OAR 123-051-0600: Project Eligible Activities

Projects must meet the following criteria to be eligible for this program: (1) Education building gymnasiums, cafeterias and multipurpose rooms that are feasible to be used as emergency shelters in disasters must be rehabilitated to meet the Immediate Occupancy seismic safety performance level as defined in OAR 123-051-0200(12) (a) Applicants may request a waiver for education building gymnasiums, cafeterias and multipurpose rooms that will not be used as emergency shelters in disasters, upon showing that there are other buildings in the community that may be used as emergency shelters in disasters instead of the education building. Any projects approved under this subsection must be rehabilitated to meet the life safety seismic performance level as defined in OAR 123-051-0200(13). (b) Applicants may request approval for other types of education building rooms that are feasible to be used as emergency shelters upon showing that there are no gymnasiums, cafeterias and multipurpose rooms that are feasible to be used as emergency shelters. Any approved projects under this subsection must be rehabilitated to meet the immediate occupancy seismic safety performance level defined in OAR 123-051-0200(12). (2) Other education buildings that will not be used as emergency shelters in disasters, must be rehabilitated to meet the life safety seismic safety performance level defined in OAR 123-051-0200(13). (3) Emergency services building rehabilitation to immediate occupancy seismic safety performance level as defined in OAR 123-051-0200(12).