Beverly Hills Municipal Code § 12.12 California Building Code

Beverly Hills Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Beverly Hills

Cite as: Beverly Hills Municipal Code § 12.12 · Text as of 2026-10-03

12.12.2 Structural Separation.¶

All portions of the structure shall be designed and constructed to act as an integral unit in resisting seismic forces unless separated structurally by a distance sufficient to avoid damaging contact as set forth in this section.

Separations shall allow for the Design Earthquake Displacements, ?DE, as determined in accordance with Section 12.8.6 and Equation 12.8-16, as modified below:

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EXCEPTION: Smaller separations or property line setbacks are permitted where justified by rational analysis based on inelastic response to design ground motions.

Section 1613.9 is added to the California Building Code to read as follows:

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