Chapter 7 — ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 1
Section 706 — STRUCTURAL
2025 California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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[BS] 706.1 General. Where alteration work includes replacement of equipment that is supported by the building or where a reroofing permit is required, the provisions of this section shall apply. [BS] 706.2 Addition or replacement of roofing or replacement of equipment. Any existing gravity load-carrying structural element for which an alteration causes an increase in design dead, live or snow load, including snow drift effects, of more than 5 percent shall be replaced or altered as needed to carry the gravity loads required by the California Building Code for new structures. Exceptions: 1.…