Section 506 — CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY

San Francisco Building Inspection Commission Codes · 2022 edition · ingested 2026-07-08 · San Francisco

506.5.3 Add the following sections:

506.5.3.1 Increase in Occupant Load. Where the occupant load of the entire building or structure is increased by more than 10 percent and by more than 100 persons as compared to the occupant load of the existing legal use or the use for which the building was originally permitted, the building shall comply with Section 304.3.2 for the reduced seismic forces.

506.5.3.2 Group E. A building changing occupancy to an E occupancy, and is otherwise subject to Section 329, shall comply with Section 329.

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