Occupancy Definitions

Chapter 3

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Work exempt from permit

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One-story detached accessory buildings limited to 120 square feet in

area

Fences limited to 6 feet in height

Oil derricks

Movable cases and partitions limited to 5 feet1 9 inches in height

Retaining walls limited to 4 feet in height

Water tanks supported directly on grade, limited to 5000 gallons, and

ratio of height to diamet - r does not exceed 2 to 1

Platforms, walks and driveways limited to 30 inches above grade

Painting, papering and sim il ar finish work

Temporary motion picture, television and theater stage sets and

scenery

Window awnings for Group R-3 and U Occupancies when projecting not
more than 54 inches

Prefabricated swimming pools accessory to Group R-3 Occupancies

when capacity is limited to 5000 gallons

SUMMARY OF UNIFORM BUILDING CODE

STANDPIPE STANDARDS
TYPE
CIMSI

USE

Heavy streams
Fire Department
Trained p r onn I

Advanced stages of fire

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SIZE HOSE AND

INTENDED

Small streams
Building occiJpants
Incipient fire

Both of abov

LOCATION

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MINIMUM
WATf:R SUPPLY

2-1/2-inch connections.

500 gpm first standpipe

Within each requir - e1

stairw y enclosur at every
floor above the first story.
Each side of horizontal exit
wall, adjacent to exit
opening.

250 gpm each additional

1-112-inch connections.

100 gpm per building,

30-minute duration

All portion of ach tory or

ction within so feet of
nozzle with 100 feet of
hose.

Same as class I with aaded

1-1/2-inoh outlets or
1-1/2-inch adapters and
1-1/2-inch hose.
Distribution same as class II

(2500 gpm maximum)

30-minute duratloh
100 psi at top outlet with
500 gpm flow

GS psi with i 00 gpm

flowing from topmost outlet

Same as Class I

Floor

Fire-Resistive
Floor/Ceiling
Assembly

Protective Ceiling
Membrane with
Protected Openings
per Section 710.3

1. Individual protection not r quir d for be m which support only one floor

or roof.

2. Individual protection required for beams which support loads from a floor and
roof, or more than one floor.
3. All columns requiring fire protection must be protected for their full height.

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Item No. 2-1.2
Steel Beams and Girders
Anchor mesh to top plate

Concrete made with

sandstone, granite or
siliceous gravel

3-inch or finer mesh at

1 inch from finished
m.trface min, .025 sq. in.
of steel per foot
each direction

Edges of lugs brackets, rivets

and bolt heads attach -d to structural
members may extend to within 1" of
the surface of the fire protection

Minimum thickness

Minimum Thickness (in inches)

4 Hr.

3 Hr.

2 Hr.

1 Hr.

2-1 /2

1-1/2

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_____ Openings located so that

4 sphere cannot pass through

*36 11

Minimum

42 11

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Minimum

Greater than
30" above grade
*Exception for R-3 and U-1 Occupancies and within dwelling
units or guests rooms of R-1 occupancies

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30 inches

minimum
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ROOF
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FOUNDATION

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SEPARATION

WALL

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TYPE OF
OCCUPANCY
SEPARATION

MINIMUM
FIRE-RES ISTIVE
CONSTRUCTION

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MINIMUM
OPENING
. PROTECTION .

AMOUNT OF
OPENING
PROTECTION

FOUR-HOUR
FIRE-RESISTIVE

FOUR~HOUR .

NO OPENINGS
PERMllTED

NO OPENINGS
PERMITTED

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THREE-HOUR

THREE-HOUR

THREE-HOUR1

FIRE-RESISTIVE

TWOHOUR
FIRE-RESISTIVE

1WO-HOUR

ONE-HOUR
FIRE-RESISTIVE

ONE-HOUR

ONE AND

MAXIMUM
25'% OF WALL LENGTH
AND MAXIMUM

120 SQ. FT./OPENING1

UNLIMITED

ONE-HALF-HOUR

ONE-HOUR

UNLIMITED

1 Applies only to openings in walls. All openings in floors shall be protected by vertical
enclosures extending above and below such openings. The walls of such vertical
enclosures shall be of not less than mo-hour fire-resistive construction and all
openings therein shall be protected by a fire assembly having a one and one-half-hour
fire-protection rating. See exception for use of a three-hour enclosure below the
occypancy separation and a one~hour enclosure above the separation .

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34" CLEAR

20 CLEAR

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MINIMUM

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AREA

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5,J SO. FT.

MfNtMUM .

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AREA
5.7 SQ. Fr.
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MINIMUM SIZE
WINDOW FOR
20 11 CLEAR WIDTH

24 11
CLeAR
MINIMUM

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MINIMUM S IZ~ WINDOW

FOR 24" CLEAR HEIGHT

SILL HEIGHT
44" MAXIMUM

FLOOR

Smoke detectors In each sleeping room

Bleeping Room

Living Room

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Smoke detector
centrally located
in corridor

Sleeping Room

Bsth

Dining
Room

Kitchen

Fl replace
Opening
2 6 Sq . Ft.

Fireplac
Opening
< 6 Sq. Ft.

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WOOD FRAMING
MEMBERS (OR ANY
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL)

WOOD
ST UD

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MINIMUM

FRO NT

VIEW

FIREPLACE, SMOKE CHAMBER

OR CHIMNEY WALLS

P LAN
VI EW

-=-~ 6"min .

Combustible
Trim, etc.

--- 2"
MINIMUM

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10" min.

an min.
if firebrick
1/4ii max.
joints

2011 min.,
depth

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Fa$tener sJacing
Nails - 7" max~

Ceiling:

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Ceiling Joists, ~
- ~Typical

Fastener Spacing
at Sidewalls:
Nails - 8" max.

Screws - 12" max. for

framing 24" o/c
- 16" max. for
framing 16" o/c

Gypsum Board
Parallel to
Studs - - -1-H--+---H-
Gypsum Board Perpendicular to Studs

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SUBFLOOR

WOOD JOLSTS,
TYPICAL

FINISHED

GRADE

WOOD
GIRDER
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NATURAL

GRADE

ACCESSIBLE UNDER FLOOR AREA SHALL BE

PROVIDED WITH A MINIMUM18" X 24" OPENING
UNOBSTRUCTED WITH PIPES, DUCTS OR SIMILAR
CONSTRUCTION OPENING SHALL BE
SCREENED OR COVERED
*

FOOTING

UNDER-FLOOR

CLEARANCE

* WHERE FLOOR ASSEMBLIES ARE LESS THAN THE MINIMUM DIMENSIONS NOTED

FOR WOOD FLOOR JOISTS AND GIRDERS, THE ENTIRE FLOOR ASSEMBLY SHALL
BE APPROVED WOOD OF NATURAL RESISTANCE TO DECAY AS LISTED IN
SECTION 2306.4, OR TREATED WOOD.

Handrail
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12 11
Min.

34" to 38"

12"
Min.

34 11

to 38 11

11" min.
9" min. for
private stairways
serving
<1O occupants

4" min.
7" max.

8" max. for

private stairways
serving c:: 10

Handrails

(Permitted Projection into

Required Width)

44 11 Minimum
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Occupant Load of 50 or More

3611 Minimum
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Occupant Load of 49 or Less "
.. Width
Determined Par 1003.2