Chapter 11 — CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2019 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · California
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(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user.
See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)
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| [California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1] |
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| 1103.7.8 – 1103.7.8.2 | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1103.7.9 – 1103.7.9.10 | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1103.8 – 1103.8.5.3 | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1116 | X |
- The California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 19, Division 1 provisions that are found in the California Fire Code are a reprint from the current CCR, Title 19, Division 1 text for the code user’s convenience only. The scope, applicability and appeals procedures of CCR, Title 19, Division I remain the same.
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CHAPTER 11
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
User note:
About this chapter: Chapter 11 applies to existing buildings constructed prior to the adoption of the code and is intended to ensure a mini- mum degree of fire and life safety to persons occupying existing buildings by providing for alterations to such buildings that do not comply with the minimum requirements of the International Building Code . The provisions address general fire safety features such as requirements for fire alarm systems in some existing buildings and general means of egress, and include a section dedicated to existing Group I-2 occupan- cies.
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