October 2007

by Chris Beug

The Manium, a collectively run, all-ages venue that has been in operation for the last four years at 421 Fourth Avenue in downtown Olympia, has been closed by the city of Olympia for doing an unpermitted remodel that allegedly makes the building unsafe. There are many small details that need to be addressed, but the main contention point is the need for the installation of an automatic sprinkler system. Whether or not this is actually necessary depends on how you interpret and apply the International Building Code (IBC). There are many factors dictating in which cases it is . . .