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Title 19 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION›Chapter 19.28 — BERKELEY BUILDING CODE

Berkeley Municipal Code Art. 2 Fire and Smoke Protection Features

Berkeley Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Berkeley

Cite as: Berkeley Municipal Code Article 2 · Text as of 2026-10-05

19.28.030 Fire and Smoke Protection Features.

Chapter 7 of the 2025 California Building Code is adopted in its entirety subject to the modifications thereto which are set forth below.

Section 711 – Floor and Roof Assemblies.

711.2.3 Supporting construction. The supporting construction shall be protected to afford the required fire-resistance rating of the horizontal assembly supported.

Exception: In buildings of Type IIB, IIIB or VB construction, the construction supporting the horizontal assembly is not required to be fire-resistance rated at the following:

  1. Horizontal assemblies at the separations of incidental uses as specified by Table 509.1 provided that the required fire- resistance rating does not exceed 1 hour.

  2. RESERVED Horizontal assemblies at the separations of dwelling units and sleeping units as required by Section 420.3.

  3. Horizontal assemblies at smoke barriers constructed in accordance with Section 709.

(Ord. 7988-NS § 1, 2025)

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