4.46.335 Real property leases -- Payment of prevailing wages.
(1) No lease, amendment to a lease, or extension of a lease of county-owned real property shall be entered into unless the lessee, successors or assigns agree, as a term of the lease, that all contracts for any work, construction, alteration, repair or improvement to said leasehold, other than ordinary maintenance, require the contractor or developer to comply with the prevailing wage provisions of RCW 39.12.010 through 39.12.030 as if the project were a public work as defined in RCW 39.04.010 except as provided herein. Said lease shall provide by its terms that failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a default of said lease resulting in its termination unless said default is cured 30 days after notice thereof. Responsibility for ensuring compliance with this section rests entirely with the leaseholder, and in no way with the county. All persons entering into a lease, amendment, or extension of a lease of county-owned real property after May 1, 1993, shall be deemed to have entered into such lease, amendment or extension with knowledge of this section and shall be bound by the terms thereof as a material provision of said lease, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Unless a project or work is a public work as defined in RCW 39.04.010, the leaseholder shall be exempt from compliance with the prevailing wage provisions of subsection (1) of this section in the following circumstances:
(a) Construction/remodeling jobs where the entire project cost is less than $5,000, but no project may be subdivided or otherwise disaggregated so as to enable the project or any part of it to be exempt from compliance with the prevailing wage provisions of subsection (1) of this section;
(b) Construction/remodeling jobs where the work is entirely performed by the leaseholder or leaseholder’s regular on-going full time employees;
(c) Janitorial building maintenance contracts not associated with construction site clean up work;
(d) Any construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair in progress on January 1, 1994;
(e) The leasehold emanates from a lease of county owned real property executed before January 1, 1994, or from an amendment, restatement, sublease, or assignment of such a lease that is initiated by the county.
(3) Proof of compliance with the terms of this section shall be provided by the lessee in such form as required by the property management division. (Added by Ord. 93-032, Apr. 14, 1993; Amended by Ord. 93-137, Dec. 22, 1993, Eff date Jan. 1, 1994; Amended by Ord. 14-080, Sept. 24, 2014, Eff date Oct. 10, 2014).