(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: Chapter 70.114A RCW and RCW 43.70.334 through 43.70.340. WSR 15-13-091, § 246-359-150, filed 6/15/15, effective 1/1/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.081. WSR 99-03-065, § 246-359-150, filed 1/18/99, effective 2/18/99.]