00, effective 7/19/00.]