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Appendix O — EMERGENCY HOUSING

Section O110

California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2019 edition · updated 2026-09-12 · California

Italicized text is a California amendment to the model code, as printed in the official publication.

O110.1 Drinking water.

Potable drinking water shall be pro- vided for all occupants of emergency housing.

O110.2 Kitchens.

Where occupants of dependent units are per- mitted or required to cook for themselves, a separate area shall be equipped and maintained as a common use kitchen. Refrig- erated storage shall be provided for safe storage of food.

O110.3 Toilet and bathing facilities.

When dependent units are used as emergency housing, the emergency housing site shall be provided with one toilet and one bathing facility for every 15 occupants of each gender. The enforcing agency may permit different types and ratios of toilet and bathing facilities. The approval shall be based upon a finding that the type and ratio of toilet and bathing facilities are sufficient to process the anticipated volume of sewage and waste water,

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while maintaining sanitary conditions for the occupants of the emergency housing.

Bathing facilities shall be provided with heating equip- ment which shall be capable of maintaining a temperature of 70 degrees F (21.0 degrees Celsius) within such facilities.

Lavatories with running water shall be installed and maintained in the toilet facilities or adjacent to the toilet facilities.

O110.4 Garbage, waste and rubbish disposal.

All garbage, kitchen waste and rubbish shall be deposited in approved covered receptacles, which shall be emptied when filled and the contents shall be disposed of in a sanitary manner accept- able to the enforcing agency.

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INDEX

Electric vehicle charging

stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-228, 11B-812 Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.2.1, 1009.4,

1009.7.3, 1109.7, 1124A, 11B-206.6, 11B-407, 3001.2, 3001.4 Employee work areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.31 Entrances . . . . . . . . . 1105, Chapter 11A, 11B-206.4 Equivalent facilitation . . . . . . . . . . .202, Chapter 11A Exercise machines and equipment. . . . . . . 11B-236,

11B-1004 Existing buildings . . . . . . . . 1102A, 11B-202, 1009.1 Fire alarm systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-215, 11B-702 Fishing piers and platforms . . . . 11B-237, 11B-1005 Floor or ground surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-302 Fuel dispensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109.14 Gaming tables and machines . . . . . . . . . . . . E105.3 General exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-203 Golf facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-238, 11B-1006 Grab bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1127A, 1134A Ground floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, Chapter 11A Guard (or guardrail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114A, 1116A,

1122A, 1125A Handrails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114A, 1115A,

1122A, 1123A, 11B-505 Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116A, 1125A Institutional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103.2.12, 1103.2.13,

1107, 1109.11.2, E104.2.2 International symbol of accessibility . . . . . . . . . . 202,

Chapter 11A, 11B-703.7.2.1 Judicial facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-231, 11B-808 Kitchens, kitchenettes and wet bars . . . .1109.4, 1133A Knee and toe clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-306 Knee and toe space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127A, 1133A,

1134A, 1138A Laundry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E105.2, 1127A, 1135A Lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.5 Limited-use/limited-

application elevators . . . . . . . .11B-206.6, 11B-408 Live/work unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.7 Mail boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-228 Maintenance of accessible features . . . . . . . 11B-108 Mechanical access parking garages. . . . . 11B-209.5 Medical care and long term care facilities . . .11B-223,

11B-805 Miniature golf facilities. . . . . . . . . 11B-239, 11B-1007 Multistory dwelling unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, 1102A Operable parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-205, 11B-309 Outdoor developed areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-246 Parking and passenger loading facilities . . . . 1109A

ACCESS OPENINGS
Attic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208.2
Crawl space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208.1
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.1.13.2
Fire damper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.4
Fire department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7.5
Mechanical appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208.3
Refuse/laundry chutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.13.3
ACCESSIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . .1009,Chapter 11A, 11B
Accessible means of egress. . . . . . . . 1009, 11B-207
Accessible routes . . . . . . . . . .Chapter 11A, 11B-206,
Chapter 11B Division 4, 11B-402
Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E110
Airport control towers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.2.6
Amusement rides . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-234, 11B-1002
Application . . . . . . . . . .1.9.1, Chapter 11B Division 1
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.1
Assembly areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-221, 11B-802
Assistive listening systems . . . . . . 11B-219, 11B-706
Automatic teller machines, fare machines
and point-of-sale machines . . . . 11B-220, 11B-707
Bathroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, 1127A, 1134A
Benches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-903
Bus stops_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-209_
Changes in level . . . .1111A, 1121A, 1131A, 11B-303
> Clear floor or ground space . . Chapter 11A, 11B-305
Controls_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11A_
Covered multifamily dwellings . . . . 202,Chapter 11A
Curb ramps, blended transitions
and islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1112A, 11B-406
Destination-oriented elevators . . . . . . . . . 11B-206.6,
11B-411
Detectable warnings_ . . . . . . . .202, 1112A.9, 1116A.5_
11B-247, 11B-705
Detention facilities and
correctional facilities . . . . . . . . . 11B-232, 11B-807
> Dimensions for adults and children . . . . . . . 11B-102
Dining surfaces
and work surfaces . . . . . . . . . . 11B-226, 11B-902
Doors, doorways and gates . . . . . . . . 1126A, 1132A,
11B-404
Dressing, fitting and locker rooms . . . . . . . .11B-222,
11B-803
Drinking fountains_. . . . . . . 1139A, 11B-211, 11B-602_
Dwelling units_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11A_
Egress
(see ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS). . . 1009

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Washing machines and

clothes dryers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-214, 11B-611 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126A, 11B-229 ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . 1009

Alarms/emergency warning

systems/accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.12 Areas of refuge (see AREA OF REFUGE) Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.1, 1029.8 Elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.2.1, 1009.4, 1009.8 Existing building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009.1 Exterior area for assisted rescue

(see EXTERIOR AREA FOR ASSISTED RESCUE) Horizontal exit (see HORIZONTAL EXIT) Mezzanine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009.1 Platform lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009.5 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009.1 Signage . . . . . . . . . .1009.8 through 1009.11, 3002.3 Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009.3 ACCESSORY OCCUPANCIES

As occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . .303.1.2, 303.1.4,

305.1.1, 311.1.1, 312.1 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419.1 Mixed occupancy buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508.2

Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2.2 Occupancy classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2.1 Separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2.4 Unlimited area buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.1.1 ADDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7, D103.1

Means of egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3302.1, 3310 ADDRESS IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502.1 ADJUSTED CONSTRUCTION COSTS . . . . . . . . .202,

11B-106.5, 11B-202.4 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . Chapter 1, Divisions I and II ADOBE CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, 2109.2 AEROSOL PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . .202, 307.1, 311.2,

414.1.2.1, 414.2.5, 907.2.16 AGGREGATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Ballast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1504.8 AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS

(see GROUP U) . . . . . . 312.1, 1103.2.4, Appendix C AIR CONDITIONING

(see MECHANICAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2801.1, 3005.2 AIR INTAKES

(see YARDS OR COURTS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205.3.2 AIRCRAFT HANGARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412.3

Aircraft paint hangars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.5, 507.10 Basements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.2 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.1, 412.3.6, 412.5.2 Fire area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412.3.6.2 Fire suppression system . . . . . . . . . 412.3.6, 412.5.5 Heliports and helistops. . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7, 905.3.6,

906.1, 1607.6

Parking spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-208, 11B-502
Passenger loading zones and
bus stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-209, 11B-503
> Path of travel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-202.4
Persons with disabilities. . . . . . . . . 202, Chapter 11A
Platform_lifts_ . . . . . . . .1108.2.8,11B-206.7, 11B-410,
E103.1
Platform (Wheelchair) lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1124A
Play areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-240, 11B-1008
> Powder room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1102A, 1134A
Private residence elevators . . . . 11B-206.6, 11B-409
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Protruding objects . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-204, 11B-307
Public accomodations located
in private residences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-245
Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012,1114A, 1122A, 11B-405
Reach ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1138A, 11B-308
Recreational_boating_facilities (see RECREATION
FACILITIES) . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-235, 11B-1003
Religious_facilities_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-244
Residential_facilities_ . .1107,11B-233, 11B-809, E104
Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003.4, E104
Sales and service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-227, 11B-904
Sanitary facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1127A
Saunas and steam rooms . . . . . . . . 1109.6,11B-241
Scoping . . . . . . . .1101A.1, Chapter 11B Division 2
E101.1
Shooting facilities with firing positions . . . . . 11B-243,
11B-1010
>> Signage,Signs. . . . 1009.8 through 1009.11,1009.9,
1143A, 11B-216, 11B-703, E107
Special conditions appeals action . . 1.9.1.5, 11B-107
Stairways, stairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115A, 1123A,
11B-210, 11B-504
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Storage_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1127A, 11B-225, 11B-811_
Swimming pools. . . . . . . .1141A, 11B-242, 11B-1009
Technical standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E101.2
Telephone . . . . . . . E106,1140A, 11B-217, 11B-704
> Temporary structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-201.3
Toilet and bathing facilities. . . . . . . . .1127A, 1134A,
_11B-213, Chapter 11B Division 6,_E105.1
> Train and light-rail stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E109
Transient lodging. . . . . . . . . .202, 1102A, 11B-224,
11B-806, E104.2
Transportation facilities . . . . . . . . .11B-218, 11B-810
Turning space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-304
> Two-way communication
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.8, 11B-230, 11B-708
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B-209.4
Visible alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3
Wading pools and spas . . . . . . . .11B-242, 11B-1009
Walking surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11B-403
Walks, sidewalks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113A

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ALTERNATING TREAD DEVICES . . . . . . . . . 1011.14

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.14.2 Equipment platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.5 Heliports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7.3 Technical production areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.5.3.4 ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS,

DESIGN AND METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.11 ALUMINUM . . . . . . . . . 1403.5.1, 1604.3.5, Chapter 20 AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Alarm and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.2.1 Emergency and standby power . . . . . . . . . . . 2702.2 Incapable of self-preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Medical gas systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Smoke compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.2, 422.3 AMUSEMENT BUILDING, SPECIAL . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Alarm and detection . . . . . . . . 411.2, 411.4, 907.2.12 Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.1 Emergency voice/alarm

communications system . . . . . . . 411.5, 907.2.12.3 Exit marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.6, 411.6.1 Interior finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.7 Sprinklers protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.3 AMUSEMENT PARK STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . 303 ANCHOR BUILDING (see COVERED MALL

AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Construction type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.1.2 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.4.1 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.2.3 Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.2.2, 402.4.2.3 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.5 ANCHORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.8

Braced wall line sills . . . . . . . 2308.3.1.1, 2308.3.1.2,

2308.6.7, 2308.6.7.3 Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901.3 Conventional light-frame construction. . . . . 2308.3.1,

2308.4.10 Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.8.3 Seismic anchorage for masonry chimneys . . . 2113.4 Seismic anchorage for masonry fireplaces. . . 2111.5 Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.8.2 Wood sill plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.3.1 APARTMENT HOUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.4 APPEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 1.8.8 APPROVED (definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 APPROVED AGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,

1703.1 APPROVED LISTING AGENCY (definition) . . . . . 202 APPROVED TESTING AGENCY (definition) . . . . 202 ARCHITECT (see definition for REGISTERED

DESIGN PROFESSIONAL) ARCHITECTURAL TRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1, 1407.3

1405.1.2, 1409.3, D102.2.7

Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.4, 907.2.21
Unlimited height and area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.10
AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. . . 412.6
AIRCRAFT-RELATED OCCUPANCIES. . . .412, E110
Airport traffic control towers . . . . . . . 412.2, 907.2.22
Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . 412.2.3.1, 907.2.22
Construction type . . . . . . . . . 412.2.1, 412.5.2, 412.6
Egress . . . . . . . 412.2.2, 412.2.5.1, 412.6.1, 412.7.3
Finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.5
Fire suppression . . . . . . . . . 412.2.4, 412.3.6, 412.5.5
Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.6.2, 412.4.1
AISLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018, 1029.9, 1029.14
Aisle accessways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.4, 1029.13
Assembly seating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.2, 1029.6
Bleachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1
> Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.3
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.12
Converging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.9.3
Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018, 1029
Folding and telescopic seating . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1
Grandstands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1
Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.3, 1018.4
Obstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.9.6
Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.13.1
Temporary structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.4
Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.10
Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.9
ALARM SYSTEMS, EMERGENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 908
ALARMS, FIRE
(see FIRE ALARM AND SMOKE
DETECTION SYSTEMS)
ALARMS, VISIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3
Common areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.1
Employee work areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.1
Group R-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.2
Group R-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.3
Public areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.1
ALARMS, VOICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.2
Amusement buildings, special . . . . 411.5, 907.2.12.3
Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . . . . 402.7.4,
907.2.20
Emergency power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2702.2
High-rise buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.4, 907.2.13
Occupant evacuation elevators . . . . . . . . . . . 3008.9
Underground buildings . . . . . . . . . . 405.8.2, 907.2.19
ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Load combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605.3
Masonry design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107
Wood design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2102.1, 2306
ALTERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7, D103.1
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3302.1, 3310.2

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Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508, 510 Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Interior finishes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 803.13, 804 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.13.3.1 Means of egress

Aisles . . . . . . . . 1018.2, 1029.9, 1029.10, 1029.11 Assembly spaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 Exit signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1013.1 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.2, 1029.17 Main exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029.3 Open air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.3.1, 1005.3.2,

1006.3, 1009.6.4,1019.3, 1027, 1029.6.2 Panic hardware . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10, 1010.2.1 Smoke-protected . . . . . . . . . . .1005.3.1, 1005.3.2,

1006.3, 1009.6.4, 1019.3, 1027, 1029.6.2 Travel distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016.2.1, 1017.2,

1006.3, 1029.7 Mixed occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508.2 Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.3 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 Mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Other occupancies. . . . . 303.1.1, 303.1.2, 303.1.3 Parking below/above . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.7, 510.9 Religious facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.4 Special mixed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510.2 Motion picture theaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409, 507.12 Occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . . . .303.1.1, 303.1.2,

303.1.3, 303.1.4, 305.1.1, 305.2.1 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1604.5 Seating, fixed (see SEATING, FIXED) Seating, smoke-protected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.6.2 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . .410, 504.3, 506.2,

507.3, 507.4, 507.6, 507.7, 507.12, 903.2.1 Stages and platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410, 905.3.4 Standpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.2, 905.3.4, 905.5.1 Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.4, 507.4.1,

507.6, 507.7, 507.12 ASSISTED LIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.2, 310.5

Sixteen or fewer residents (see

Group R-4). . . . . .308.2.3, 308.2.4, 310.4.1, 310.5 ATMOSPHERIC ICE LOADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1614 ATRIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . .404.4, 907.2.14 Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404.6, 707.3.5 Interior finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404.8 Smoke control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404.5, 909 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404.3

> AREA, BUILDING. . . . . . . Chapter 5, 506, Table 506.2
Accessory uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2.3
Aircraft hangars, residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.4.5
Allowable area determination . . . . . . . . 506.2, 506.3
Basements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.1.3
Buildings on same lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.1.2
Covered and open mall building . . 402.4.1, 402.4.1.1
Enclosed parking garage . . . . . . . . . . . 406.6.1, 510.3
Equipment platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3.1
Frontage bonus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.3
Incidental uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.3
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 506
Membrane structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102.4
Mezzanines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2.1
Mixed construction types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102.6
Mixed occupancy . . . . . . . . 508.2.3, 508.3.2, 508.4.2
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506, 510
Occupied roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.1.4
Open mall building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.1
Open parking garage . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.4, 406.5.4.1,
406.5.5, 510.2, 510.3,
510.4, 510.7, 510.8, 510.9
Private garages and carports. . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.3.1
Special provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.1.1, 503.1.3,
506.1.1, 506.2, 507
AREA FOR ASSISTED RESCUE, EXTERIOR
(see EXTERIOR AREAS FOR ASSISTED RESCUE)
AREA OF REFUGE
(see ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS)
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.6
Signage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.9, 1009.10, 1009.11
Two-way communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.6.5
Where required . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.2, 1009.3, 1009.4
ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY (GROUP A) . . . 303, 1029
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accessibility E103
Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.1
Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 506, 507, 508
Bleachers (see BLEACHERS)
Folding and telescopic seating (see BLEACHERS)
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1
Grandstands (see GRANDSTANDS)
Group-specific provisions
A-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.2
A-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.3
A-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.4
A-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.5
A-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.6
Motion picture theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409, 507.12
Special amusement buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Stages and platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

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BASEMENT

Aircraft hangars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.2 Area modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.1.3 Considered a story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Emergency escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030.1 Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.3.3 Flood loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1612.1, 1612.4 Height modifications for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.5 Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.6, 415.7, 415.8,

415.11.5.2, 418.1, 421.2 Rodentproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Appendix F Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.1 Waterproofing and dampproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805 BASEMENT WALLS

Soil loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610.1 Waterproofing and dampproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805 BATH AND BATHING ROOMS

(see TOILET AND TOILET ROOMS) . . . . . . 101.4.3,

105.2, Chapter 29 BAY AND ORIEL WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2.4

Public right-of-way encroachments. . . . . . . 3202.3.2,

3202.3.3 BLEACHERS

(see GRANDSTANDS) . . . . . . . . . . . 303.6, 1029.1.1 Egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.6, 1004.7 Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1.1 BLOCK (see CONCRETE BLOCK AND GLASS UNIT

MASONRY) BOARD OF APPEALS . . . . . . . . . . . .113, Appendix B

Alternate members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B101.2.1 Application for appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B101.1 Board decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B101.4 Limitations on authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.2 Membership of board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B101.2 Notice of meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B101.3 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.3, B101.2.2 BOILER ROOM

Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.1 BOLTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204.2

Anchor rods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901.3, 1905, 2204.3 BONDING, MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204.3, 2109.2 BRACED WALL LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6 Seismic requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.10.2,

2308.6.6.2, 2308.6.8 Sill anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.7.3 Spacing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.1 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.8 BRACED WALL PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Alternative bracing . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.5.1, 2308.6.5.2

Standby power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.7 Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.9, 1016.2.1,

1017.2, 1006.3 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2 ATTIC

Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208.2 Combustible storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.2 Draftstopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.4 Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719.3.1 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Unusable space fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 711.3.3 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.2 AUDITORIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303, 305.1.1

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108.2 Foyers and lobbies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.4 Interior balconies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.5 Motion picture projection rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Stages and platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 AUTOMOBILE PARKING GARAGE

(see GARAGE, AUTOMOBILE PARKING) . . . . . 406 AWNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105

Design and construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105.2 Drainage, water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3201.4 Encroachment, public right-of-way . . . . . . . 3202.2.3,

3202.3.1, 3202.4 Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D102.2.8 Live load . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.13.2.1, 1607.13.4 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105.3 Motor vehicle service stations (canopies). . . . 406.7.2 Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D102.2.8 Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.10

trict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D102.2.8 Live load . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.13.2.1, 1607.13.4 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105.3 Motor vehicle service stations (canopies). . . . 406.7.2 Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D102.2.8 Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.10

B
> BALCONIES
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.5
Construction, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.3.2.1
Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.5, 110.3.6
Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.2
Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021, 1029.5
Open mall building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.3, 402.5
Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2, 705.2.3.1
Public right-of-way encroachments. . . . . . . 3202.3.2,
3202.3.3
Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017.2.1
BARBECUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2801
BARRIERS
Fire (see FIRE BARRIER)
Pedestrian protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306
Smoke (see SMOKE BARRIER)
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 406.4.2, 1607.9

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Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.7 Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.4 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.2 Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.3 BRICK (see MASONRY) BUILDING

Area (see AREA, BUILDING) . . . . . . . . . 502.1, 503,

505, 506, 507, 508, 510 Demolition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303 Existing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7 Fire walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.1 Height (see HEIGHT, BUILDING) . . . . . . . . . . 502.1,

503, 504, 505, 508, 510 Occupancy classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3 Party walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.1.1 BUILDING DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 BUILDING OFFICIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 202 Duties and powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A101.1 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.7 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A101.4 BUILT-UP ROOFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.10 BUSINESS OCCUPANCY (GROUP B) . . . . . . 303.1.1,

303.1.2, 304 Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.2 Ambulatory care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304, 422 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 505, 506, 507, 508 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508, 510 Incidental uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 803.13, 804 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Means of egress

Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.3 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance . . . . . . . 1006.3, 1016.2.1, 1017.2 Mixed occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2, 508.3, 508.4

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.2, 508.2 Ambulatory care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.2 Educational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1, 304.1 Live/work units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 Mall buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Parking below/above . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.2, 510.7,

510.8, 510.9 Special mixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.2 Occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.1, 303.1.2 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1604.5 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.2 Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.4, 507.5, 507.13

CABLES, STEEL STRUCTURAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 CALCULATED FIRE RESISTANCE

(see FIRE RESISTANCE, CALCULATED) CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . Chapter 1,

Division I CANOPIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105

Design and construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3105.2 Drainage, water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3201.4 Encroachment, public right-of-way. . . . . . . . 3202.3.1 Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D102.2.8 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1,

1607.13.2.1, 1607.13.2.4 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3105.3 Motor vehicle service stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.7.2 Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D102.2.8 Plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2606.10 CAPILLARY BREAK . . . . . . . . . . . 1805.4.1, 1907.1.1 CARBON MONOXIDE

ALARMS AND DETECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 CARE FACILITIES (see HEALTH CARE) CARE PROVIDER STATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.2.2 CARE SUITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 407.4.4 CARPET

Floor covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804.2 Textile ceiling finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803.6 Textile wall coverings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803.5 CATWALKS

(see TECHNICAL PRODUCTION AREAS) Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.2 Live loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 Means of egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.5 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.6 CEILING

Acoustical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406.2.2, 409.2, 909.20.4.3,

1003.2, 1011.3, 1012.5.2, 1204.2.2, 1207.2 Interior finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 Penetration of fire-resistant assemblies. . . . . . 713.4,

716.1.2.3, 716.3.4 Suspended acoustical . . . . . . . . . . 808.1.1, 2506.2.1 CELLULOSE NITRATE FILM . . . . . . . 409.1, 903.2.5.3 CERAMIC TILE

Mortar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103.2.3 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY . . . . . . . .106.2, 111 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY . . . . 101.4.7, 111, D103.2 CHILD CARE (see DAY CARE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.2,

308.5, 310.4.1 CHILDREN’S PLAY STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Covered and open mall building. . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.3

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Factory-built . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2.5 Flashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503.5, 1507.7.7 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111, 2112, 2113 Protection from adjacent construction . . . . . . 3307.1 CHURCHES

(see RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, PLACES OF) CIRCULAR STAIRWAYS

(see CURVED STAIRWAYS) CLAY ROOF TILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1513

Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504.2 CLINIC

Hospital

[see INSTITUTIONAL (GROUP I-2)]. . . . . . . 308.2 Outpatient

(see AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES) . . . . 202,

304.1, 422 CLINICS [OSHPD 3] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.2 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.3 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.1 CLINICS GENERAL CONSTRUCTION . . . . 1226.4

Ceiling heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.6 Compactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.10 Corridors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.3 Doors and door openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.4 Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.8 Examination and treatment areas. . . . . . . . . 1226.4.1 General support services and facilities. . . . 1226.4.15 Garbage, solid waste, medical

waste and trash storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.9 Housekeeping room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.11 Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.7 Laundry and trash chutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.12 Miscellaneous requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.2 Public and administrative areas . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.16 Support areas for examination

and treatment rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.13 Support areas for patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.14 Support areas for staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.17 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.4.5 CLINICS OUTPATIENT SERVICES OF A HOSPITAL

Cancer treatment/infusion therapy . . . . . . 1226.5.13 Gastrointestinal endoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.5.11 General support areas for

outpatient clinical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.5 Hyperbaric therapy service space . . . . . . . 1226.5.14 Nuclear medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.5.12 Radiological/imaging service space . . . . . . . 1226.5.5 CLINICS — PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CLINICS

Alternative birthing clinics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.11

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Chronic dialysis clinics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.9 Primary care clinics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.6 Rehabilitation clinics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.10 Surgical clinics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.8 Psychology clinics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.12 COAL POCKETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.1.6 CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2, 101.4, 102.2,

102.4, 102.6, Chapter 35 COLD STORAGE

(see FOAM PLASTIC INSULATION) COLD-FORMED STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2210

Light-frame construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211 Special inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.2.2, 1705.2.4,

1705.11.2, 1705.12.3 COMBUSTIBLE DUSTS . . . . . . . 307.4, 414.5.1, 426.1 COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS . . . . . . . 307.1, 307.4, 307.5,

414.2.5, 414.5.3, 415.9.2, 415.10.1, 418.6 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL

Concealed spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.2, 718.5 Exterior side of exterior wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1405 High-pile stock or rack storage . . . . . . 413.1, 910.2.2 Type I and Type II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603, 805 COMBUSTIBLE PROJECTIONS . . . . 705.2, 705.2.3.1 COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . 413, 910.2.2 COMMON PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL . . . . 1006.2.1 COMPARTMENTATION

Ambulatory care facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.2, 422.3 Group I-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.5, 407.6 Group I-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.6 Laboratory suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.3 Underground buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4, 405.5.2 COMPLIANCE ALTERNATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7 COMPRESSED GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.2, 415.11.7 CONCEALED SPACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.2, 718 CONCRETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 19, Chapter 19A

ACI 318 modifications. . . . . . . . 1901.2, 1903.1, 1905 Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901.3 Calculated fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.2 Cellular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.2 Construction documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901.5 Durability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904 Footings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1809 Foundation walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1807.1.5, 1808.8 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.3.2, 1903 Plain, structural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1906 Reinforced gypsum concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2514 Rodentproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Appendix F Roof tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1504.2, 1513 Shotcrete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908 Slab, minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1907

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Special inspections . . . . . . . . . 1705.3, Table 1705.3 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1903 Strength testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.3.2 Wood support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.13 CONCRETE MASONRY

Calculated fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.3 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2104 Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2101.2, 2108, 2109 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103.1 Surface bonding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2109.2, 2103.2.2 Wood support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.13 CONCRETE ROOF TILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1513

Wind resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504.2, 1609.5.3 CONDOMINIUM (see APARTMENT HOUSES) CONDUIT, PENETRATION PROTECTION . . . . 713.3,

1023.5 CONFLICTS IN CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES . . . . . . 202, 310.2

310.3, 310.4 CONSTRUCTION

(see SAFEGUARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION) CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS . . . . . 107, 202, 1603

1616.1 Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.1.1 Balconies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.5 Concrete construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901.5 Design load-bearing capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1803.6 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.4 Fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.2 Fire-resistant joint systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.6.1, 1603.1.7 Floor live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.1 Geotechnical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.6 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.3 Penetrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 Permit application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1 Relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.8 Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.5 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.3 Roof assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503 Roof live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.2 Roof rain load data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.9 Roof snow load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.3 Roof tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1504.2 Seismic . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.5, 1705.13.2, 1705.13.3 Site plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.6 Special loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.8 Temporary structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.2 Wind data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.4 CONSTRUCTION JOINTS

Shotcrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908.7

CONSTRUCTION TYPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6

Aircraft-related occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . .412.2.1,

Table 412.3.6, 412.5.2, 412.6.2 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Combustible material in

Type I and Type II construction . . . . . . . . 603, 805 Covered and open mall buildings. . . . . . . . . . 402.4.1 Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D102.2.3 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 601, Table 602 High-rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403.2 Type I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 601, 602.2, 603 Type II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 601, 602.2, 603 Type III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 601, 602.3 Type IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 601, 602.4 Type V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 601, 602.5 Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405.2 CONTRACTOR’S

RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.5, 1704.4 CONTROL AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414.2, 707.3.7

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.2.1 Fire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.2.4 Maximum allowed quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.2.2 Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.2.3 CONVENTIONAL LIGHT-FRAME

CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, 2302.1, 2308 Additional seismic requirements . . . . . . . . .2308.6.6,

2308.6.8, 2308.6.10 Braced wall lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.6 Connections and fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.1.2 Design of elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.8 Floor joists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.4.2 Foundation plates or sills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.3 Girders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.7 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.2 Roof and ceiling framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.7 Wall framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.5 CONVEYING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004 CORNICES

Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Draftstopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2.6 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2104.1.2 Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2, 705.2.3.1 Public right-of-way encroachments . . . . . . .3202.3.2,

3202.3.3 CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS [OSHPD 4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1227.2 Ceiling heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1227.8 Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1227.5

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BASIC SERVICES Administration space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.16 Central sterile supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.17 Dietetic service space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.14 Employee dressing rooms and lockers. . . . . 1227.19 Housekeeping room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.20 Nursing service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.12 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.15 Pharmaceutical service space . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.13 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.18 CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS –

OPTIONAL SERVICES 24-hour mental health care services . . . . . . 1227.23 Outpatient services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.22 Service spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.21 CORRIDOR

(see CORRIDOR PROTECTION, EXIT ACCESS, FIRE PARTITIONS and SERVICE CORRIDORS ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020 Air movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.5 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.6 Covered and open mall buildings . . . 402.8.1, 402.8.6 Dead end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.4 Encroachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.3 Elevation change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.5 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . 407.2, 407.3, 407.4.1, 407.4.3 Group H-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.2 Headroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.2, 1003.3 HPM service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.5.2 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.1, 1020.1 Width/capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.3.3, 1003.6,

1005.3.2, 1005.7, 1020.2, 1020.3 CORRIDOR PROTECTION, EXIT ACCESS

Construction, fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.1,

Table 1020.1, 1020.6 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.4 Elevator hoistway opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3006.2.1 Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.5 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.3 Interior finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 803.13, 804.4

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Opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715, 716.5.4 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.5, 1020.5.1 CORROSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.2, 307.6,

Table 414.2.5(1), 414.3, 415.10.3, Table 415.11.1.1.1 COURTS (see YARDS OR COURTS) . . . . . . . . . 1205 COVERED AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS . . . . . . 402

Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . 402.7.4, 907.2.20,

2702.2 Anchor buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.1.2, 402.4.2.2,

402.4.2.3, 402.5, 402.8.2.3, 402.8.4.1 Children’s play structures . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.3, 424 Construction type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4 Fire department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.3, 402.7.5 Interior finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.1 Kiosk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.2 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.3 Open mall construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.3 Open space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.2 Parking structures. . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.1.3, 402.4.2.3 Perimeter line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.1.2 Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.2 Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.4 Smoke control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7.2 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.5 Standby power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7.3 Standpipe system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7.1, 905.3.3 Travel distance . . . . . . . . . 402.8.5, 1006.3, 1016.2.1,

1017.2, 2902.3.2, 2902.3.3, 2902.5 COVERED WALKWAY

(see PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY) . . . . . 3104, 3306.7 CRAWL SPACE

Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208.1 Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805.1.2 Unusable space fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 711.3.3 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.4 CRIPPLE WALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2308.5.6,

2308.6.6, 2308.6.8.3 CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER . . . . . . . 602.4, 602.4.2,

2303.1.4 Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.11.3.1 Roofs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.11.4.1 CRYOGENIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 307.1,

Table 414.5.1, Table 415.11.1.1.1

D

DAMPERS (see FIRE DAMPERS

AND SMOKE DAMPERS) . . . . .717.2 through 717.5

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I-3 occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.3, 408.4,

408.8.4, 1010.1.9.11 Landings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.5, 1010.1.6 Locks for toilet facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2902.4 Operation . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.3, 1010.1.9, 1010.1.10 Panic and fire exit hardware. . . . 1010.1.10, 1010.2.1 Power-operated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.4.2 Revolving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.4.1 Security . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.8, 1010.1.4.5, 1010.1.9.3 Sensor release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.9.9 Side swinging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.2 Smoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .710.5 Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.9.12 Stairways, high-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.3 Structural testing, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1709.5 Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . .1003.5, 1010.1.5, 1010.1.7 Vestibule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.8 Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.1, 1010.1.1.1 DORMITORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, 310.3 Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420.10 Fire alarms and smoke alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . .420.5 Separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.2, 420.3 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420.4 DRAFTSTOPPING

Attics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718.4 Floor-ceiling assemblies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718.3 DRINKING FOUNTAINS . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.5, 2902.6 DRY CLEANING PLANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.9.3 DRYING ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 DUCTS AND AIR TRANSFER OPENINGS

(see MECHANICAL) DUMBWAITERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .708.14 DWELLING UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11A Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.5, 907.2.8,

907.2.9, 907.2.11 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207.3, 1207.4 Group R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Live/work units (see LIVE/WORK UNITS) Scoping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.2 Plumbing fixtures required . . . . . . . . . . .Table 2902.1 Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.2, 420.3 Sound transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420.4, 903.2.8

E

EARTHQUAKE LOADS (see SEISMIC) . . . . . . . 1613 EARTHQUAKE

RECORDING EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix L

DAMPPROOFING AND WATERPROOFING . . . 1805
Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805.2, 1805.3
Subsoil drainage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805.4
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Adult care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5
Child care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5, 310.4.1
Egress . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5, Table 1004.5, 1006.2.2.4
DAY SURGERY CENTER
(see AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES)
DEAD END . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.4
DEAD LOAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1606
Foundation design load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1808.3
DECK
Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.8.3
Live loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1
DEFLECTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.3.1
Framing supporting glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.3
Preconstruction load tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1709.3.1
Wood diaphragms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305
Wood shear walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305
DEMOLITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303
DESIGN STRENGTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Conformance to standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1706.1
New materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1706.2
DESIGNATED SEISMIC SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Seismic certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.13.3
Special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.12.4
DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. . . . . . 202
DIAPHRAGMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.4
Ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508.6
Special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.5.1,
1705.11.1, 1705.12.2
Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305, 2306.2
DOORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010
Atrium enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.6
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007
Delayed egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9.8
Dwelling unit separations. . . . . . . . . 406.3.2, 412.4.1
Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4.4
Emergency escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030.1
Fabrication (HPM) areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.1.2
Fire
(see OPENING PROTECTIVES) . . . 715.4, 1023.4
Glazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.4.7, 715.5, 1404.13
Hazardous storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.5.7
Hardware
(see LOCKS AND LATCHES) . . . . . . . . . 1005.7.1,
1010.1.9, 1010.1.10
Horizontal sliding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4.3
I-2 occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.3.1, 1010.1.9.7

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EAVES (see COMBUSTIBLE

PROJECTIONS AND CORNICES) EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCY (GROUP E) . . . . . . 305

Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.3 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 505, 506, 507, 508 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508 Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 803.13, 804 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4.4 Means of egress

Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.5 Corridors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.1, 1020.2 Panic hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance . . . . . . 1016.2.1, 1017.2, 1006.3.2 Mixed occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4

Accessory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.3, 508.2 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.3 Day care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.2, 308.4, 310.4.1 Education for students

above the 12th grade. . . . . . . . . 304, 307.1, 427 Gyms (see GYMNASIUMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.3 Libraries (see LIBRARIES). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.4 Religious facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.2 Stages and platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1604.5 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.3 Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.11 EFFICIENCY DWELLING UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208.4 EGRESS (see MEANS OF EGRESS) . . . . . Chapter 10 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING. . . . . . . . . . . 420.13 ELECTRICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2, 112, Table 509,

Chapter 27, Appendix K ELEVATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 30

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.2.1, 1009.4,

1009.8, 1109.7, 1124A, 3001.4 Car size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6.1, 3001.4, 3002.4 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.14, 1607.10.1 Conveying systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004 Emergency communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3001.2 Emergency operations . . . . . . . . . . . 3002.3, 3002.5,

3003, 3007.1, 3008.1.4 Fire service access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6.1, 3007 Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409, 3002.8 High-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2.3, 403.4.8, 403.6 Hoistway enclosures. . . . . . . . . 403.2.3, 708, 1023.4,

1024.3, 3002, 3007.5, 3008.5 Hoistway lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3007.5.2 Hoistway pressurization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.21 Hoistway rated corridor opening. . . . . . . . . . 3006.2.1

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3003.3

Lobby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.4, 1009.8, 3006,
3007.6, 3008.6
Machine rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1, 3005
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6, 1003.7,
1009.2.1, 1009.4, 3008
Number of elevator cars in hoistway. . . . . . . . 3002.2
Occupant evacuation elevators. . . . . . . 403.6.2, 3008
Personnel and material hoists. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004.4
Shaft enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712, 3006
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Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914, 1009.10, 3002.3,
3007.6.5, 3008.6.5
Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3001.3
>
Standby power . . . . . . . . . . . 2702.2, 3007.8, 3008.8
System monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3007.7, 3008.7
Underground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4.3
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
Accessible means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.8
Alarms (see FIRE ALARMS)
Elevator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3001.2
Elevators, occupant evacuation . . . . . . . . . . 3008.6.6
Fire command center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.6, 911,
3007.7, 3008.6.6, 3008.7
Radio coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.5, 916
EMERGENCY ESCAPE
AND RESCUE OPENINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030
Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1006.3.3(1),
Table 1006.3.3(2), 1030.1
Window wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030.4, 1030.5
EMERGENCY HOUSING_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix O_
EMERGENCY LIGHTING . . . . . . . . . . . 1008.3, 1204.5
EMERGENCY POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2702
Exit signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.6.3, 2702.2
Hazardous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.10, 2702.2
High-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.8, 2702.2
Means of egress illumination . . . . . . . 1008.3, 2702.2
>
Semiconductor fabrication . . . . . . 415.11.10, 2702.2
Underground buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.9, 2702.2
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
Additional exit stairway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.2
Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6, 1009.2.1,
3002.4, 3003, 3007, 3008
Fire command center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.6, 911,
3007.7, 3008.6.6, 3008.7
Mall access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7.5
Radio coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.4, 918
Roof access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.12
Safety features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914
EMPIRICAL DESIGN OF MASONRY
Adobe construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2109
Dry-stack masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2114
Special inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.4

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Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407.4 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.3 High rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5, 403.6, 1025 Horizontal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.3.5, 1026 Incinerator rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1006.2.2.1 Interior finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 803.13, 804 Luminous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.5, 411.6.1, 1025 Mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402.8 Mezzanines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3, 505.4, 1004.2.2 Number, minimum . . . . . . . . . . .402.8.3, 403.5, 1006 Occupant load . . . . . . . . . .402.8.2, 1004.2, 1006.3.2 Passageway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024 Ramps, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027 Ramps, interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Refrigerated rooms or spaces . . . . . . . . . .1006.2.2.3 Refrigeration machinery rooms . . . . . . . . .1006.2.2.2 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013 Stairways, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027 Stairways, interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1004.2.3, 1006,3, 1017.3.1 Travel distance. . . . . . . . . .402.8.3, 402.8.5, 402.8.6,

404.9, 407.4.2, 408.6.1, 408.8.1, 410.5.3.2, 411.3, 1006.3, 1016.2.1, 1017, 1029.7, 1029.8 Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405.7 EXIT ACCESS (see MEANS

OF EGRESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016 through 1021 Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018 Balconies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017.2.1, 1021 Common path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016.2.1 Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020 Doors . . . . . . . . .1005.7, 1006.2, 1007, 1010, 1022.2 Intervening space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1016.2 Path of egress travel, common . . . . . . . . . . 1016.2.1 Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Seating at tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.13.1 Single exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1006.2, 1006.3.3 Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.5 Stairway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402.8.3, 402.8.5,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Seating at tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.13.1 Single exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1006.2, 1006.3.3 Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.5 Stairway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402.8.3, 402.8.5,

402.8.6, 404.9, 408.6.1, 408.8.1, 410.5.3.2, 411.3, 1006.2, 1006.3, 1016.2.1, 1017, 1029.7 EXIT DISCHARGE

(see MEANS OF EGRESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028 Atrium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404.10 Courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028.4 Horizontal exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028.1 Lobbies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028.1 Marquees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3106.4

INDEX

EMPLOYEE
> Accessibility for work areas . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.1
Deputies to building official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.3
Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8
Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A101
Termination of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A101.4
Toilet facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.3
ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 32
END-JOINTED LUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.1.2
Relocated structures . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.4.7, D103.3
Rodentproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix F
ENERGY EFFICIENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.6,
110.3.8, Chapter 13
ENFORCING AGENCY_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202_
_ Housing and Community Development . . . . . . . . . 1.8_
ENGINEER (see definition for
REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL)
EQUIPMENT PLATFORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3
Area limitation . . . . . . . . . 505.2.1, 505.2.1.1, 505.3.1
Automatic sprinkler system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3.2
EQUIVALENT OPENING FACTOR . . . . . Figure 705.7
ESCALATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004
Floor opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.2
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.7
ESSENTIAL FACILITIES
(see RISK CATEGORY) . . . . . . . . 202, Table 1604.5
EXCAVATION, GRADING AND FILL . . . . 1804, 3304
EXISTING BUILDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7, 102.6
Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D103.1
Alteration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D103.1
Change of occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D103.2
Flood-resistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix G
Historic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7
Relocated structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D103.3
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7
Rodentproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix F
EXIT
(see MEANS OF EGRESS) . . . . 1022 through 1027
Basement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2, 1006.3
Boiler rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.1
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007
Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.2, 1019, 1023.2
Day care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.4
Doorways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007
Dwellings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.6, 1006.3.3.1
Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.3, 1023.2
Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.3, 1019, 1023.2
Furnace rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.1
Group H-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.3.3, 415.11.5.6

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(see MEANS OF EGRESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.6.1,

707.3.4, 1024 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.3 Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.4, 1028.1 Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.5, 3002.7 Fire-resistant construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.3 High-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5 Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.5 Penetrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.6 Pressurization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.6, 909.20.5 Smokeproof . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.4, 405.7.2, 909.20 Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.2 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.7 EXIT SIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.4 Floor level exit signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.2 Group R-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.2 Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.3, 1013.5, 1013.6 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1013.1 Special amusement buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.6 EXPLOSIVES . . . . . 202, Table 414.5.1, Table 415.6.2

Detached building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.6.2, 415.8 Explosion control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.7 EXPOSURE CATEGORY

(see WIND LOAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.4 EXTERIOR AREAS FOR ASSISTED RESCUE

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.7 Signage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.9, 1009.10, 1009.11 Where required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.2 EXTERIOR INSULATION AND

FINISH SYSTEMS (EIFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1407 Special inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.16 EXTERIOR WALLS

(see WALLS, EXTERIOR) . . . . . 107.2.4, Table 601,

602, 705, Chapter 14

F

FACTORY OCCUPANCY (GROUP F) . . . . . . . . . . 306

Alarm and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.4 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 503.1.1, 505, 506, 507, 508 Equipment platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2 Groups

Low-hazard occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.3 Moderate-hazard occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.2 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508 Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

INDEX

Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 803.13, 804 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Means of Egress

Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.5 Dead end corridor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.4 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance . . . . . . . 1006.2, 1006.3, 1016.2.1,

1017.2, 1017.2.2, Mixed occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2, 508.3, 508.4 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1604.5 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.4 Unlimited area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.3, 507.4, 507.5 FARM BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix C FEES, PERMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Refunds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.6 Related fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 Work commencing before issuance . . . . . . . . . 109.4 FENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2, 312.1 FIBERBOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2303.1.6

Shear wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2306.3(2) FILL MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804, 3304 FINGER-JOINTED LUMBER

(see END-JOINTED LUMBER) FIRE ALARM AND SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEMS

Aerosol storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.16 Aircraft hangars, residential . . . . . . 412.4.3, 907.2.21 Airport traffic control towers . . . . 412.2.3.1, 907.2.22 Ambulatory care facilities . . . . . . . . . 422.5, 907.2.2.1 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.1 Atriums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.4, 907.2.14 Audible alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.1 Battery room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.23 Children’s play structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.3 Construction documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.1.1 Covered and open mall building . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7,

907.2.20 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.3 Emergency alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908 Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.4 Group H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.5 Group I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.6, 907.5.2.3.2 Group M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.7 Group R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.5, 907.2.8, 907.2.9,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908 Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.4 Group H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.5 Group I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.6, 907.5.2.3.2 Group M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.7 Group R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.5, 907.2.8, 907.2.9,

907.2.10, 907.2.11, 907.5.2.3.2, 907.5.2.3.3 High-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.1, 403.4.2, 907.2.13 Live/work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.5 Lumber mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.17 Occupancy requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2

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(see EMERGENCY RESPONDERS) FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM (see FIRE ALARM AND

SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEMS) FIRE DISTRICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix D FIRE DOOR

(see OPENING PROTECTIVES) . . . . . . .716, 1023.4 FIRE ESCAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7.3 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, PORTABLE . . . . . 906, 3309 FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . 416.5,

417.4, 903, 904 FIRE PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 709

Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .708.4 Elevator lobby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3006.3 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 602, 709.5 Fireblocks and draftstops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.4.2 Fire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . 603.1(1), 603.1(22),

603.1(23), 703, 708.3 Glazing, rated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.3.4 Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.7 Joint treatment gypsum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2508.5 Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .708.8, 715 Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .703.6 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .708.2 Opening protection. . . . . . 709.6, 714.4, 716, 717.5.4 Penetrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.7, 708.9, 714, 717 Special provisions

Covered and open mall buildings. . . . . . .402.4.2.1 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.7 R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420.2 Supporting construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.4.1 FIRE PREVENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.5 FIRE PROTECTION

Explosion control . . . . 414.5.1, 415.6, 421.6, 426.1.4 Fire extinguishers, portable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906 Glazing, rated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716.1.2.3 Smoke and heat removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Smoke control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 Sprinkler systems, automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS . . . 107.2.2, Chapter 9 FIRE PUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . 403.3.2, 902.1, 913, 914.2 FIRE RESISTANCE

Calculated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 Conditions of restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.2.3 Ducts and air transfer openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 602, 705.5, 708.5 Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D102.2.5 High-rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403.2 Joint systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Multiple use fire assemblies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702.1 Prescriptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 Ratings. . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6, 703, 705.5, 707.3.10

INDEX

Special amusement buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.2,
411.4, 907.2.12
Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.6,
907.2.18, 907.2.19
Visible alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3,1009.12
FIRE ALARM BOX, MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.4.2
FIRE AREA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 901.7
Ambulatory care facilities. . . . . . . . . 903.2.2, 907.2.2
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.1
Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.3
Enclosed parking garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.10
Factory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.4
Institutional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.6
Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.7
Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.8
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.9, 903.2.10
FIRE BARRIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 707
Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.5, 713.5
Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 602, 707.4, 713.6
Fire-resistance rating of walls . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1(1),
603.1(22), 603.1(23),
703, 707.3, 713.4
Glazing, rated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.3.4
Incidental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.4.1
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.7
Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.8, 713.9, 715, 2508.5
Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.7
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.2, 713.3
Opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.6, 707.10,
713.7, 713.10, 714.4,
716, 717.5.2
Penetrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.7, 713.8
Shaft enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.1
Special provisions
Aircraft hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.4, 412.4.1
Atriums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.3, 404.6
Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . . 402.4.2,
Fire pumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.3.4, 901.8, 913.2.1
Flammable finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.2
Group H-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.9.1.2, 426.1.2
Group H-3 and H-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.10
Group H-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.1.2, 415.11.1.5,
415.11.5.1, 415.11.6.4
Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.5, 408.7
> Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.2.1
High-rise . . . . 403.2.1.2, 403.2.3, 403.3, 403.4.8.1
Organic coating . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.4, 418.5, 418.6
Stages and platforms. . . . . . . . . . 410.5.1, 410.5.2
FIRE COMMAND CENTER . . . . . . 403.4.6, 412.2.3.2,
911, 3007.7,
3008.6.6, 3008.7
FIRE DAMPERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.2 through 717.5

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Roof assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1505 Structural members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 Thermal and sound insulating materials. . . . . . 720.1 FIRE RESISTANCE, CALCULATED . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Clay brick and tile masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.4 Concrete assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.2 Concrete masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.3 Steel assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.5 Wood assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.6 FIRE-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . 701.1 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD . . . . . . . . 202,

2303.2 Awnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105.2 Balconies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2.3.1 Canopies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105.3 Concealed spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.5 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.10.5 Fire wall vertical continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.6 Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1(1) Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.3 Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2.3 Roof construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 601, 705.11,

706.6, 1505 Shakes and shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1505.6 Type I and II construction . . . . . . .603.1(1), 603.1(11) Type III construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.3 Type IV construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.4 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.5 FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,

Table 602 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . 1405.1.1.1.1, 1405.1.1.1.2 Ground-mounted photovoltaic systems . . . . 3111.3.5 FIRE SERVICE ACCESS ELEVATORS . . . . . 403.6.1,

3007 FIRE SHUTTER

(see OPENING PROTECTIVES) . . . . . . . . . 716.2.1,

716.2.7, 716.2.8 FIRE WALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

Aircraft hangar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.6.2 Combustible framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.7 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.5, 706.6 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 602, 706.5.1 Fire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703, 706.4 Glazing, rated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.3.4 Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.7 Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.10, 715 Marking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.3 Opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.8, 706.11,

714.4, 716, 717.5.1 Penetration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.9, 714.4

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Special provisions

Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . 402.4.2.2 Group H-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.1.6 Structural stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.2 FIRE WINDOWS (see OPENING PROTECTIVES) FIREBLOCKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2

Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2.5.1, 2113.20 Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.13 Wood construction . . . . . . 718.2.1, 718.2.7, 1405.1.3 Wood stairways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2.4 FIRE WATCH DURING CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . 3114 FIREPLACES, FACTORY-BUILT . . . . . . . . . 2111.14.1 FIREPLACES, MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Clearance to combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.12 Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.2 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111 Hearth extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.10, 2111.11 Steel units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.6.1 FIREWORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 307.2, 307.3, 307.5 FLAMESPREAD . . . . . . . . 202, 803.1.2, Table 803.13 FLAMMABLE FINISHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.1, 416 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4, 307.5,

406.8.2, 412, 414, 415 FLAMMABLE SOLIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.5, 415 FLASHING

Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503.2, 1507.2.8,

1507.3.9, 1507.5.7, 1507.7.7, 1507.8.8, 1507.9.9, 1511.6 Wall, veneer . . . . . . . 1404.4, 1404.12.7, 1404.10.1.2 FLOOD HAZARD AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1612.3

Coastal A zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Coastal high hazard area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Flood insurance rate map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLOOD-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION

Administration . . . . . . 107.2.6.1, G101 through G105 Elevation certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.3 Existing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7 Flood elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.6.1, 1612 Flood loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1, 1603.1.7,

1612, 3001.2 Flood resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1402.6, 1402.7 Flood-resistant construction . . . . . . . . . . Appendix G Grading and fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804.5, 1805.1.2.1 Historic buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G105.3 Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.5.1 Manufactured homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G501 Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.10.1 Recreational vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G601 Site improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G401 Site plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.6 Subdivisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G301

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Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G701 Temporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G901 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G1001 FLOOR CONSTRUCTION

(see FLOOR CONSTRUCTION, WOOD) Draftstopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.3 Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804, 805, 1003.4, 1209.1 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 601, 711 Loads (see FLOOR LOADS) Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Penetration of fire-resistant assemblies. . . . . . . . 711,

714.5, 717.2, 717.6 FLOOR CONSTRUCTION, WOOD

Beams and girders. . . . . . . . . . 2304.12.1.1, 2308.4.1 Bridging/blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.4.6, 2308.7.8 Diaphragms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.1 Fastening schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.10.1 Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.4, Table 2304.11,

2304.11.1.2, 2304.11.3, 2308.4 Joists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.4.2 Sheathing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.8 FLOOR LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.5, 1010.1.5 FLOOR LOADS

Construction documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2 Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.1, 1607 Posting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.1 FLOOR OPENING PROTECTION

(see VERTICAL OPENING PROTECTION) FLOOR/CEILING (see FLOOR CONSTRUCTION) FOAM PLASTICS

Attics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.1, 2603.4.1.6 Cladding attachment . . . . 2603.11, 2603.12, 2603.13 Cold storage . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3, 2603.4.1.2, 2603.5 Concealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 Covered mall and open mall buildings. . . . . . 402.6.2,

402.6.4.5 Crawl space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.4.1.6 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.4.1.7 through 2603.4.1.9 Exterior wall covering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.5 Exterior walls of multistory buildings . . . . . . 1403.13,

2603.5 Interior finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.2.2, 2603.10, 2604 Label/identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.2 Metal composite materials (MCM) . . . . . . . . . 1406.13 Plenums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.7, 2604.1.1 Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.4.1.5 Siding backer board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.4.1.10 Stages and platform scenery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.6 Surface burning characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3 Termites, protection from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.9 Thermal barrier requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.5.2 Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.5, 2604.2

Type I and II construction. . . . . . . . 603.1(2), 603.1(3) Walk-in coolers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2603.4.1.3 Wind resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2603.10 FOLDING AND TELESCOPIC SEATING

(see BLEACHERS and GRANDSTANDS). . .1029.1.1 Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.6, 1004.7 Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029.1.1.1 FOOD COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402.8.2.4 Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4.2 FOUNDATION (see FOUNDATION, DEEP

and FOUNDATION, SHALLOW) . . . . . . Chapter 18

Chapter 18A Basement. . . . . . . . . . .1610, 1805.1.1, 1806.3, 1807 Concrete. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1808.8, 1809.8, 1810.3.2.1 Dampproofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1805.2 Encroachment, public right-of-way. . . . . . . . . .3202.1 Formwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3304.1 Geotechnical investigation

(see SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS) . . . . . . . . 1803 Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.1 Load-bearing value . . . . . . . . . . . . 1806, 1808, 1810 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1808.9 Pedestrian protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3306.9 Pier (see FOUNDATION, SHALLOW) Pile (see FOUNDATION, DEEP) Plates or sills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.3.1 Protection from

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.1 Load-bearing value . . . . . . . . . . . . 1806, 1808, 1810 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1808.9 Pedestrian protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3306.9 Pier (see FOUNDATION, SHALLOW) Pile (see FOUNDATION, DEEP) Plates or sills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.3.1 Protection from

adjacent construction . . . . . . . . . . . 3303.5, 3307.1 Rodentproofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix F Special inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.3, 1705.4.2,

1705.7, 1705.8, 1705.9 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . .1809.11, 1810.3.2.3, 1810.3.5.3 Timber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1809.12, 1810.3.2.4 Waterproofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1805.3 FOUNDATION, DEEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1810

Drilled shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Existing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1810.1.2 Geotechnical investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1803.5.5 Grade beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1810.3.12 Helical pile . . . . . .202, 1810.3.1.5, Table 1810.3.2.6,

1810.3.3.1.9, 1810.3.5.5, 1810.4.11, 1810.4.12 Micropile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, Table 1808.8.1,

Table 1810.3.2.6, 1810.3.5.2.3,

1810.3.10, 1810.4.10 Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1808.8.1, 1810 FOUNDATION, SHALLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1809

Pier and curtain wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1809.10 Slab-on-grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1808.6.2 Strip footing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1808.8, 1809

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Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.8, 709.5, 710.5,

716.2.5.3, 1404.13, 1709.1 Elevator hoistway and car. . . 2409.2, 2409.3, 2409.4 Fire doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.2.2.3.1, 716.2.5 Fire windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.5, 716.2.1 Group I-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.7 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.2.1, 2406.4.4, 2407 Handrail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.11, 2407 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.1, 2406.3 Impact loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406.1, 2407.1.4.2,

2408.2.1, 2408.3 Impact resistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.2 Jalousies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.5 Label/identification . . . . . . . 716.1.2.2.1, 716.1.2.2.2,

716.2.9.1, 716.2.9.5, 716.3.5.2 Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404 Louvered windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.5 Opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.1.2.3 Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2402 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.1.2.1, 2406 Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.7 Skylights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Sloped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.2, 2405 Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2 Swimming pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406.4.5 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1709.5, 2406.1.1, 2408.2.1 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.12 Vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.1 Walkways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409.1 GRADE (ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION) . . . . 202 GRADE, LUMBER (see LUMBER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GRADE PLANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GRAIN ELEVATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.1.5 GRANDSTANDS (see BLEACHERS) . . . . . . . . 303.6,

1029.1.1 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108.2 Egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1 Exit sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.1 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.6, 1004.7 Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1.1 GREENHOUSES . . . . . . . . 303.4, 309.1, 312.1.1, 3112

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.2 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 506, Table 507, 508 Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Deflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1604.3 Glazing, glass and lighting . . . . . . . . . . 2405, 3112.4 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607.13.2.1 Membrane structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.6, 3102 Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.11, 3112.5 Wind load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.2

FOYERS

Assembly occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.4, 1029.9.5 Corridors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.6 Covered and open mall building . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.1 FRAME INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.4 FRATERNITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.4 FROST PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1809.5 FURNACE ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.1

G

GALLERIES
(see TECHNICAL PRODUCTION AREAS)
GARAGE, AUTOMOBILE PARKING
(see PARKING GARAGES)
GARAGE, REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8
Floor surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.4
Gas detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8.2, 908.5
Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8.3, 903.2.9.1
Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8.1
GARAGES, TRUCK AND BUS
Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607.7
Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.10.1
GARAGES AND CARPORTS, PRIVATE
Area limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.3.1
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.3.1
Door openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.1
Door springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1210
Parking surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.4
Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.3.2, 406.2.5
> GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.1, 105.2, 112
Gas detection system . . . . . . . . . . 406.8.2, 415.11.7,
421.5, 916
Hydrogen cutoff room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.6
Motor fuel-dispensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.7
GATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.2
Vehicular. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.1, 3110
GIFT SHOPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.2.4
GIRDERS
Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 601
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6
Wood construction . . . . . . . . . 2304.12.1.1, 2308.4.1
GLASS (see GLAZING)
GLASS BLOCK (see GLASS UNIT MASONRY)
GLASS UNIT MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2110
Atrium enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.6
Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2110.1.1
Hazardous locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406.1.3
GLAZING
Athletic facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2408
Atrium enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.6

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GRIDIRON (see TECHNICAL PRODUCTION AREAS) GRINDING ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.2 GROSS LEASABLE AREA

(see COVERED MALL AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,

402.3, 402.8.2 GROUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714.4.1.1, 714.5.1 GUARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015

Assembly seating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1, 1029.17 Equipment platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3.3 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.2 Glazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.2.1, 2406.4.4, 2407 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.3 Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607.8 Mechanical equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.6 Opening limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.4 Parking garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4.1 Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.9 Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.3 Roof access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.7 Screen porches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.5 Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.2 Vehicle barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4.2, 1607.9 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.8 GUTTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1502.4 GYMNASIUMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.4

Group E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.3 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.5 GYPSUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 25

Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, Chapter 25 Ceiling diaphragms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508.6 Concrete, reinforced gypsum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2514 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508 Draftstopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.3.1 Exterior soffit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2506.2 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2306.3(3), 2508.1 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 719, 722.2.1.4, 722.6.2 Fire-resistant joint treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508.5 Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2503 Lath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507, 2510 Lathing and furring for cement plaster . . . . 719, 2510 Lathing and plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506 Panel products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, Chapter 25 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2502 Plaster, exposed aggregate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2513 Plaster, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512 Plaster, interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511 Shear wall construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211.1.1,

Table 2306.3(3), 2308.6.3,

2505

Sheathing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2308.5.11 Showers and water closets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Stucco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2510 Veneer base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2507.2 Veneer plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2507.2 Vertical and horizontal assemblies. . . . . . . . . . . 2504 Wallboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 2506.2 Water-resistant backing board . . . . . . 2506.2, 2509.2

H

HANDRAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014

Alternating tread devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011.14 Assembly aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029.16 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014.4, 1014.5, 1014.6 Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014.6 Glazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407 Graspability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014.3 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1015.3 Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014.2 Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1607.8 Location . . . . . . . . . . 1014.1, 1014.7, 1014.8, 1014.9 Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1012.8 Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011.11 HARDBOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1403.3.2, 2303.1.7 HARDWARE

(see DOORS and LOCKS AND LATCHES) HARDWOOD

Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2304.10 Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2303.3 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1403.3.2 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . 307, 414, 415

Compliance with International Fire Code . . . . . .307.2 Control areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414.2 Explosion control . . . . . . . . . .414.5.1, Table 414.5.1,

415.11.5.5, 426.1.4 Mercantile occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309.2 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.1.3 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 414.2.5(1),

Table 414.2.5(2), 415.4,

415.11.11, 903.2.5 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . 414.3, 415.9.1.7, 415.11.1.6,

415.11.1.8.1, 415.11.3.2, 415.11.5.8, 415.11.6.4, 415.11.7, 415.11.10, 1202.6 Weather protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.6.1 HAZARDOUS OCCUPANCY (GROUP H),

(see HAZARDOUS MATERIALS) . . . . 307, 414, 415 Alarm and detection . . . . . . . .415.3, 415.5, 415.11.2,

415.11.3.5, 415.11.5.9, 415.11.8, 901.6.3, 907.2.5, 908.1, 908.2 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 505, 506, 507, 508

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Cryogenic . . . . . . . .Table 307.1(1), Table 414.5.1,

Table 415.11.1.1.1 Explosives. . . . 202, 307.3, 307.3.1, Table 415.6.2 Flammable liquids. . . . . . . . . 307.4, 307.5, 415.9.1 Flammable solids . . . . . . . . . . 307.5, 415.11.1.1.1 Health-hazard materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,

Table 414.2.5(1), 415.6,

Table 415.11.1.1.1, 415.11.6.1, 415.11.7.2 Irritants . . . . .Table 414.2.5(1), Table 415.11.1.1.1 Liquid, highly toxic and toxic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.6,

Table 414.2.5(1), 415.8.3, 415.9.3, Table 415.11.1.1.1, 908.3 Organic peroxides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 414.5.1,

415.6.1, 415.8.4, Table 415.11.1.1.1, 418 Oxidizers, liquid and solid. . . . . . Table 414.2.5(1),

Table 414.5.1, 415.8.4,

Table 415.11.1.1.1 Pyrophoric materials. . . . . . Table 307.1(1), 307.4,

Table 414.5.1, 415.7.1, 415.8.4, Table 415.11.1.1.1 Sensitizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 415.11.1.1.1 Solids, highly toxic and toxic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.6,

Table 414.2.5(1), 415.10.4,

Table 415.11.1.1.1, 908.3 Unstable materials . . . . . .307.3, Table 414.2.5(1),

Table 414.5.1, 415.5.4,

Table 415.11.1.1.1

Water-reactive materials. . . . . . . . . . . Table 414.5.1,

415.8.3, 415.8.4, 415.8.5, 415.11, Table 415.11.1.1.1 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . 415.2, 415.11.6.4,

415.11.9, 415.11.10.1, 415.11.11, 705.8.1, 903.2.5 Standby, emergency power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2702.2 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413, 414.1, 414.2.5,

414.5, 414.6, 415.6, Table 415.6.2, 415.7.1,

415.9.1, 426.1 Unlimited area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.8, 507.9, 507.10 HEAD JOINT, MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HEADROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.2, 505.1,

1003.2, 1003.3, 1010.1.1, 1010.1.1.1, 1011.3, 1012.5.2, 1207.2 HEALTH CARE

(see INSTITUTIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL I-2) Ambulatory care facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 422 Clinics, outpatient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1 Hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.3 HEALTH-HAZARD MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.2,

Table 414.2.5(1), 415.2, 415.11.1.1.1, Table 415.11.6.1

Dispensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.5, 414.6, 415.6
Gas detection systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.7
Group provisions
H-1 (detonation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.3, 415.6.1.1,
415.6.2 415.7, 415.7.1
H-2 (deflagration) . . . . . . . . . . 307.4, 415.8, 415.9
H-3 (physical hazard) . . . . . . 307.5, 415.8, 415.10
H-4 (health hazard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.6, 415.10
H-5 (semiconductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.7, 415.11
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.7, 415.8.1, 415.9.1.1,
415.8.1.6, 426.1.1,
503, 504, 505, 508
Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.2.1, 416.3.1,
Table 803.13, 804
Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1
Location on property. . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.6.1.2, 415.6
Low hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.3, 311.3
Means of egress
Corridors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.2
One means of egress . . . . . . . . Table 1006.3.3(1),
Table 1006.3.3(2)
Panic hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10
Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019
Travel distance . . . 1006.3, 1016.2.1, Table 1017.2
Mixed occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4
Accessory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2
Moderate hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.2, 311.2
Multiple hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.8
Occupancy exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.1
Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 29
Prohibited locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.2
Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1604.5
Smoke and heat removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910.2
Special provisions—General
Detached buildings. . . . . . . . . 202, 415.6.2, 415.8
Dry cleaning (see DRY CLEANING PLANTS)
Equipment platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3
Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D102.2.2
Fire separation distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.6
Grain elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.1, 426.1.5
> Grinding rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.1.2
Separation from other occupancies . . . . . . . 415.6.1,
508.1, 508.2.4,
508.3.3, 508.4
Special provisions based on materials
Combustible liquids . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 307.1(1),
307.4, 307.5, 414.2.5,
414.5.3, 415.9.2
Corrosives . . . . . . 307.6, Table 414.2.5(1), 414.3,
415.10.3, Table 415.11.1.1.1

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Incidental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509.4 Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720, 807, 808 Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715, 2508.4 Nonfire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .711.3 Opening protection. . . .712.1.13.1, 714.5, 716, 717.6 Shaft enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.1 Special provisions

Atrium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.3, 404.6 Covered and open mall buildings. . . . . . 402.4.2.3,

402.8.7 Fire pumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.2.1 Flammable finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416.2 Group H-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.9.1.1, 415.9.1.2 Groups H-3 and H-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.10.2 Group H-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.1.2, 415.11.5.1 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407.5 R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420.3 Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414.2 High-rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403.2.1, 403.3 Organic coating . . . . . . . . . . . .418.4, 418.5, 418.6 Stages and platforms. . . . . . . . . . . .410.3, 410.4.1 HORIZONTAL EXIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026

Accessible means of egress . . . . . 1009.2, 1009.2.1,

1009.3, 1009.4, 1009.6, 1009.6.2 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1026.3 Exit discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028.1 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1026.2 Institutional I-2 occupancy . . . . . . . . . . 407.4, 1026.1 Institutional I-3 occupancy . . . . . . . . . . 408.2, 1026.1 Refuge area (see REFUGE AREAS) HORIZONTAL FIRE SEPARATION

(see HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLY) HOSE CONNECTIONS

(see STANDPIPES, REQUIRED) HOSPITAL

(see INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I-2) . . . . . .308.3, 407 HOSPITALS [OSHPD 1] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.3 General construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.4 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.5 – 1224.13 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.1 HOSPITALS – BASIC SERVICES

Anesthesia service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.16 Clinical laboratory service space . . . . . . . . . .1224.17 Dietetic service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.20 Nursing service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.14 Pharmaceutical service space . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.19 Radiological/imaging service space. . . . . . . .1224.18 Surgical service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.15

. . .1224.16_ Clinical laboratory service space . . . . . . . . . .1224.17 Dietetic service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.20 Nursing service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.14 Pharmaceutical service space . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.19 Radiological/imaging service space. . . . . . . .1224.18 Surgical service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224.15

HEAT VENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
HEATING (see MECHANICAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.2
Aircraft hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.3.4
Fire pump rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.3
Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111
Masonry heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112
Parking garages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.9
Repair garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.9
HEIGHT, BUILDING . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508, 510
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Mixed construction types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Roof structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.3, 1510
HELIPORT
Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
> Live loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607.6
HIGH-PILED COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE . . . . . . . 413,
907.2.15, 910.2.2
HIGH-PRESSURE DECORATIVE EXTERIOR-
GRADE COMPACT LAMINATES. . . . . . . . . . . 1408
HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Alarms and detection . . . . 403.4.1, 403.4.2, 907.2.13
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.1
Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2
Elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6, 1009.2.1, 3007, 3008
Emergency power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.8, 2702.2
Emergency systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4
Fire command station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.6
Fire department communication . . . 403.4.3, 403.4.4
Fire service elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6.1, 3007
Occupant evacuation elevators . . . . . . 403.6.2, 3008
Smoke removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.6
Smokeproof enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.4, 1023.11
Sprayed fire-resistant materials (SFRM) . . . . 403.2.4
Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.3, 903.2.11.3
Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5, 1023, 1025
Standby power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.7, 2702.2
Structural integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2.3, 1616
Super high-rise (over 420 feet) . . . . 403.2.1, 403.2.3,
403.2.4, 403.3.1, 403.5.2
Voice alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.3, 907.2.13
Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.3, 907.6.4
HISTORIC BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7
Flood provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G105.3
HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.4.1, 711.2.2,
711.2.3, 713.11, 713.12
Fire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . 603.1(1), 603.1(22),
603.1(23), 703, 704.4.2,
707.3.10, 711.2.4
Glazing, rated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.3.4
Group R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.3

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Administrative space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.21 Central sterile supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.22 Employee dressing rooms and lockers. . . . . 1224.25 Housekeeping rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.26 Laundry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.27 Morgue and autopsy facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.24 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.23 HOSPITALS – SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES

Emergency service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.33 Intensive care units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.29 Intermediate-care service space . . . . . . . . . 1224.38 Nuclear medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.34 Obstetrical facilities (perinatal unit space) . . 1224.32 Outpatient service space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.39 Pediatric and adolescent unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.30 Psychiatric nursing unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.31 Rehabilitation therapy department . . . . . . . . 1224.35 Renal dialysis service space

(acute and chronic). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.36 Respiratory therapy service space . . . . . . . . 1224.37 Skilled nursing service space . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.40 Social service space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224.41 Supplemental surgery services . . . . . . . . . . 1224.28 HOTEL (or MOTEL) (definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HURRICANE-PRONE REGIONS

(see WIND LOADS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HURRICANE SHELTER (see STORM SHELTER) HURRICANE SHUTTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.2 HYDROGEN FUEL GAS ROOMS . . . . 421, Table 509 HYPERBARIC FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

ICE-SENSITIVE STRUCTURE

Atmospheric ice loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1614.1 Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 IDENTIFICATION, REQUIREMENTS FOR

Fire barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6 Fire partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6 Fire wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6 Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.1, 2406.3 Inspection certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1703.5 Preservative-treated wood . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.9.1 Smoke barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6 Smoke partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6 Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202.1 IMPACT LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1603.1.1, 1607.10 INCIDENTAL USES

Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.3

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Occupancy classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.2 Separation and protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.4 INCINERATOR ROOMS . . . . . . Table 509, 1006.2.2.2 INDUSTRIAL (see FACTORY OCCUPANCY) INSPECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110, 1704, 1705

Alternative methods and materials . . . . . . . . 1705.1.1 Approval required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.6 Concrete construction. . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.1, 110.3.2,

110.3.10, 1705.3 Concrete slab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.2 EIFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.16 Energy efficiency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.8 Fabricators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1704.2.5 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.11 Fire-extinguishing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.4 Fire-resistant materials . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.14,

1705.15 Fire-resistant penetrations . . . . . . . 110.3.7, 1705.17 Footing or foundation . . . . 110.3.1, 110.3.10, 1705.3,

1705.4, 1705.7, 1705.8, 1705.9 Flood hazard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.3, 110.3.11.1 Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.4 Lath gypsum board and

gypsum panel products . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.5, 2503 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.4 Preliminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.2 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3 Right of entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.6 Seismic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.12 Smoke control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.18.8, 1705.18 Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.6 Special (see SPECIAL INSPECTIONS

. . 110.2 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3 Right of entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.6 Seismic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.12 Smoke control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.18.8, 1705.18 Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.6 Special (see SPECIAL INSPECTIONS

AND TESTS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1704, 1705 Sprayed fire-resistant materials . . . . . . . . . . 1705.14 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.5 Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.4, 110.3.10, 1705.2 Third party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.4 Welding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.2, 2204.1 Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.11 Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, 1705.5 INSTITUTIONAL

[see INSTITUTIONAL OCCUPANCY (GROUP I) and RESIDENTIAL (GROUP R-4)] . . . . . . . . . 308.2, 420 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1106.2, 1107.2,

1107.3, 1107.4, 1107.5.1 Alarm and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.5, 907.2.6.1,

907.2.10, 907.2.11.2, 907.5.2.3.2 Combustible decorations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.1 Cooking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.8

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Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1019.4 Travel distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.6.1, 408.8.1,

1006.3, 1017.2 Occupancy condition . . . . . . 308.4.1 through 308.4.5 Security glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.7 Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.5, 408.8 Smoke barrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.6 Smoke compartment . . . . . . . . 408.4.1, 408.6, 408.9 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.11, 903.2.6 Standby/emergency power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2702.2 INSTITUTIONAL I-4

[see INSTITUTIONAL OCCUPANCY (GROUP I)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308.5 Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.6 Corridor rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020.1 Educational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.3, 308.5.1 Means of egress

Day care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1006.2.2.4 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance. . . . . . . . 1016.2.1, 1017.2, 1006.3 Occupancy condition . . . . . . 308.4.1 through 308.4.5 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.6 INSTITUTIONAL OCCUPANCY (GROUP I) . . . . . 308

Accessory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508.2 Adult care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308.6 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 505, 506, 507, 508 Child care. . . . . . . . . 303.1.3, 308.6.4, 308.11, 310.1 Group specific provisions

Group I-2 (see INSTITUTIONAL I-2) . . . 308.3, 407 Group I-3 (see INSTITUTIONAL I-3) . . . 308.4, 408 Group I-4 (see INSTITUTIONAL I-4) . . . . . . .308.5,

310.4 Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508 Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Interior finishes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 803.13, 804 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 Means of egress

Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020.2 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407, 1006.3,

1016.2.1, 1017.2, Mixed occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4 Occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . . . .303.1.1, 303.1.2,

308.2.3, 308.2.4, 308.3.2, 308.5.1 through 308.5.4, 310.4.1 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1604.5 Standby, emergency power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2702.2 INSULATION

Concealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .720.2 Duct insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .720.1 Exposed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .720.3

> Emergency escape and rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030
Means of egress
Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.5
Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.1
Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019
Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017.2, 1006.3
Occupancy condition . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.2.1, 308.2.2
Occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . 308.2.3, 308.2.4
Separation, unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.2, 420.3
Spaces open to the corridor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.7,
420.8, 420.8.1
Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . 420.4, 903.2.6, 903.3.2
INSTITUTIONAL I-2
[see INSTITUTIONAL OCCUPANCY
(GROUP I)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.3, 407
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accessibility E106.4.6
Alarms and detection . . . . . . . 407.8, 407.9, 907.2.6.2
Care suites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.4.4
Combustible decorations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.1
Electrical systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.11, 2702.2
Hyperbaric facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.4
Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.5
Corridors . . . . . . . . . . 407.2, 407.3, 407.4, 1020.2
Doors . . . . . . . . . . 407.3.1, 1010.1.9.7, 1010.1.9.9
Exterior exit stairway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027.2
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9.3, 1010.1.9.7
Lighting . . . . . 1008.2, 1008.2.2, 1008.2.3, 1008.3
Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019.4
Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.4
Medical gas systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Occupancy condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.3.1
Occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.3.2
Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Smoke barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.5
Smoke compartment . . . . . . . 407.2.1, 407.2.3, 407.5
Smoke partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.3
Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . 407.7, 903.2.6, 903.3.2
Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.10
INSTITUTIONAL I-3
[see INSTITUTIONAL OCCUPANCY
(GROUP I)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.4, 408
> Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E104.2.2, E106.4.8
Alarm and detection. . . . . . . . . . . . 408.10, 907.2.6.3
Combustible decorations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.1
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.2, 408.3, 408.4
Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.5
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.4, 1010.1.1, 1010.1.2
Exit discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3.6
Exit sign exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.1
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.4, 1010.1.9.3,
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Fiberboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.1, Table 1508.2,

2303.1.6.2, 2303.1.6.3 Foam plastic (see FOAM PLASTICS) . . . . . . . 720.1 Loose fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.4, 720.6 Pipe insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.1, 720.7 Reflective plastic core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2614 Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.5, 1508 Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720, 807, 1206 Thermal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720, 807, 1508 INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204 Rodentproofing . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.1.6, Appendix F Sound transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206 Space dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207 Temperature control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . 409.3, 414.3, 415.9.1.7, 1202.5 Yards or courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205.2, 1205.3 INTERIOR FINISHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 8

Acoustical ceiling systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807, 808 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.14, 804.4 Atriums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.8 Children’s play structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6 Decorative materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.1.2, 806 Floor finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804, 805 Foam plastic insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3, 2603.4 Foam plastic trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.5, 2604.2 Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 Light-transmitting plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606 Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.4, 2611 Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.7, 806.8 Wall and ceiling finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 Wet location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209 INTERPRETATION, CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1

J

JAILS (see INSTITUTIONAL I-3) . . . . . . . . 308.5, 408 JOINT

Gypsum board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508.5 Lumber sheathing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.7.11 Shotcrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908.7 Waterproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805.3.3 JOINTS, FIRE-RESISTANT SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . 715

Special inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.17

LIGHT-FRAME CONSTRUCTION

Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

INDEX

Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016.2 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1004.5 Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2902.1

LABORATORIES

Classification of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1, 307.1.1 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414, 415 Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 509 LADDERS

Boiler, incinerator and furnace rooms. . . . 1006.2.2.1 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.15, 1011.16,

1014.2, 1014.6, 1015.3, 1015.4 Emergency escape window wells . . . . . . . . . 1030.4.2 Group I-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3.5, 1011.15, 1011.16 Heliport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7.3 Refrigeration machinery room. . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.2 Ship’s ladders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3.5, 1011.15 Stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.5.3.4 LAMINATED TIMBER,

STRUCTURAL GLUED . . . . . . . . . . . 602.4, 2303.1,

2303.1.3, 2304.12.2.4, 2306.1, 2308.4.3, 2308.7.9 LANDINGS

Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.6 Ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.6 Stair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.6 LATH, METAL OR WIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2507.2 LAUNDRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1, 306.2, Table 509 LAUNDRY CHUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.13, 903.2.11.2 LEGAL

Federal and state authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.2 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 Notice of violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.2, 116.3 Registered design professional. . . . . . 107.1, 107.3.4 Right of entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.6 Unsafe buildings or systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Violation penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.4 LIBRARIES

Classification, other than school . . . . . 303.1.3, 303.4 Classification, school . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.3, 305.1 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 LIGHT, REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204

Artificial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204.3 Emergency (see EMERGENCY LIGHTING) Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008.2 Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204.2 Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204.4 Yards and courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205 LIGHT-FRAME CONSTRUCTION

K
KIOSKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.2
KITCHENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.3, 306.2
> Accessibility_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1133A_
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208

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Cold-formed steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211 Conventional (wood) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308 LIGHTS, PLASTIC CEILING DIFFUSERS . . . . . 2606.7 LINEN CHUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.13, 903.2.11.2 LINTEL

Adobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2109.2.4.9 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.11 Masonry, wood support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.13 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS . . . . . . . Table 414.5.1,

415.9.2 LISTED (definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LISTING AGENCY (definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LIVE LOADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1607

Construction documents . . . . . . . . . . 107.2, 1603.1.1 Posting of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.1 LIVE/WORK UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 310.3, 419

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.7 Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.1 LOAD AND RESISTANCE

FACTOR DESIGN (LRFD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1602.1 Factored load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Limit state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Load combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605.1 Load factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Resistance factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Wood design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2302.1, 2307 LOAD COMBINATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605

Allowable stress design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605.1 Alternative allowable stress

load combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605.2 Load and resistance factor design. . . . . . . . . . 1605.1 Strength design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605.1 LOADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 202

Atmospheric ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1614 Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605 Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1606 Factored load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1604.2 Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.7, 1612 Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1607.10 Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.6, 1603.1.1, 1607 Load effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Nominal load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1604.2 Rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.9, 1611 Seismic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.5, 1613 Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.3, 1608 Soil lateral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610 Tsunami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1615 Wind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1603.1.4, 1609 LOBBIES

Assembly occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.4

Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4.3, 1009.2.1, 1009.4,

3006, 3007.6, 3008.6 Exit discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028.1 Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4.3 LOCAL ENFORCING AGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8.3 LOCKS AND LATCHES . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9, 1010.1.10

Delayed egress locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.9.8 Electromagnetically locked. . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.9.10 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.4.1.1, 1010.1.9.7 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.4, 1010.1.9.11 High-rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.3 Sensor release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.9.9 Toilet rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.3.5 LODGING HOUSES . . . . . . . . . . . .202, 310.4, 310.4.2 LUMBER

General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 23 Quality standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303

M

MAIL RECEPTACLES, LOCKING . . . . . . . . . 420.12.1 MAINTENANCE

Means of egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002.1, 3310.2 Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.4 MALL

(see COVERED AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS) MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.4.2 MANUFACTURED HOMES

Flood resistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G501 MARQUEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 3106, H113

Drainage, water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3201.4 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3106.5 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.12 Prohibited location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3106.4 Roof construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3106.3 MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 21, Chapter 21A

Adhered veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1404.10 Adobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2109 Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.8.2 Anchored veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1404.6 Architectural cast stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2103.1 Calculated fire resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722.4 Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2113 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2104 Dampproofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805.2.2 Design, methods . . . . . . . .2101.2, 2107, 2108, 2109 Fire resistance, calculated . . . . . . . . 722.3.2, 722.3.4 Fireplaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111 Floor anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.8.2 Foundation walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1807.1.5

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Alternates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.11 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 20 Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 19, Chapter 19A Glass and glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 24 Gypsum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 25 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 21, Chapter 21A Noncombustible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.4 Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 26 Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 22, Chapter 22A Testing (see TESTING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1707 Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 23 MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 10

Accessible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009, 2702.2 Aircraft related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.2.2, 412.2.5.1,

412.4.2, 412.6.1, 412.7.3 Alternating tread device . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7.3, 505.3,

1006.2.2.1, 1006.2.2.2, 1011.14, Ambulatory care facilities . . . . . . . . . 422.3.1, 422.3.3 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.1, 1029 Atrium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.9, 404.10, 707.3.6 Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.3 Ceiling height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.2 Child care facilities (see Day care facilities) Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007 Construction drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.3 Convergence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.6 Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8

INDEX

Day care facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5, 310.4.1,

Table 1004.5, 1006.2.2.4 Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.5 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.7, 1006.2, 1010,

1022.2, 2702.2 During construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303.3, 3310 Elevation change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.5 Elevators. . . . . 403.5.2, 403.6.1, 1003.7, 1009, 3008 Emergency escape and rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Encroachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.7 Equipment platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3 Escalators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.7 Existing buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3310 Exit (see EXIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1022 through 1027 Exit access

(see EXIT ACCESS) . . . . . . . . .1016 through 1021 Exit discharge (see EXIT DISCHARGE). . . . . . . 1028 Exit enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.2 Exit passageway

(see EXIT PASSAGWAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024 Exit signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 2702.2 Evacuation plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002.2 Fire escapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7.3 Fire safety plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002.2 Floor surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804, 1003.4 Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.2 Group I-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.2, 407.3, 407.4, 1019.4 Group I-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.2, 408.3, 408.4,

408.6, 408.8, 1019.4 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Handrails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.6.1.2,

415.11.2, 415.11.5.6 Headroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.2, 1003.3 Heliports, Helistops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7.3 High-hazard Group H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.2 High-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5, 403.6 Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008, 2702.2 Interior finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.13, 804 Ladders (see LADDERS) Live loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.3 Mezzanines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2.2, 505.2.3,

1004.2.2, 1009.1 Moving walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.7 Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001.2, 1006 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.7 Protruding objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.3, 1005.7 Ramps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012, 1027 Scoping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.3, 108.2, 1001.1 Seating, fixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.1, 1029

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Special amusement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.6 Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.3, 410.5 Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5, 404.6, 1005.3.1,

1011, 1023.2, 1027 Temporary structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.4 Travel distance

(see TRAVEL DISTANCE) . . . . . . . 1016.2.1, 1017 Turnstile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.3 Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.5.1, 405.7 Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.1, 1005.2, 1005.4,

1011.2, 1012.5.1, 1020.2, 1029.6, 1029.8 MECHANICAL (see AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING,

REFRIGERATION, AND VENTILATION) . . . 101.4.2 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.12, 1208.3 Air transfer openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.10, 706.11,

707.10, 708.9, 709.8, 711.7, 713.10, 714.1.1, 717 Chimneys (see CHIMNEYS) Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 28 Disconnected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303.6 Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.8, 705.10, 706.11,

707.10, 712.1.6, 712.1.10.3, 713.10, 708.9, 709.8, 710.8, 711.7, 714.1.1, 717 Encroachment, public right-of-way . . . . . . . 3202.3.2 Equipment on roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1510, 1511.2 Equipment platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.3 Factory-built fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.14.1 Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111 Incidental use room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 509 Motion picture projection room . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.3 Permit required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1, 105.2 Roof access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.12 Seismic inspection and testing . . . . . . . . . 1705.12.6,

1705.13.2 Smoke control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, Chapter 28 MECHANICALLY

LAMINATED DECKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.9.3 MEDICAL GAS SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 MEMBRANE ROOF COVERINGS . . . . . . . . . 1507.11,

1507.12, 1507.13 MEMBRANE STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . 2702.2, 3102 MENTAL HOSPITALS (see INSTITUTIONAL I-2) MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY (GROUP M) . . . . . . 309

Accessible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109.12 Alarm and detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.7 Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 505, 506, 507, 508 Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Hazardous material display and storage . . . . 414.2.5 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508 Incidental uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Interior finishes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 803.13, 804 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 Means of egress

Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.3, 1018.4 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402.8, 1006.3,

1016.2.1, 1017.2 Mixed occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508.2 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 Mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Parking below/above . . . . . . . . . . . . .510.2, 510.7,

510.8, 510.9 Special mixed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510.2 Occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.1.1 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.7 Standpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.3 Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507.5, 507.4, 507.13 METAL

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510.2 Occupancy exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.1.1 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.7 Standpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.3 Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507.5, 507.4, 507.13 METAL

Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 20 Roof coverings . . . . . . . . . . 1504.3.2, 1507.4, 1507.5 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 22 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1403.5, 1404.11 METAL COMPOSITE MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . 1406 MEZZANINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Area limitations. . . . . . . . .505.2.1, 505.2.1.1, 505.3.1 Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505.2.2, 505.2.3, 1009.1 Equipment platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505.3 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505.3.3, 1015.1 Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505.2 Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.2.2 Stairways . . . . . . . . 712.1.11, 1011.14, 1019, 1023.2 MIRRORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1, 2406.1 MIXED OCCUPANCY

(see OCCUPANCY SEPARATION) MODIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4, 104.10 MOISTURE PROTECTION . . . . . . .1209, 1402.2, 1503 MONASTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310.3 MORTAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Ceramic tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103.2.3 Dampproofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805.2.2 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714.4.1, 715.4.1 Glass unit masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2110.1.1 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2103.2 Rodentproofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix F MOTELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.2, 310.3 MOTION PICTURE PROJECTION ROOMS . . . . . 409

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409.2 Exhaust air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.3.2, 409.3.3 Lighting control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409.4

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Certificate of occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Covered and open mall building . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.2 Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.2 Increased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.5.1 Multiple function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.3 Multiple occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.4 Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.7 Seating, fixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.6 Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.9 OCCUPIED ROOFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.1.4 OFFICE BUILDINGS

(See GROUP B OCCUPANCIES) Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Live loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.5 OPEN MALL BUILDINGS

(see COVERED AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS) OPENING PROTECTION,

EXTERIOR WALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.8 OPENING PROTECTION, FLOORS

(see VERTICAL OPENING PROTECTION) OPENING PROTECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . 705.8, 706.8,

707.6, 708.6, 709.5, 712.1.13.1, 713.7, 716 Automatic-closing devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.5.3 Fire door and shutter assemblies . . . . . . . . . 705.8.2,

712.1.13.1, 716.2.1 Fire windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.3.4 Glass unit masonry

(see GLASS UNIT MASONRY). . . . . . . . . 2110.1.1 Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.6 ORGANIC COATINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 ORGANIC PEROXIDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4, 307.5 OXIDIZERS, LIQUID AND SOLID . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.3,

307.4, 307.5

Projection room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.3
Supply air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.3.1
Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.3
> MOTOR FUEL-DISPENSING SYSTEM . . . . . . . 406.7
MOTOR VEHICLE FACILITIES . . . . . . . 304, 311, 406
MOVING, BUILDINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7, D103.3
MOVING WALKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004.2
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.7

N

NAILING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2303.6, 2304, 2304.10 NONCOMBUSTIBLE

BUILDING MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.4 NURSES STATIONS

(See CARE PROVIDER STATIONS) NURSING HOMES

(see INSTITUTIONAL, GROUP I-2) . . . . . 308.3, 407

O

OCCUPANCY

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.1.1, 508.2 Certificates (see CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY) Change (see CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) Floor loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Height in mixed occupancy buildings . . . . . . . . 504.2 Roofs (See OCCUPIED ROOFS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3

, 508.2 Certificates (see CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY) Change (see CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) Floor loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Height in mixed occupancy buildings . . . . . . . . 504.2 Roofs (See OCCUPIED ROOFS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3

Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Detailed requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.1 through 303.1.4,

305.1.1, 305.2.1 through 305.2.3, 307.1.1, 308.2.3, 308.2.4, 308.3.2, 308.5.1 through 308.5.4, 310.4.1, 311.1.1 HPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11 Mixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508, 510 Occupied roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.1, 503.1.4 OCCUPANCY SEPARATION

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2 Aircraft related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.4.1 Nonseparated use method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3 Separated use method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.4 Special provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Unlimited area buildings . . . . 507.1.1, 507.4.1, 507.8 OCCUPANT

EVACUATION ELEVATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.2,

403.6.2, 3008 OCCUPANT LOAD

Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1004.2, 1004.8 Calculated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.5

P

PANIC HARDWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10
PARAPET, EXTERIOR WALL . . . . 705.11, 2109.2.4.3
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.11.1
Fire wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.6
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.11.1
PARKING, ACCESSIBLE_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1109A_
PARKING GARAGES . . . . . . . . . . 406.4, 406.5, 406.6
Barriers, vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 406.4.2, 1607.9
>
>
Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311, 312, 406.3, 406.4
Construction type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.1, Table 601
Door openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.1
Door springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1210
Enclosed
(see PARKING GARAGE, ENCLOSED) . . . . 406.6
Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.1, 3110
Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4.1, 2407.1.3

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Height, clear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.2.2 Live loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.11.1.3 Means of egress . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.5, 1006.3, 1019 Occupancy separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508, 510 Open (see PARKING GARAGE, OPEN) . . . . . . 406.5 Special provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.10 Underground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Vertical openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.1.10 PARKING GARAGES, ENCLOSED . . . . . . . . . . 406.6

Area and height [see STORAGE

OCCUPANCY (GROUPS)]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.6.1 Means of egress . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.5, 1006.3, 1012.1 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.6.3 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.6.2 PARKING GARAGES, OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 406.5

Area and height [see STORAGE

OCCUPANCY (GROUP S)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5,

406.5.1, Table 406.5.4 Construction type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.1 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . 406.5.7, Table 1006.2.1,

1006.3, 1009.3, 1009.4, 1012.1,1017.3, 1019, 1020.1, 1028.1 Mixed occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.3 Standpipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.8 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.10 PARTICLEBOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Draftstopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.3.1 Moisture protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1402.2, 1404.2 Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.8 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.5 Wall bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6.3 PARTITIONS

Fabric partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1607.15.1 Fire (see FIRE PARTITION) Live loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607.5, 1607.15 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.4, 603.1(1), 603.1(11) Occupancy, specific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.1 Smoke (see SMOKE PARTITION) Toilets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209 PARTY WALLS

(see FIRE WALLS) . . . . . . . .706.1.1, Table 716.1(3) PASSAGEWAY, EXIT (see EXIT) . . . . . . . . . . . 1024.1 PASSENGER STATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.4 PATIO COVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.10, Appendix I PEDESTRIAN

Protection at construction site . . . . . . . . 3303.2, 3306 Walkways and tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . 3104, 3202.3.4 PENALTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.4 PENETRATION-FIRESTOP SYSTEM

Fire-rated horizontal assemblies . . . . . . . . . . 714.5.2

Fire-rated walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714.4.2 PENETRATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714, 717

Fire-resistant assemblies

Exterior wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705.10 Fire barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.7, 707.10 Fire partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.7, 708.9 Fire wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.9, 706.11 Horizontal assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .714.5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .714.2 Shaft enclosures . . . . 712.1, 713.1, 713.8, 713.10 Smoke barriers. . . . . . . . . . . 709.6, 709.8, 714.5.4 Smoke partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.6, 710.7 Special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1705.17 Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .714.4 Nonfire-resistant assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . .714.6 PERFORMANCE CATEGORY

Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Wood structural panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.5 PERLITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 721.1(1), Table 2507.2 PERMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Application for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.2, 105.1, 105.3 Drawings and specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.1 Expiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.5 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Liability for issuing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.8 Placement of permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.7 Plan review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.2, 107.3 Suspension or revocation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.6 Time limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.3.2, 105.5 PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . 202

Ballasted, seismic design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1613.3 Fire classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1505.8, 1505.9 Panels/modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1512 Photovoltaic module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Photovoltaic panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Roof live loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607.13.5 Rooftop mounted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1510.7 PIER FOUNDATIONS

(see FOUNDATION, SHALLOW) PILE FOUNDATIONS (see FOUNDATION, DEEP) PIPES

Embedded in fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704.8 Insulation covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.1, 720.7 Penetration protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .714, 1023.5 Under platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.3 PLAIN CONCRETE (see CONCRETE) . . . . . . . . 1906 PLAN REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107.3 PLASTER

Fire-resistance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 Gypsum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719.1, 719.2 Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.5

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Aircraft hangars, residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.4.4 Facilities, minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902, 3305.1 Fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2902.1 Room requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209, 2606.9 PLYWOOD

(see WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS) . . . . . . . . 202 Preservative-treated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.9 POLLUTANT CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211.1 PRESCRIPTIVE FIRE RESISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . 721 PRESERVATIVE-TREATED WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Fastenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.10.5 Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.9 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1402.6, 2304.12 Shakes, roof covering . . . . . . . . . . 1507.9.6, 1507.9.8 PROJECTION ROOMS

Motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 PROJECTIONS, COMBUSTIBLE . . . . . . . . . . 705.2.3,

705.2.3.1 PROPERTY LINE

(see FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE) . . . . . . 705.3 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.4 PROSCENIUM

Opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.5 Wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.4 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS

(see INSTITUTIONAL I-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.4 PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM

(see EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS) Covered and open mall buildings . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7,

907.2.20, 2702.2 Special amusement buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.5 PUBLIC PROPERTY . . . . . . . . Chapter 32, Chapter 33 PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY

Encroachments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 32 PYROPHORIC MATERIALS . . . .Table 307.1(1), 307.4

R

RAILING (see GUARDS AND HANDRAILS) RAMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012

Assembly occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.14 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . .1012.2 through 1012.5.3,

1012.7, 1012.10 Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.9, 1015, 1607.8 Handrails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.8, 1014, 1607.8 Interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.2 Landings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.6 Parking garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4.3 Slope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.2

. . . . . . . . 1012.9, 1015, 1607.8 Handrails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.8, 1014, 1607.8 Interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.2 Landings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.6 Parking garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4.3 Slope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.2

Portland cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719.5,
Table 2507.2, Table 2511.1.1
PLASTIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 26
Approval for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.2
Composites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2612
Core insulation, reflective plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2614
Decking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1409, 2612
Fiber-reinforced polymer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2613
Finish and trim, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2602.1
Finish and trim, interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2602.3, 2604
Light-transmitting panels . . . . . . . . . . . 2401.1, 2607
Roof panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2609
Signs. . . . . . . . . 402.6.4, 2611, D102.2.10, H107.1.1
Thermal barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.4
Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1403.8, 2605, D102.2.11
Walls, exterior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.4.1.4, 2603.5
PLASTIC, FOAM
Children’s play structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.2
Insulation (see FOAM PLASTICS) . . . . . . . . . . . 2603
Interior finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.4, 2603.9
Malls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.2, 402.6.4.5
Stages and platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.6
PLASTIC, LIGHT-TRANSMITTING
Awnings and patio covers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.10
Bathroom accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.9
Exterior wall panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2607
Fiberglass-reinforced polymer . . . . . . . . . . . . 2613.4
Fiber-reinforced polymer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2613.4
Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608
Greenhouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2609
Light-diffusing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.7
Roof panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2609
Signs, interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2611
Skylight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2610
Solar collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.12
Structural requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606.5
Unprotected openings . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608.1, 2608.2
Veneer, exterior . . . . . . . .603.1(15), 603.1(17), 2605
Wall panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2607
PLATFORM
(see STAGES AND PLATFORMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.3
Temporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.3.1
PLATFORM, EQUIMENT
(see EQUIPMENT PLATFORM)
PLATFORM LIFTS, WHEELCHAIR
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Accessible means of egress. . . . . . . 1009.2, 1009.5,
2702.2
Accessibility_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1124A_
PLUMBING
(see TOILET AND TOILET ROOMS) . . . . . 101.4.3,
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Group R-1 (transient). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310.2 Group R-2 (apartment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310.3 Group R-3 (two dwellings per building) . . . . .310.4 Group R-4 (group homes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310.5 Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 505, 508, 510 Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Interior finishes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 803.13, 804 Live load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 Means of egress

Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1018.5 Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020.1, 1020.2 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.1 Emergency escape and rescue . . . . . . . . . .1030.1 Exit signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.1, 1013.2 Single exits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1006.3 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Travel distance. . . . . . .1006.3.2, 1016.2.1, 1017.2 Mixed occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2, G801.1 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 Parking, private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406.2.8, 406.3 Parking below/above . . . . . . . .510.4, 510.7, 510.9 Special mixed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510.2 Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902 Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1604.5 Special provisions . . . . . . . . . . . .510.2, 510.5, 510.6

Separation . . . . . . . . . . 419, 420, 508.2.4, 508.3.3 Swimming pools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3109.1 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.8, 903.3.2 RETAINING WALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . .1807.2, 2304.12.5

Flood provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G801.4 Seismic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1803.5.12 REVIEWING STANDS

(see BLEACHERS AND GRANDSTANDS) RISERS, STAIR (see STAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION)

Alternating tread device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011.14 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011.5.2, 1029.6, 1029.7,

1029.9, 1029.14 Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011.5.5.3 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011.5 Spiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011.10 Uniformity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.5.4 RISK CATEGORY (Structural Design) . . .202, 1604.5

Multiple occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.5.1 RODENTPROOFING . . . . . . . .2304.3.1.1, Appendix F ROLL ROOFING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1507.6

INDEX

> RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Children’s play structure . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.3, 424
Special amusement buildings
(see AMUSEMENT BUILDINGS, SPECIAL)
REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 35
Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.3, 102.4
Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.2
List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 35
Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 35
REFORMATORIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.4
REFRIGERATION (see MECHANICAL) . . . . . 101.4.2
Machinery room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.2
REFUGE AREAS (see HORIZONTAL EXIT,
SMOKE COMPARTMENTS,
STORM SHELTERS) . . . . . . . . . . . 407.5.3, 408.6.2,
420.6.1, 422.3.2, 423.1.1,
423.3, 423.4, 1026.4
REFUSE CHUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.13
REINFORCED CONCRETE (see CONCRETE)
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901.2
Inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.3
REINFORCEMENT
Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103.4
Shotcrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908.4
> RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, PLACES OF
Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.1
> Balcony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.5
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1.4, 303.4, 305.1.1,
305.2.1, 308.5.2
Door operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9.3
Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029
Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 803.13, 804
Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.6, 507.7
RELOCATING, BUILDING. . . . 101.4.7, 107.2.8, 3113
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3113.1.1
Inspection agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3113.4
Manufacturer’s data plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3113.3
Supplemental information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.3.2
REPAIRS, BUILDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4.7, 202
Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1612.1
Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2.2
Permit required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1
RESIDENTIAL HOTELS (mail receptacles)_ . . . . 420.8_
RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY (GROUP R) . . . . . . 310
> Accessibility_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter 11A,_
E104.2
Alarm and detection. . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.2, 907.5.2.3.3,
907.2.8, 907.2.9,
907.2.10, 907.2.11
Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 505, 506, 508, 510
Carbon monoxide alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915

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ROOFTOP STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Cooling towers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1510.4 Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504, 3201.4 Fire classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1505 Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D102.2.9 Height modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.3 Impact resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504.7 Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1508 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1506 Mechanical equipment screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 1510.6 Parapet walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503.2, 1503.3 Penthouses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1510.2 Photovoltaic panels and modules. . . . 1510.7, 1512.1 Radiant barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1509 Roof ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1510.3 Towers, spires, domes and cupolas . . . . . . . . 1510.5 Weather protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503 Wind resistance . . . . 1504.1, 1504.2, 1504.3, 1609.5 ROOF CONSTRUCTION

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1509 Roof ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1510.3 Towers, spires, domes and cupolas . . . . . . . . 1510.5 Weather protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503 Wind resistance . . . . 1504.1, 1504.2, 1504.3, 1609.5 ROOF CONSTRUCTION

Construction walkways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306.7 Coverings (see ROOF COVERINGS) . . . . . 1609.5.2 Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.5.1 Draftstopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.4 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 601 Fireblocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2 Live loads . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.12, 3111.1.2 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Penetration of fire-resistant assemblies . . . . . . . . 714 Protection from adjacent construction . . . . . . 3307.1 Rain loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611 Roof structures . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.3, 1509, D102.2.9 Signs, roof mounted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H110 Slope, minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 15 Solar systems, rooftop-mounted. . . 3111.1, 3111.3.2 Snow load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1608 Trusses. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211.1.3, 2303.4, 2308.7.13 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.2 Wood (see ROOF CONSTRUCTION, WOOD) ROOF CONSTRUCTION, WOOD . . . . . . . 602.4, 602.5

Anchorage to walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.8.2 Attic access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208.2 Ceiling joists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.7.1 Diaphragms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.1, 2306.2 Fastening requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.10 Fire-retardant-treated . . . . . . . . . Table 601, 603.1(1) Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.11.4, 2308.7 Rafters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.1.1, 2308.7.2

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Sheathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.8.2, 2308.7.10 Trusses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.4, 2308.7.13 Ventilation, attic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.2 Wind uplift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.7.5 ROOF COVERINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507

Asphalt shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.2 Built up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.10 Clay tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1513 Concrete tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1513 Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D102.2.4 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1(3), 1505 Flashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503.2, 1503.5, 1507.2.8,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.10 Clay tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1513 Concrete tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.3, 1513 Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D102.2.4 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1(3), 1505 Flashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503.2, 1503.5, 1507.2.8,

1507.3.9, 1507.5.7, 1507.7.7, 1507.8.8, 1507.9.9 Impact resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504.7 Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1508 Liquid-applied coating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.15 Membrane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102 Metal roof panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.4 Metal roof shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.5 Modified bitumen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.11 Photovoltaic roof panels,

building-integrated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.18 Photovoltaic shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.17 Plastics, light-transmitting panels . . . . . . . . . . . . 2609 Reroofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1511 Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.6 Roof recover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1511.3.1 Roof replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1511.3 Single-ply membrane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1507.12 Slate shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.7, 1513 Sprayed polyurethane foam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.14 Thermoplastic single-ply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.13 Wind loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504.1, 1609.5 Wood shakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.9 Wood shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.8 ROOF DECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ROOF DRAINAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1502

Scuppers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1502.3 ROOF, OCCUPIED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.1.4 ROOF REPLACEMENT/RECOVERING . . . . . . 1511.3 ROOF STRUCTURE (see ROOF ASSEMBLIES AND

ROOFTOP STRUCTURES) ROOM DIMENSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208 ROOMING HOUSE (see BOARDING HOUSE) . . . 310

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SAFEGUARDS

DURING CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 33 Adjoining property protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307

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(see MOTOR FUEL-DISPENSING FACILITIES) SHAFT (see SHAFT ENCLOSURE AND VERTICAL OPENING PROTECTION) . . . . . 202 SHAFT ENCLOSURE

(see VERTICAL OPENING PROTECTION) . . . . 713 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.5, 713.11, 713.12 Elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.14 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.2, 1019, 1023 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.6 Fire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . .707.3.1, 713.4 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408.5 High-rise buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2.1.2, 403.2.3,

403.3.1.1, 403.5.1 Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.9, 715 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.3 Opening protection. . . . . 713.8, 713.10, 714, 717.5.3 Penetrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.8 Refuse and laundry chutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.13 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713.1 SHEAR WALL

Gypsum board and plaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2305.1, 2306.3 SHEATHING

Clearance from earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2304.12.1.2 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2304.10 Fiberboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 2306.3(2) Floor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2304.8, 2308.4.7 Gypsum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 2506.2, 2508 Moisture protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2304.12.1.2 Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2304.8 Roof sheathing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.7.10 Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2304.6, 2308.5.11 Wood structural panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.5 SHOPPING CENTERS

(see COVERED AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS) SHOTCRETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908 SHUTTERS, FIRE

(see OPENING PROTECTIVES) . . . . . . . . . . 716.2.1 SIDEWALKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.2(6), G801.4

Live loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 SIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107, Appendix H

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.4, 1143A, E106.4.9,

E107, E109.2.2 Accessible means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . .1009.8.2,

1009.9 through 1009.11 Animated devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H108 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H105, H107 Covered and open mall building. . . . . . . . . . . 402.6.4 Doors . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.9.4, 1010.1.9.8, 1010.1.9.9

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Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3302 Demolition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303 Excavations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804.1 Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309 Fire watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3314 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3310 Protection of pedestrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Sanitary facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305 Site work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304 Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312 Standpipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308.1.1, 3311 Temporary use of streets, alleys and

public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308

> SAFETY GLAZING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.1.2.1, 2406 SCHOOLS (see EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCY) SEATING
> Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.9, 1029.13.1
> SEATING, FIXED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029
Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.9, 1029.13
Bleachers (see BLEACHERS)
Grandstands (see GRANDSTANDS)
Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.17
Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1
Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.6
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.15
Temporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
SECURITY GLAZING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.7
SECURITY GRILLES . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.8, 1010.1.4.5
SEISMIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1613
Cold-formed steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2210.2, 2211.1.1
Construction documents . . . 107, 1603.1.5, 1603.1.9
1616.1.2
Earthquake recording equipment. . . . . . . Appendix L
Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.12
Geotechnical investigation. . . . 1803.5.11, 1803.5.12
Glazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404
Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1613
Mapped acceleration parameters . . . . . . . . 1613.2.1,
Figures 1613.2.1(1) through 1613.2.1(6)
Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2106
Membrane structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102.7
Seismic design category . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1613.2.5
Seismic detailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.9
Site class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1613.2.2
Site coefficients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1613.2.4
Special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.12
Statement of special inspections . . . . . . . . . 1704.3.2
Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205.2, 2206.2
Structural observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1704.6.2
Structural testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.13
Wood . . . . . . . . 2305, 2308.6.6, 2308.6.8, 2308.6.10

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General construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.2.1 Resident living area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.2.5 Resident room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.2.3 Resident support area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.2.4 Staff support area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.2.6 MEDICAL MODEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.1 Activity Programming Space . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.1.4 General Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.1.1 Nursing Service Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.1.2 Pharmaceutical Service Space . . . . . . . 1225.5.1.3 SKYLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405, 3106.3

Light, required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204.2 Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404 Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2610 Protection from adjacent construction. . . . . . . 3307.1 Vertical opening protective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.1.15 SLAB ON GROUND, CONCRETE . . . . . . . . . . . 1907,

2304.12.1.4 SLATE SHINGLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507.7, 1513 SLEEPING UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Cooking appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.10, 420.10.2 Group I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Group R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Scoping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2 Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.2, 420.3 SMOKE ALARMS

Bathrooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.11.4 Cooking appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.11.3 Live/work unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.5, 907.2.11.2 Multiple-station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.11 Residential aircraft hangars . . . . . . 412.4.3, 412.4.4,

907.2.21 Residential occupancies . . . . . . . . 420.5, 907.2.11.1,

907.2.11.2 Single-station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.11 SMOKE BARRIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.5, 709.4, 909.5 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.5, 716.2.2.1, 909.5.3 Fire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703, 709.3 Glazing, rated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.3.4 Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.7 Joints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.7, 715 Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.2 Opening protection . . . . . . . . . 709.5, 714.4, 714.5.4,

716, 717.5.5, 909.5.3 Penetrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.6, 714 Smoke control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.5 Special provisions

Ambulatory care facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.2,

422.3, 709.5.1

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H106
Elevators. . . . . . . . . .1109.7, 1111.2,_1124A,_3002.3,
3007.6.5, 3008.6.5
Encroachment, public right-of-way . . . . . . . . 3202.3.1
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 2702.2
Floor loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.1
Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H109
Height limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H109.1, H112.4
Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H106.1
Luminous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.5, 1013.5, 1025
Marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H113
Obstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003.3.2, 1003.3.3, H103
> Occupant load, assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.9
Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2611, D102.2.10
Portable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H114
Projecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H112
Protruding objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.3
Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H110
> Stairway identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.8, 1023.9
Standpipe control valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.7.1
>
>
Toilet room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.4, 2902.4.1
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E108.4, E109.2.2
Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6, H111
SITE DRAWINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.6
SITE WORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304
SKILLED NURSING AND INTERMEDIATE-CARE

FACILITIES [OSHPD 2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.2 COMMON ELEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4 Administration Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.3 Dietetic Service Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.2 Employee Dressing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.8 Housekeeping Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.6 Laundry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.7 Nursing Service Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.1 Sterile Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.4 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.4.5 OPTIONAL SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.1 Occupational Therapy Service . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.3 Physical Therapy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.2 Social Work Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.5 Special Treatment Program Service . . . . . 1225.6.6 Speech Pathology and/or

OPTIONAL SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.1 Occupational Therapy Service . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.3 Physical Therapy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.2 Social Work Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.5 Special Treatment Program Service . . . . . 1225.6.6 Speech Pathology and/or

Audiology Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.6.4 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.1 SKILLED NURSING UNIT MODELS . . . . . . . . 1225.5

HOUSEHOLD MODEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225.5.2 Cluster/household unit and resident unit. . 1225.5.2.2

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Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.5 SNOW LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1608
Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.6, 408.7 Glazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404
Underground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4.2, 405.4.3 SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
SMOKE COMPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . 407, 408, 422 (see FOUNDATION) . . . . . Chapter 18,Chapter 18A
Refuge area (see REFUGE AREA) Depth of footings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1809.4
SMOKE CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909
Amusement buildings, special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.1
Excavation, grading and fill . . 1804, 3304, J106, J107
Expansive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1803.5.3, 1808.6
Atrium buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.5 Flood hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1808.4
Covered and open mall building . . . . . . . . . . 402.7.2 Footings and foundations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1808
Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.9
High-rise (smoke removal). . . . . . . . 403.4.7, 1023.11
Special inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.18
Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.7.2
Standby power systems. . . . . . . . 909.11, 909.20.6.2,
2702.2
Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.5
Footings on or adjacent to slopes . . . . . . . . . 1808.7,
3304.1.3
Foundation walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1807.1.5, 3304.1.4
Geotechnical investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1803
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804.4, Appendix J
Load-bearing values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1806
Soil boring and sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1803.4
SMOKE DAMPERS . . . . . . . . . . . 717.2 through 717.5 Soil lateral load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610
SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM
(see FIRE ALARM AND
Special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1705.6
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3111
SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 907 Photovoltaic systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3111.3
SMOKE DETECTORS
Covered and open mall building . . . . . . . . 402.8.6.1,
907.2.20
High-rise buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.1, 907.2.13
HPM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.9.3
Institutional I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.8
Roof live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3111.1.2
Solar thermal systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3111.2
Wind resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3111.1.1
SORORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310.3
SOUND-INSULATING MATERIALS
(see INSULATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
Smoke-activated doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.2.6.6
Special amusement buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.4
SOUND TRANSMISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 31
Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.18 Automatic vehicular gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3110
SMOKE DEVELOPMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 803.1.2,
Table 803.13
Awnings and canopies
(see AWNINGS and CANOPIES). . . . . . . . . . 3105
SMOKE EXHAUST SYSTEMS Marquees (see MARQUEES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106
Underground buildings. . . . . . 405.5, 907.2.18, 909.2
SMOKE PARTITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 710
Membrane structures
(see MEMBRANE STRUCTURES) . . . . . . . . 3102
Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.4 New materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1702
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.5 Pedestrian walkways and tunnels (see WALKWAYS
Ducts and air transfer openings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.8 and TUNNELED WALKWAYS). . . . . . . . . . . . 3104
Fire-resistance rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.3 Signs (see SIGNS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.7 Solar energy systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3111
Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.7
Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.6
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.2
Opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.5, 717.5.7
Penetrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.6
Special provisions
Atriums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.6
Swimming pool enclosures and safety devices
(see SWIMMING POOL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3109
Telecommunication and broadcast towers
(see TOWERS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3108
Temporary structures
(see TEMPORARY STRUCTURES) . . . . . . . 3103
SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
(see INSPECTIONS) . . . . . . . . 110.3.10, Chapter 17
Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.3 Alternative test procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1707
SMOKE REMOVAL (High rise) . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4.7 Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1703
SMOKE VENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.7.1, 910 Continuous special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.5 SNOW LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1608
SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURES . . . . 403.5.4, 1023.11 Contractor responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1704.4
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.20 Design strengths of materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1706

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Height increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 504.3 High-rise buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.3, 903.2.11.3 Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 509 Institutional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.7, 408.11, 420.5,

903.2.6, 903.3.2 Laundry chutes, refuse chutes,

termination rooms and incinerator rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . 713.13, 903.2.11.2 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.5, 903.2.8 Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.7 Mezzanines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2.1, 505.2.3, 505.3.2 Multistory buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.3 Occupied roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.1.4 Parking garages . . . . . 406.6.3, 903.2.9.1, 903.2.10.1 Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.4, 903.2.8, 903.3.2 Special amusement buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.3 Spray finishing booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.5 Stages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.6 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.9, 903.2.10 Supervision

(see SPRINKLER SYSTEM, SUPERVISION). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.4 Underground buildings . . . . . . . . . . 405.3, 903.2.11.1 Unlimited area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 SPRINKLER SYSTEM, SUPERVISION . . . . . . . 903.4

Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.6 Underground buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.3 STAGES AND PLATFORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303, 410

Dressing rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.4 Fire barrier wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.4.1, 410.4.2 Floor finish and floor covering. . . . . . . . 410.2, 410.3,

804.4, 805.1 Horizontal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.4.1, 410.4.2 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.5 Platform, temporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.3.1 Platform construction . . . . . . . . . . . .410.3, 603.1(12) Proscenium curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.5 Proscenium wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.4 Roof vents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.7.1 Scenery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.6 Smoke control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.7.2 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.6 Stage construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.2, 603.1(12) Standpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.7, 905.3.4 Technical production areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,

410.2.2, 410.5.3 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.7 STAIRWAY

(see ALTERNATING TREAD DEVICES, SPIRAL STAIRWAYS, STAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION and STAIRWAY ENCLOSURE) STAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION

Alternating tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.14

General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1701
In-situ load tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1708
Periodic special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Preconstruction load tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1709
Special inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705
Statement of special inspections . . . . . . . . . . 1704.3
Structural observations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1704.6
Testing seismic resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.13
SPECIAL INSPECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1704.2.1
SPIRAL STAIRWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.10
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.2, 1011.3, 1011.10
Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.5.2, 1011.5.3,
1011.5.5.3, 1011.10
Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3.4
Live/work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.3.2
Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.5.3.4
> SPORTS ACTIVITY, AREA OF
(see RECREATIONAL FACILITIES) . . . . . . . . . . 202
SPRAY APPLICATION OF
FLAMMABLE FINISHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
SPRAYED FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIALS. . . . . . 202
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.13
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.14, 1705.15
Steel column calculated fire resistance . . . 722.5.2.2
SPRINKLER SYSTEM, AUTOMATIC. . . . . . 903, 3312
Exempt locations . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.1.1, 903.3.1.1.2
Fire department location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912
Limited area sprinkler systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.8
Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.2
SPRINKLER SYSTEM, REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . 903
Aircraft related . . . . . . . . . . 412.2.4, 412.3.6, 412.4.5
Ambulatory care facilities . . . . . . . . . . 422.4, 903.2.2
Amusement buildings, special . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.3
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.1, 1029.6.2.3
Atrium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.3
Basements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.1
Building area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.2
Children’s play structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.3
Combustible storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Commercial kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.5
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.12
Covered and open mall building . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.5
Drying rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.4
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.3
Exempt locations . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.1.1, 903.3.1.1.2
Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.4
Fire areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.3.10
Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . Table 414.2.5(1),
Table 414.2.5(2), 903.2.11.4
Hazardous occupancies . . . . . . . . 415.4, 415.11.6.4,
415.11.11, 705.8.1, 903.2.5

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Circular (see Curved) Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.7 Curved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.4, 1011.9 Discharge barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.8 During construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3310.1 Elevators . . . . . . 1011.12.1, 1023.4, 1023.10, 3002.7 Enclosure under. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.7.3, 1011.7.4 Exit access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Exterior exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027, 1028.1 Fireblocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2.4 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.2, 1015.3, 1607.7, 1607.8 Handrails . . . . . . . . . . 1011.11, 1014, 1607.7, 1607.8 Headroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.3 Interior exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Illumination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008.2, 1204.4, 1204.5 Ladders . . . . . . 408.3.5, 410.5.3.4, 1011.15, 1011.16 Landings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.6, 1011.8 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1, 1607.8 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9.12 Luminous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5.5, 411.6.1, 1025 Roof access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.12 Seismic anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.4.10 Spiral

(see SPIRAL STAIRWAYS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3.4,

410.5.3.4, 419.3.2, 1011.10 Stepped aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.14.2 Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.9.7, 1029.9.8, 1029.10 Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017.3.1 Treads and risers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.4, 1011.5 Width/capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.3.1, 1011.2 Winders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.4, 1011.5, 1011.10 STAIRWAY ENCLOSURE . . . . . . . . 713.1, 1019, 1023

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.3 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1023.2 Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.3.1, 1028.1 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.2.6.1, 1010.1.9.12 Elevators within . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.4, 3002.7 Exit access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . 705.2, 707.4, 708.5, 713.6,

uction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1023.2 Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.3.1, 1028.1 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.2.6.1, 1010.1.9.12 Elevators within . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.4, 3002.7 Exit access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . 705.2, 707.4, 708.5, 713.6,

1023.2, 1027.6 Fire-resistant construction . . . . . . . . . 1019.2, 1023.2 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019.4 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3.8, 1019.4 High-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.5 Penetrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.5 Pressurization . . . . . . . . . . 909.6, 909.20.5, 1023.11 Smokeproof . . . . . 403.5.4, 405.7.2, 909.20, 1023.11 Space below, use . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.7.3, 1011.7.4 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.6 STANDARDS (see REFERENCED STANDARDS)

STANDBY POWER . . . . . . . . .2702.1, 2702.2, 2702.4

Atriums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.7, 2702.2 Covered and open mall buildings. . . . . . . . . .402.7.3,

2702.2 Elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009.4, 2702.2,

3003.1, 3007.8, 3008.8 Fuel line piping protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2702.1.2 Hazardous occupancy . . . . . . . . .414.5.2, 415.11.10,

421.7, 2702.2 High-rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403.4.8, 2702.2 Horizontal sliding doors . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4.3, 2702.2 Membrane structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2702.2 Platform lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.5, 2702.2 Smoke control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.11, 2702.2 Smokeproof enclosure . . . . . . . . . 909.20.6.2, 2702.2 Special inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.12.6 Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.8, 2702.2 STANDPIPE AND HOSE SYSTEMS

(see STANDPIPES, REQUIRED) . . . . . 905, 3106.4,

3308.1.1, 3311 Cabinet locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.7.2 Dry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .905.8 Hose connection location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.1,

905.4 through 905.6, 912 STANDPIPES, REQUIRED

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.1, 905.3.2, 905.3.4 Covered and open mall buildings. . . . . . . . . .402.7.1,

905.3.3 During construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .905.10, 3311 Elevators, fire service access. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3007.9 Helistops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.6 Marinas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.7 Parking garages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.8 Roof gardens and landscaped roofs . . . . . . . 905.3.8 Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.7, 905.3.4 Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . .405.9, 905.3.5 STATE LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102.2 STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 22, Chapter 22A

ng garages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.8 Roof gardens and landscaped roofs . . . . . . . 905.3.8 Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410.7, 905.3.4 Underground buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . .405.9, 905.3.5 STATE LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102.2 STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 22, Chapter 22A

Bolting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204.2 Cable structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 Calculated fire resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722.5 Cold-formed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2210, 2211 Composite structural steel and concrete . . . . . . 2206 Conditions of restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.2.3 Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2210.1.1 Identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202 Joists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2207 Open-web joist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2207 Parapet walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503.3, 1503.5 Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2203

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STRENGTH DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1604.1

Factored load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Limit state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Load combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605.1 Load factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2108 STRUCTURAL DESIGN . . . . . . . . 107.2.7, Chapter 16

Chapter 16A Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 20 Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 19, Chapter 19A Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 18, Chapter 18A Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 21, Chapter 21A Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 22, Chapter 22A Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 23 STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION . . . . . . . . 202, 1704.6 STUCCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512 SUSCEPTIBLE BAY

Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Ponding instability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611.2 SWIMMING POOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3109

Flood provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G801.5 Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406.4 Toilet facilities for public pools . . . . . . . Table 2902.1,

2902.1.1

T

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION AREAS . . . . . . . 410.2.2,

410.5.3 TELEPHONE EXCHANGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 TELESCOPIC SEATING

(see FOLDING AND TELESCOPIC SEATING) TEMPORARY STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103

Certificate of occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.3, 111.3 Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.2, 3103.1.1 Construction documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.2 Encroachment, public rights-of-way . . . . . . . . 3202.3 Flood provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G901 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.4 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.1, 3103.1.2 Power, temporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.3, 112.2 Termination of approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.4 TENANT SEPARATION

Covered and open mall building . . . . 402.4.2.1, 708.1 TENTS (see TEMPORARY STRUCTURES) TERMITES, PROTECTION FROM . . . . . . . . . 2304.12 TERRA COTTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.9, 1411 TESTING

Automatic fire-extinguishing systems . . . . . . . . 904.4 Automatic water mist systems . . . . . . . . . . . 904.11.3 Building official required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.11.1

Seismic provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205.2, 2206.2,
2207.1.1, 2210.2, 2211.1.1
Special inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.3
Storage racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209
Structural steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205
Welding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204.1
STONE VENEER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.7
Slab-type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.8
STOP WORK ORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
> STORAGE OCCUPANCY (GROUP S). . . . . . . . . . 311
Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.1.1
Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.4, 406.5.5, 406.6.1,
503, 505, 506, 507, 508
Equipment platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2
Group provisions
Hazard storage, low, Group S-2. . . . . . . . . . 311.3
Hazard storage, moderate, Group S-1 . . . . . 311.2
Hazardous material display and storage . . . . 414.2.5
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.4, 406.6.1, 503,
504, 505, 508, 510
Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Interior finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 803.13, 804
Live loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1
Means of egress
Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.5
Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019
Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.3, 1016.2.1,
1017.2, 1017.2.2
Mixed occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4
Accessory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.1.1, 508.2
Parking above/below . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.3, 510.4,
510.7, 510.8, 510.9
Special mixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.2
Occupancy exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.1.1
Plumbing fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902
Special provisions
Aircraft related occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
High-piled combustible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Parking garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406, 510
Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.10
Unlimited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.3, 507.4, 507.5
STORM SHELTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Emergency operation facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.3
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.4
Refuge area (see REFUGE AREA)
Risk category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.5.1
STRENGTH
Design requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.2
Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Nominal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

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TORNADO SHELTER (see STORM SHELTER) TOWERS

Airport traffic control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412.2 Cooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1510.4 Location and access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3108.2 Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3108 Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3108 TOXIC MATERIALS

[see HIGH-HAZARD OCCUPANCY (GROUP H)] Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307.6, 414, 415 Gas detection system. . . . . . . 415.11.7, 421.5, 908.3 TRANSPORTATION . . . . . . . . . . . .E108, E109, E110 TRANSIENT LODGING (definition) . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TRAVEL DISTANCE

Area of refuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.6.1 Assembly seating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029.7 Atrium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404.9 Balcony, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017.2.1 Care suites (Group I-2) . . . . . . . . . . 407.4.2, 407.4.4 Common path of travel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016.2.1 Drinking fountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2902.5 Exit access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1017.2 Mall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.8.5, 402.8.6 Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1017.3 Refrigeration machinery/

refrigerated rooms . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.2, 1006.2.2.3 Smoke compartments (Group I-2 and I-3) . . . . 407.5,

408.6, 408.9 Special amusement building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411.3 Stories with one exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.3.3 Toilet facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.3.2, 2902.3.3 TREADS, STAIR

(see STAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION) Concentrated live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1607.1 TREATED WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Fire-retardant-treated wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2303.2 Pressure-treated wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.9 Stress adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.1.3 TRUSSES

Cold-formed steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211.1.3 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704.5 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Metal-plate-connected wood . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.4.6 Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2303.4 TSUNAMI

Flood hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Appendix M Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1615 TUNNELED WALKWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3104, 3202.1 TURNSTILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.3

Carbon dioxide systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.8
Clean agent system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.10
Dry chemical systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.6
Emergency and standby power . . . . . . . . . . . . 2702.4
Fire alarm systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.7, 907.8
Fire pumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.5
Fire-resistant materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.2
Foam systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.7
Glazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406, 2408.2.1
Halon systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.9
Personnel and material hoists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004.4
Roof tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504.2.1
Seismic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.13
Sound transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207
Smoke control . . . . . . . . . . 909.3, 909.5.2, 909.10.2,
909.12.1, 909.13.3, 909.18,
909.20.6.3, 909.21.7, 1705.18
Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1803
Sprinkler protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.5
Structural
(see SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS)
Wet chemical systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.5
TESTING AGENCY (definition)_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202_
THEATERS
[see ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY (GROUP A,
PROJECTION ROOMS and STAGES AND
PLATFORMS)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.2
THERMAL BARRIER,
FOAM PLASTIC INSULATION. . . . 2603.4, 2603.5.2
THERMAL-INSULATING MATERIALS
(see INSULATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
TILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Ceramic (see CERAMIC TILE)
Fire resistance, clay or shale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.1
TOILETS and TOILET ROOMS . . . . Chapter 29, 3305
> Accessible_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127A, 1134A,_ 1607.8.2
Construction/finish materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209
>
>
Door locking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.3.5
Family or assisted-use. . . . . . . . . 2902.1.3, 2902.2.1
Fixture count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2902.1
Grab bar live loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607.8.2
Lavatory distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.1.4
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.3.1, 2902.3.2,
2902.3.3, 2903.3.6
Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209.3
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209.3
Public facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.3
> Signs_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1143A,_ 2902.4, 2902.4.1
Single user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902.1.3
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.5.2.1

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Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Live loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Means of egress

Exit signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.1 Stairway, exit access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Mixed occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4 Special provisions

Private garages and carports . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.3 Residential aircraft hangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.4 Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11 Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . 1016.2.1, 1017.1, 1006.3

VALUATION OR VALUE

(see FEES, PERMIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.3 VAPOR RETARDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1405 VEHICLE BARRIER SYSTEMS . . . . . . . 202, 406.4.2,

1607.9 VEHICLE SHOW ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 VEHICULAR FUELING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.7 VEHICULAR GATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3110 VEHICULAR REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8 VENEER

Cement plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.15, 1411 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.17 Fiber-cement siding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.16, 1411 Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.12, 1411 Masonry, adhered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.10, 1411

2101.2.1, 2103.2.4 Masonry, anchored . . . . . . . . 1404.6, 1411, 2101.2.1 Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.11 Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1411, 2605 Slab-type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.8, 1411 Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.7, 1411 Terra cotta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.9, 1411 Vinyl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.14, 1411 Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.5 VENTILATION (see MECHANICAL) . . . . . . . . . 101.4.2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.8, 1411 Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.7, 1411 Terra cotta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.9, 1411 Vinyl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.14, 1411 Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.5 VENTILATION (see MECHANICAL) . . . . . . . . . 101.4.2

Aircraft paint hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.5.6 Attic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.2, 1503.4 Bathrooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.4.2.1 Crawl space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.4 Exhaust, hazardous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.6 Exhaust, HPM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.10.2 Exit enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.6 Fabrication areas, HPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.1.6 Hazardous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.3, 415.9.1.7,

415.11.1.6, 415.11.5.8, 415.11.6.4, 415.11.7, 415.11.9.3 High-rise stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.11

U
UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Alarms and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.6
Compartmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4
Construction type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.2
Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4.3
Emergency power loads . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.8, 2702.2
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.7
Smoke barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.4.2, 405.4.3
Smoke exhaust/control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.5
Smokeproof enclosure . . . . . . . . . . 405.7.2, 1023.11
Sprinkler protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.3
Standby power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.8, 2702.2
Standpipe system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.9, 905.3.5
UNDERLAYMENT. . . . . . . . . 202, 1507.1.1, 1507.2.3,
1507.3.3, 1507.4.5, 1507.5.3,
1507.6.3, 1507.7.3, Table 1507.8,
1507.8.3, 1507.9.3, 1507.17.3, 1507.18.3
Application . . . . . . . . . 1507.1.1, 1507.3.3, 1507.18.4
Ice barrier . . . . . . . . . . 1507.1.2, 1507.2.7, 1507.5.4,
1507.6.4, 1507.7.4, 1507.8.4,
1507.9.4, 1507.17.4
UNLIMITED AREA BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT
(see STRUCTURES, UNSAFE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113, Appendix B
Revocation of permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6
Stop work orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Utilities disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.3
UNSTABLE MATERIALS . . . .307.3, Table 414.2.5(1),
Table 414.5.1, Table 415.6.2,
415.7.1, 415.9
UNUSABLE SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.3.3
USE AND OCCUPANCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3
Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.2
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.1
Detailed requirements based on
occupancy and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4
Incidental uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509, Table 509
Mixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3, 508.4
Use designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.2
UTILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Service connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.1
Service disconnection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.3
Temporary connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.2
> UTILITY AND MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPANCY
(GROUP U) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Agricultural buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Appendix C
Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 505, 506, 507, 508
Flood provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1001
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 504, 508

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HPM service corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.11.3.2 Live/work unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.8 Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.1 Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.5 Parking. . . . . . . . 406.5.2, 406.5.5, 406.5.10, 406.6.2 Projection rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.3 Repair garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8.1 Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.2 Smoke exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Smoke removal, high-rise buildings. . . . . . . . 403.4.7 Smokeproof enclosures . . . . . . . . 909.20.3, 909.20.4,

909.20.6, 1023.11 Spray rooms and spaces . . . . . . . . . . . 416.2.2, 416.3 Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2.5, 410.2.7 Under-floor ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202.4 VENTS, PENETRATION PROTECTION . . . . . . . . 714 VERMICULITE, FIRE RESISTANT . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 VERTICAL OPENING PROTECTION

Atriums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.6 Duct penetrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.1 Elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713.14, 3007.6.1, 3008.6.1 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1023.2 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.5 High-rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2.1.2, 403.2.3, 403.5.1 Live/work units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.4 Open parking garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.9 Permitted vertical openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 Shaft enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713, 1019, 1023.2 VESTIBULES, EXIT DISCHARGE . . . . . . . . . . . 1028.1 VINYL

Expanded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 803.7, 803.8 Rigid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.14 VIOLATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 VOICE ALARM (see ALARMS, VOICE)

W

WALKWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3104

During construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Encroachment, public right-of-way . . . . . . . 3202.3.4 Fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 601 Live load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1607.1 Materials per construction type . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Opening protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716, 717 WALL, EXTERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705, 1401

Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Combustible wall covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1405 Coverings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404 Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2.4 Exterior Insulation and

Finish Systems (EIFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1407 Exterior structural members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.10

Fire district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D102.1, D102.2.6 Fire-resistance ratings . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 602, 703,

705.5, 706.5.1, 707.4, 1402.4 Flashing, veneered walls . . . . . . . .1404.4, 1404.10.1

1405.10.1.2 Foam plastic insulation. . . . . . . . . 2603.4.1.4, 2603.5 Glazing, rated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715.5 Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705.9, 714 Light-transmitting plastic panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2607 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.4, 1403.1, 1405 Metal Composite Materials (MCM). . . . . . . . . . . 1406 Nonbearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Opening protection. . . . . . . .705.8, 705.10, 716.2.5.4 Parapets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705.11 Performance requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1402 Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705.2 Structural stability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705.6 Vapor retarders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1404.3 Veneer (see VENEER) Weather resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1402.2, 1404.2,

1406.6, 1407.4 Weather-resistant barriers . . . . . . . . . 1404.2, 1409.6 WALL, FIRE (see FIRE WALLS) WALL, FOUNDATION (see FOUNDATION) WALL, INTERIOR

Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803, 1209.2 Opening protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716, 717 WALL, INTERIOR NONBEARING (see PARTITIONS) WALL, MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Wood contact . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.12.1.3, 2304.12.2.1 WALL, PARAPET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705.11, 1503.3,

2109.2.4.3 WALL, PARTY (see FIRE WALLS) WALL, PENETRATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .714.4 WALL, RETAINING (see RETAINING WALL) WALL, VENEERED (see VENEER) . . . . . . Chapter 14 WALL, WOOD CONSTRUCTION

Bracing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.6 Cutting, notching, boring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.5.9 Exterior framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.5 Fastening schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2304.10.1 Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.3, 2308.5 Interior bearing partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.5.4 Interior nonbearing partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.5.1 Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.5.5 Shear walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.1, 2306.3 Sheathing (see SHEATHING) Studs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.5.1 Top plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2308.5.3.2 WASTE, CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420.11 WATER-REACTIVE MATERIALS . . . . Table 307.1(1),

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Fire-retardant treated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.2 Floor and roof framing (see FLOOR

CONSTRUCTION, WOOD). . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.4 Floor sheathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.8 Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1807.1.4, 2308.6.7.4 Grade, lumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.1 Hardboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.7 Heavy timber construction . . . . . . . . . 602.4, 2304.11 Hurricane shutters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.2 I-joist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.2 Inspection, special . . . 1705.5, 1705.11.1, 1705.12.2 Lateral force-resisting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305 Light-frame construction, conventional . . . . . . . . 2308 Load and resistance factor design . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Moisture content . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.9.2, 2303.2.6 Nails and staples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.6 Plywood, hardwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.3 Preservative treated . . . . . . 1402.5, 1402.6, 2303.1.9 Roof framing

(see ROOF CONSTRUCTION, WOOD) . . . 2304.4 Roof sheathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.8 Seismic provisions . . . . . . . . . 2305, 2306, 2308.6.6,

2308.6.8, 2308.6.10 Shear walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305, 2306.3 Standards and quality, minimum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303 Structural panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 2303.1.5 Supporting concrete or masonry. . . . . . . . . . 2304.13 Termite, protection against . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.12 Trusses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.4 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 14 Wall framing

(see WALL, WOOD CONSTRUCTION) . . . 2304.3 Wall sheathing, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.6 Wood Frame Construction Manual . . . . . . . . . . . 2309 WOOD SHINGLES AND SHAKES . . . . 1507.8, 1507.9 WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS

(see WOOD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202, 2303.1.5 Bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6 Decorative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.3 Diaphragms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.2, 2306.2 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.10 Fire-retardant-treated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.2 Performance category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.5 Roof sheathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.8, 2308.7.10 Seismic shear panels . . . . . . . . . . 2305.1, 2308.6.6.2 Shear walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.3 Sheathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.6.1 Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.1 Subfloors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804.4 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.5

WEATHER PROTECTION

Exterior walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.2 Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503 WELDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204.1

Materials, verification of steel reinforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.3.2 Special inspections. . . . 1705.2, 1705.3.1, 1705.12.3 Splices of reinforcement in masonry. . . . . . . . 2107.3,

2108.3 WIND LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609

Basic design wind speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.3 Construction documents. . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 1603.1.4 Exposure category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.4 Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.2, 2404 Hurricane-prone regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Masonry, empirical design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2109.1.1 Nominal design wind speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609.3.1 Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1504.1, 1609.5, 2308.7.5 Seismic detailing required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604.10 Special inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705.11 Statement of special inspections . . . . . . . . . . 1704.3 Structural observation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1704.6.2 Wind tunnel testing . . . . . . . . . . 1504.2.1.2, 1609.1.1 Windborne debris region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 WINDERS, STAIR

(see STAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION) WINDOW

Emergency egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Exterior, structural testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1709.5 Fire (see OPENING PROTECTIVES) . . . . . . . 716.2,

716.2.8 Glass (see GLAZING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404.13 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.8 Required light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204.1, 1204.2 Wells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030.5 WIRES, PENETRATION PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . 714 WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 23

Allowable stress design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306 Bracing, walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.6 Calculated fire resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.6 Ceiling framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.7 Connectors and fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.10 Contacting concrete,

masonry or earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.12.1.3,

2304.12.1.4, 2304.12.2.1, 2304.12.2.2, 2304.12.3 Decay, protection against . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.12 Diaphragms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.1, 2305.2, 2306.2 Draftstopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.3, 718.4 End-jointed lumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.1.2 Fiberboard . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1.5, Table 2306.3(2) Fireblocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.2

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YARDS OR COURTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205

Exit discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028.4 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.10 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.3.6, 408.6.2 Light, natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204 Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.7 Parking garage, open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5.5 Unlimited area building . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.2, 507.2.1

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Title 24, Part 2, California Code of Regulations (CCR)

HISTORY:

For prior code history, see the History Note Appendix to the California Building Code 2016 Triennial Edition, effective January 1, 2017.

  1. BSC 02/18, HCD 03/18, DSA-SS/CC 02/18, DSA/AC 01/18, SFM 01/18, OSHPD 02/18 and OSHPD 03/18, CDPH 01/18, SLC 01/18, BSCC 01/18 -- Adoption of the 2018 edition of the International Building Code published by the International Code Council, for incorporation into the 2019 California Building Code, CCR Title 24, Part 2 with amendments for state-regulated occupancies effective on January 1, 2020.

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Contents — California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)
California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)
  1. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  2. Appendix G — FLOOD-RESISTANT
  3. Appendix L — EARTHQUAKE RECORDING
  4. Appendix M — TSUNAMI-GENERATED
  5. Chapter 1 — SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
  6. Chapter 3 — OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND USE
  7. Chapter 4 — SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED
  8. Chapter 5 — GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS
  9. Chapter 6 — TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
  10. Chapter 7 — FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES
  11. Chapter 7A — MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
  12. Chapter 8 — INTERIOR FINISHES
  13. Chapter 9 — FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS
  14. Chapter 10 — MEANS OF EGRESS
  15. Chapter 11A — HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY
  16. Chapter 11B — ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PUBLIC ACCOMM…
  17. Chapter 12 — INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT
  18. Chapter 14 — EXTERIOR WALLS
  19. Chapter 15 — ROOF ASSEMBLIES AND ROOFTOP STRUCTURES
  20. Chapter 16 — STRUCTURAL DESIGN
  21. Chapter 16A — STRUCTURAL DESIGN
  22. Chapter 17 — SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
  23. Chapter 18 — SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
  24. Chapter 19 — CONCRETE
  25. Chapter 20 — ALUMINUM
  26. Chapter 21 — MASONRY
  27. Chapter 22 — STEEL
  28. Chapter 23 — WOOD
  29. Chapter 24 — GLASS AND GLAZING
  30. Chapter 25 — GYPSUM BOARD, GYPSUM PANEL PRODUCTS AND PLASTER
  31. Chapter 26 — PLASTIC
  32. Chapter 27 — ELECTRICAL
  33. Chapter 28 — MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
  34. Chapter 30 — ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS
  35. Chapter 31 — SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION
  36. Chapter 31B — PUBLIC POOLS
  37. Chapter 31C — RADIATION
  38. Chapter 31D — FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
  39. Chapter 31F — MARINE OIL TERMINALS
  40. Chapter 32 — ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
  41. Chapter 33 — SAFEGUARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION
  42. Chapter 35 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  43. Appendix A — EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS
  44. Appendix B — BOARD OF APPEALS
  45. Appendix C — GROUP U – AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS
  46. Appendix D — FIRE DISTRICTS
  47. Appendix F — RODENTPROOFING
  48. Appendix H — SIGNS
  49. Appendix I — PATIO COVERS
  50. Appendix J — GRADING
  51. Appendix K — GROUP R-3 AND GROUP R-3.1 OCCUPANCIES
  52. Appendix N — REPLICABLE BUILDINGS
  53. Appendix O — EMERGENCY HOUSING

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