104.11 for consideration of alternative means of compliance.

104.11 for consideration of alternative means of compliance.

Chapter 14 Relocated or Moved Buildings.

Chapter 14 is applicable to any building that is moved or relocated. This chapter is independent of any of the three compliance methods and focuses on the structural loads where the building is being relocated.

Chapter 15 Construction Safeguards.

Chapter 15 establishes specific regulations in order to minimize the risk to the public and adjacent property during construction. Additionally, this chapter addresses fire and life safety and means of egress during the construction process. This includes requirements for a site safety plan. This chapter is also consistent with Chapter 33 of the CBC and Chapter 33 of the California Fire Code (CFC).

Chapter 16 Referenced Standards.

Chapter 16 lists all of the product and installation standards and codes that are referenced throughout Chapters 1 through 15 and includes identification of the promulgators and the section numbers in which the standards and codes are referenced. As stated in Section 102.4, these standards and codes become an enforceable part of the code (to the prescribed extent of the reference) as if printed in the body of the code.

Appendix A Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings.

Appendix A provides guidelines for upgrading the seismic resistance capacity of different types of existing buildings. It is organized into separate chapters which deal with buildings of different types, including unreinforced masonry buildings, reinforced concrete and reinforced masonry wall buildings, and lightframe wood buildings. This appendix includes its own referenced standards.

Appendix B Supplementary Accessibility Requirements for Existing Buildings and Facilities.

Chapters 11A and 11B of the CBC contain provisions that set forth requirements for accessibility to buildings and their associated sites and facilities for people with physical disabilities. Appendix B was added to address accessibility in construction for items that are not typically enforceable through the traditional building code enforcement process.

Appendix C Guidelines for the Wind Retrofit of Existing Buildings.

The purpose of Appendix C is to provide voluntary prescriptive alternatives for addressing the retrofit of buildings in high-wind areas. Currently, there are two chapters which deal with the retrofit of gable ends and the fastening of roof decks, Appendix Chapters C1 and C2, respectively. This appendix includes its own referenced standards.

Appendix D Board of Appeals.

Appendix D contains the provisions for appeal and the establishment of a board of appeals. The provisions include the application for an appeal, the makeup of the board of appeals and the conduct of the appeal process.

Appendix E Temporary Emergency Uses.

Appendix E is intended to provide guidance for designers, engineers, architects and fire and building officials on allowing temporary emergency uses of existing buildings with respect to the minimum code requirements. This appendix is a template or checklist that references the relevant code requirement of concerns.

Resource A Guidelines on Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

DIVISION I – CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

1.2 Building Standards Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

1.3 Board of State and Community Corrections. . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.4 Department of Consumer Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.5 California Energy Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.6 Department of Food and Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.7 Department of Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.8 Department of Housing and Community Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.8.2 Authority and Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.8.3 Local Enforcing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

1.8.4 Permits, Fees, Applications and Inspections . . . . . . . . 1-9

1.8.5 Right of Entry for Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

1.8.6 Local Modification by Ordinance or Regulation . . . . 1-10

1.8.7 Alternate Materials, Designs, Tests and Methods of Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

1.8.8 Appeals Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

1.8.9 Unsafe Buildings or Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

1.8.10 Other Building Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

1.9 Division of the State Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

1.10 Department of Health Care Access and Information/Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

1.11 Office of the State Fire Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

1.12 State Librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

1.13 Department of Water Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

1.14 California State Lands Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

DIVISION II – SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21

PART 1—SCOPE AND APPLICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21

101 Scope and General Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21

102 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

PART 2—ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

103 Code Compliance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

104 Duties and Powers of Code Official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

105 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25

106 Construction Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26

107 Temporary Uses, Equipment and Systems. . . . . . . 1-28

108 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28

109 Inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28

110 Certificate of Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30

111 Service Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30

112 Means of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30

113 Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31

114 Stop Work Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31

115 Unsafe Structures and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31

116 Emergency Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32

117 Demolition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32

CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3

201 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

202 General Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

CHAPTER 3 PROVISIONS FOR ALL COMPLIANCE

METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3

301 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

302 General Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

303 Storm Shelters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

304 Structural Design Loads and Evaluation and Design Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

305 In-Situ Load Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

306 Accessibility for Existing Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

307 Smoke Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

308 Carbon Monoxide Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

309 Additions and Replacements of Exterior Wall Coverings and Exterior Wall Envelopes . . . . . . . . . 3-7

310 [OSHPD 1R, 2 and 5] Services/Systems and Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

311 [OSHPD 1R, 2 and 5] Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

312 [OSHPD 1R] Hospital SPC and Freestanding Buildings Removed from General Acute Care Service Remaining under the Jurisdiction of OSHPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

313 [SFM] Existing Group R-1 and Group R-2 Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

314 [SFM] Existing High-Rise Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11

315 [SFM] Existing Group I Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13

316 [SFM] Existing Group L Occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-14

317 [BSC, DSA-SS & DSA-SS/CC] Earthquake Evaluation and Design for Retrofit of Existing Buildings. . . . . . . . . .3-16

318 [BSC, DSA-SS & DSA-SS/CC] Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18

319 [BSC, DSA-SS & DSA-SS/CC] Seismic Criteria Selection for Existing Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18

320 [BSC, DSA-SS & DSA-SS/CC] Method A. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-21

321 [BSC, DSA-SS & DSA-SS/CC] Method B. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-21

322 [BSC, DSA-SS & DSA-SS/CC] Peer Review Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-21

323 [DSA-SS, DSA-SS/CC] Additional Requirements for Public Schools and Community Colleges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-22

CHAPTER 3A [OSHPD 1] PROVISIONS FOR

ALL COMPLIANCE METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-3

301A Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-3

302A General Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-3

303A Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-4

304A Structural Design Loads and Evaluation and Design Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-4

305A In-Situ Load Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-9

306A Accessibility for Existing Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-9

307A Smoke Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-9

308A Carbon Monoxide Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-9

309A Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3A-10

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310A Compliance Alternatives for Services/Systems and Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3A-10

311A Compliance Alternatives for Means of Egress. . . . . 3A-11

312A Removal of Hospital SPC and Freestanding Buildings from General Acute Care Service. . . 3A-12

313A Earthquake Monitoring Instruments for Existing Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3A-14

CHAPTER 4 REPAIRS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

402 Building Elements and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

403 Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

404 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

405 Structural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

406 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

407 Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

408 Plumbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

CHAPTER 4A [OSHPD 1] REPAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-3

401A General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-3

402A Building Elements and Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-3

403A Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-3

404A Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-3

405A Structural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-3

406A Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-4

407A Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-4

408A Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A-5

CHAPTER 5 PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE METHOD . . . . . 5-3

501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

502 Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

503 Alterations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

504 Fire Escapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

505 Windows and Emergency Escape Openings . . . . . . . 5-8

506 Change of Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

507 Historic Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

CHAPTER 5A [OSHPD 1] PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE

METHOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5A-3

501A General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5A-3

502A Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5A-4

503A Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5A-5

504A Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5A-7

505A Reserved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5A-7

506A Change of Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5A-7

CHAPTER 6 CLASSIFICATION OF WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

602 Alteration—Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

603 Alteration—Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

604 Alteration—Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

605 Change of Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

606 Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

607 Historic Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

CHAPTER 7 ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3

701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

702 Building Elements and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

703 Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

704 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

705 Reroofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

706 Structural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

707 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

708 Energy Conservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

CHAPTER 8 ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-3

801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

802 Building Elements and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

803 Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

804 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

805 Structural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

806 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

807 Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

808 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

809 Energy Conservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

CHAPTER 9 ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-3

901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

902 Special Use and Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

903 Building Elements and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

904 Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

905 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

906 Structural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

907 Energy Conservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

908 Emergency Responder Communications Enhancement System Coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

CHAPTER 10 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3

1001 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

1002 Special Use and Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

1003 Building Elements and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

1004 Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

1005 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

1006 Structural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

1007 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

1008 Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

1009 Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

1010 Other Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

1011 Change of Occupancy Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

CHAPTER 11 ADDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-3

1101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

1102 Heights and Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

1103 Structural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4

1104 Energy Conservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4

CHAPTER 12 HISTORIC BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1

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CHAPTER 13 PERFORMANCE COMPLIANCE METHODS. . 13-3

1301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

1302 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

1303 Acceptance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

1304 Investigation and Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

1305 Scoring and Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

1306 Building Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14

1307 Evaluation of Building Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

CHAPTER 14 RELOCATED OR MOVED BUILDINGS . . . . . . 14-3

1401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

1402 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

CHAPTER 15 CONSTRUCTION SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

1501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

1502 Owner’s Responsibility for Fire Protection . . . . . . . 15-3

1503 Sanitary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4

1504 Protection of Pedestrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4

1505 Protection of Adjoining Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5

1506 Temporary Use of Streets, Alleys and Public Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

1507 Fire Extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

1508 Means of Egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

1509 Standpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

1510 Automatic Sprinkler System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

1511 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-7

1512 Water Supply for Fire Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-7

CHAPTER 16 REFERENCED STANDARDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-3

APPENDIX A GUIDELINES FOR THE SEISMIC RETROFIT

OF EXISTING BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-3

CHAPTER A1 SEISMIC STRENGTHENING PROVISIONS

FOR UNREINFORCED MASONRY BEARING WALL

BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-3

A100 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-3

A101 Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-3

A102 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-3

A103 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-4

A104 Symbols and Notations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-5

A105 General Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-6

A106 Materials Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-6

A107 Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-8

A108 Design Strengths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-8

A109 Analysis and Design Procedure . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-10

A110 General Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-10

A111 Special Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-11

A112 Analysis and Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-14

A113 Detailed Building System Design Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-15

A114 Walls of Unburned Clay, Adobe or Stone Masonry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-17

CONTENTS

CHAPTER A2 EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE AND

REINFORCED MASONRY WALL BUILDINGS

WITH FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGMS. . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-21

A201 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-21

A202 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-21

A203 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-21

A204 Symbols and Notations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-21

A205 General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-21

A206 Analysis and Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-22

A207 Materials of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-23

CHAPTER A3 PRESCRIPTIVE PROVISIONS FOR SEISMIC

STRENGTHENING OF CRIPPLE WALLS AND SILL PLATE

ANCHORAGE OF LIGHT, WOOD-FRAME RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-27

A301 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-27

A302 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-27

A303 Structural Weaknesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-28

A304 Strengthening Requirements . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-28

CHAPTER A4 EARTHQUAKE RISK REDUCTION IN WOOD-FRAME RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH

SOFT, WEAK OR OPEN FRONT WALLS . . . . . APPENDIX A-45

A401 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-45

A402 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-45

A403 Analysis and Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-45

A404 Prescriptive Measures for Weak Story. . APPENDIX A-47

A405 Materials of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-48

A406 Construction Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-48

A407 Quality Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-49

CHAPTER A5 REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . . APPENDIX A-53

A501 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-53

APPENDIX B SUPPLEMENTARY ACCESSIBILITY

REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS

AND FACILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-3

B101 Qualified Historic Buildings and Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-3

B102 Fixed Transportation Facilities and Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-3

B103 Dwelling Units and Sleeping Units. . . . . . APPENDIX B-4

B104 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-4

APPENDIX C GUIDELINES FOR THE WIND RETROFIT

OF EXISTING BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-3

CHAPTER C1 GABLE END RETROFIT FOR

HIGH-WIND AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-3

C101 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-3

C102 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-3

C103 Materials of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-4

C104 Retrofitting Gable End Walls to Enhance Wind Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-5

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CHAPTER C2 ROOF DECK FASTENING FOR

HIGH-WIND AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-27

C201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-27

C202 Roof Deck Attachment for

Wood Roofs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-27

CHAPTER C3 REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . . APPENDIX C-31

C301 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-31

APPENDIX D BOARD OF APPEALS . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX D-3

D101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX D-3

APPENDIX E TEMPORARY EMERGENCY

USES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-3

E101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-3

E102 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-3

E103 Submittal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-3

E104 Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-3

E105 Permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-3

E106 General Standards for

Emergency Uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-3

E107 Use of Specific Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-4

E108 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-5

RESOURCE A GUIDELINES ON FIRE RATINGS OF

ARCHAIC MATERIALS AND ASSEMBLIES. . . . RESOURCE A-3

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RESOURCE A-3

Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RESOURCE A-3

1—Fire-Related Performance of Archaic Materials and

Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RESOURCE A-4

2—Building Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RESOURCE A-5

3—Final Evaluation and Design Solution . . . . . .RESOURCE A-8

4—Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-14

APPENDIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-17

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-17

Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-17

Purpose and Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-19

Section I—Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-20

Section II—Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-67

Section III—Floor/Ceiling Assemblies . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-91

Section IV—Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-107

Section V—Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-112

Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCE A-115

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INDEX-1

HISTORY NOTE APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIST-1

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