Chapter 4 — SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON OCCUPANCY AND USE
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
Sections in this part
- Section 401 — SCOPE
- Section 402 — COVERED MALL AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS
- Section 403 — HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS AND GROUP I-2 OCCUPANCIES HAVING OCCUPIED FLOORS
- Section 404 — ATRIUMS
- Section 405 — UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS
- Section 406 — MOTOR-VEHICLE-RELATED OCCUPANCIES
- Section 407 — GROUP I-2
- Section 408 — GROUP I-3
- Section 409 — MOTION PICTURE PROJECTION ROOMS
- Section 410 — STAGES, PLATFORMS AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTION AREAS
- Section 411 — SPECIAL AMUSEMENT AREAS
- Section 412 — AIRCRAFT-RELATED OCCUPANCIES
- Section 413 — COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE
- Section 414 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- Section 415 — GROUPS H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4 AND H-5
- Section 416 — SPRAY APPLICATION OF FLAMMABLE FINISHES
- Section 417 — DRYING ROOMS
- Section 418 — ORGANIC COATINGS
- Section 419 — ARTIFICIAL DECORATIVE VEGETATION
- Section 420 — GROUPS R-1, R-2, R-2.1, R-2.2, R-3, R-3.1 AND R-4
- Section 421 — HYDROGEN FUEL GAS ROOMS
- Section 422 — AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES
- Section 423 — STORM SHELTERS
- Section 424 — PLAY STRUCTURES
- Section 425 — HYPERBARIC FACILITIES
- Section 427 — MEDICAL GAS SYSTEMS
- Section 435 — SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LICENSED 24-HOUR CARE FACILITIES IN A GROUP R-2.1,…
- Section 436 — GROUP I-4 [SFM]
- Section 437 — RESERVED
- Section 438 — RESERVED
- Section 439 — ROAD TUNNELS, BRIDGES AND OTHER LIMITED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS [SFM]
- Section 440 — HORSE RACING STABLES [SFM]
- Section 441 — PET KENNELS AND PET BOARDING FACILITIES [SFM]
- Section 442 — COMBUSTION ENGINES AND GAS TURBINES [SFM]
- Section 443 — FIXED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT AND PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEMS [SFM]
- Section 444 — EXPLOSIVES [SFM]
- Section 445 — RESERVED
- Section 446 — WINERY CAVES [SFM]
- Section 447 — RESERVED
- Section 448 — RESERVED
- Section 449 — PUBLIC LIBRARIES [SL AND SFM]
- Section 450 — GROUP C [SFM]
- Section 451 — RESERVED
- Section 452 — SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND GROUP E CHILD CARE
- Section 453 — GROUP L [SFM]
- Section 454 — RESERVED
- Section 455 — LARGE FAMILY DAY-CARE HOMES [SFM]
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User notes: About this chapter: Chapter 4 provides detailed criteria for special uses and occupancies. The unique characteristics of a live/work unit as opposed to a 30-story high-rise building call for specific standards for each. Twenty-seven sections address covered and open mall buildings, atriums, hospitals, stages, buildings where hazardous materials are used and stored, jails and prisons, ambulatory care facilities and storm shelters, among other special occupancy issues. ICC code Development note: Code change proposals to sections preceded by the designation [F], [BF] or [BE] will be…
5003.10 of the California Fire Code. ¶
453.8 Elevators and elevator lobbies on the 11th story and above. ¶
453.8 Elevators and elevator lobbies on the 11th story and above. Any story containing a Group L occupancy on the 11th story and above shall be provided with elevators and elevator lobbies in accordance with Sections 453.8.1 through 453.8.3. 453.8.1. An elevator that serves every story of the building shall be provided on each side of the 2-hour fire-smoke barrier. 453.8.2. An elevator lobby shall be provided on each side of the 2-hour fire-smoke barrier at each floor in accordance with Section 3006. 453.8.3. The elevator and its associated elevator lobbies and elevator machine rooms shall be…
453.9 Existing Group L and Group H-8 occupancies, additions, alterations or repairs. ¶
453.9 Existing Group L and Group H-8 occupancies, additions, alterations or repairs. See California Fire Code Chapter 11, Section 1116 and California Existing Building Code.