Chapter 5 — GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS
Section 505 — MEZZANINES AND EQUIPMENT PLATFORMS
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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505.1 General. ¶
505.1 General. Mezzanines shall comply with Section 505.2. Equipment platforms shall comply with Section 505.3.
505.2 Mezzanines. ¶
505.2 Mezzanines. A mezzanine or mezzanines in compliance with Section 505.2 shall be considered a portion of the story below. Such mezzanines shall not contribute to either the building area or number of stories as regulated by Section 503.1. The area of the mezzanine shall be included in determining the fire area. The clear height above and below the mezzanine floor construction shall be not less than 7 feet (2134 mm). 505.2.1 Area limitation. The aggregate area of a mezzanine or mezzanines within a room shall be not greater than one-third of the floor area of that room or space in which…
505.3 Equipment platforms. ¶
505.3 Equipment platforms. Equipment platforms in buildings shall not be considered as a portion of the floor below. Such equipment platforms shall not contribute to either the building area or the number of stories as regulated by Section 503.1. The area of the equipment platform shall not be included in determining the fire area in accordance with Section 903. Equipment platforms shall not be a part of any mezzanine and such platforms and the walkways, stairways, alternating tread devices and ladders providing access to an equipment platform shall not serve as a part of the means of egress…