Chapter 13 — PERFORMANCE COMPLIANCE METHODS
Section 1305 — SCORING AND EVALUATION
2025 California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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1305.1 Safety categories. ¶
1305.1 Safety categories. The evaluation shall be composed of three categories: fire safety, means of egress and general safety, as defined in Sections 1305.1.1 through 1305.1.3. 1305.1.1 Fire safety. Included within the fire safety category are the structural fire resistance, automatic fire detection, fire alarm, automatic sprinkler system and fire suppression system features of the facility. 1305.1.2 Means of egress. Included within the means of egress category are the configuration, characteristics and support features for means of egress in the facility. 1305.1.3 General safety. Included…
1305.2 Evaluation process. ¶
1305.2 Evaluation process. The evaluation process specified herein shall be followed in its entirety to evaluate existing buildings in Groups A, B, E, F, M, R, S and U. For existing buildings in Group I-2, the evaluation process specified herein shall be followed and applied to each and every individual smoke compartment. Table 1306.1 shall be utilized for tabulating the results of the evaluation. References to other sections of this code or other codes indicate that compliance with those sections is required in order to gain credit in the evaluation herein outlined. In applying this section…