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Chapter 101
Section 101. Title. These regulations shall be known as the Building Code...
Section 102. General. Where, in any specific case, different sections of ...
Section 103. Creation of enforcement agency. The Department of Building S...
Section 104. Research reports. Supporting data, where necessary to assist...
Section 105. Required. Any owner or authorized agent who intends to const...
Section 106. Submittal documents. Construction documents, statement of sp...
Section 107. General. The building official is authorized to issue a perm...
Section 108. Payment of fees. A permit shall not be valid until the fees ...
Section 109. General. Construction or work for which a permit is required...
Section 110. Use and occupancy. No building or structure shall be used or...
Section 111. Connection of service utilities. No person shall make connec...
Section 112. General. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, deci...
Section 113. Unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or ...
Section 114. Authority. Whenever the building official finds any work reg...
Section 115. Conditions. Structures or existing equipment that are or her...
Chapter 20
Section 2001. Scope. This chapter shall govern the quality, design, fabric...
Section 2002. General. Aluminum used for structural purposes in buildings ...
Chapter 3
Section 301. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall control the clas...
Section 302. General. Structures or portions of structures shall be class...
Section 303. Assembly Group A. Assembly Group A occupancy includes, among...
Section 304. Business Group B. Business Group B occupancy includes, among...
Section 305. Educational Group E. Educational Group E occupancy includes,...
Section 306. Factory Industrial Group F. Factory Industrial Group F occup...
Section 307. High-hazard Group H-5 structures. Semiconductor fabrication ...
Section 308. Institutional Group I. Institutional Group I occupancy inclu...
Section 309. 1 Mercantile Group M. Mercantile Group M occupancy includes,...
Section 310. Residential Group R. Residential Group R includes, among oth...
Section 311. Storage Group S. Storage Group S occupancy includes, among o...
Chapter 4
Section 401. Detailed use and occupancy requirements. In addition to the ...
Section 402. Kiosks. Kiosks and similar structures (temporary or permanen...
Section 403. Standby power. A standby power system complying with Section...
Section 404. General. In other than Group H occupancies, and where permit...
Section 405. Emergency power. An emergency power system complying with Se...
Section 406. Private garages and carports. Classification. Buil...
Section 407. 1 General. Occupancies in Group I-2 shall comply with the pr...
Section 408. Exit enclosures. One of the required exit enclosures in each...
Section 409. General. The provisions of this section shall apply to rooms...
Section 410. Automatic sprinkler system. Stages shall be equipped with an...
Section 411. General. Special amusement buildings having an occupant load...
Section 412. Fire suppression. Aircraft hangars shall be provided with fi...
Section 413. General. High-piled stock or rack storage in any occupancy g...
Section 414. Aerosols. Level 2 and 3 aerosol products shall be stored and...
Section 415. Fire separation distance. Group H occupancies shall be locat...
Section 416. Spray rooms. Spray rooms shall be enclosed with fire barrier...
Section 417. General.Adrying room or dry kiln installed within a building...
Section 418. Building features. Manufacturing of organic coatings shall b...
Section 419. General. Occupancies in Groups I-1, R-1, R-2 and R-3 shall c...
Section 420. System design. The flammable gas-detection system shall be l...
Chapter 5
Section 501. Scope. The provisions of this chapter control the height and...
Section 502. Definitions. The followingwords and terms shall, for the pur...
Section 503. General. The height and area for buildings of different cons...
Section 504. General. The height permitted by Table 503 shall be increase...
Section 505. Fire suppression. Where located in a building that is requir...
Section 506. General. The areas limited by Table 503 shall be permitted t...
Section 508. General. Where a building or portion thereof contains two or...
Section 509. General. The provisions in this section shall permit the use...
Chapter 6
Section 601. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall control the clas...
Section 603. Allowable materials. Combustible materials shall be permitte...
Chapter 7
Section 701. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the mater...
Section 702. Definitions. The followingwords and terms shall, for the pur...
Section 703. Scope. Materials prescribed herein for fire resistance shall...
Section 704. Vertical exposure. For buildings on the same lot, opening pr...
Section 705. Joints. Joints made in or between fire walls shall comply wi...
Section 706. Ducts and air transfer openings. Penetrations in a fire barr...
Section 707. Ducts and air transfer openings. Penetrations of a shaft enc...
Section 708. General. The following wall assemblies shall comply with thi...
Section 709. General. Smoke barriers shall comply with this section....
Section 710. General. Smoke partitions installed as required elsewhere in...
Section 711. General. Floor and roof assemblies required to have a fire-r...
Section 712. Scope. The provisions of this section shall govern the mater...
Section 713. General. Joints installed in or between fire-resistance- rat...
Section 714. Requirements. The fire-resistance rating of structural membe...
Section 715. General. Opening protectives required by other sections of t...
Section 718. Thickness of plaster. The minimum thickness of gypsum plaste...
Section 719. General. Insulating materials, including facings such as vap...
Section 720. General. The provisions of this section contain prescriptive...
Section 721. General. The provisions of this section contain procedures b...
Chapter 8
Section 801. Scope. Provisions of this chapter shall govern the use of ma...
Section 802. General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpos...
Section 803. Surface burning characteristic test. Textile wall and ceilin...
Section 804. General. Interior floor finish and floor covering materials ...
Section 805. Application. Combustible materials installed on or embedded ...
Section 806. General requirements. In occupancies in Groups A, E, I and R...
Chapter 9
Section 901. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall specify where fi...
Section 902. Definitions. The followingwords and terms shall, for the pur...
Section 903. General. Automatic sprinkler systems shall comply with this ...
Section 904. General. Automatic fire-extinguishing systems, other than au...
Section 905. During construction. Standpipe systems required during const...
Section 906. General. Portable fire extinguishers shall be provided in oc...
Section 907. General. This section covers the application, installation, ...
Section 908. Group H occupancies. Emergency alarms for the detection and ...
Section 909. Equipment. Equipment including, but not limited to, fans, du...
Section 910. General. Where required by this code or otherwise installed,...
Section 911. Features. Where required by other sections of this code, a f...
Section 912. Installation. Fire department connections shall be installed...
Chapter 11
Section 1101. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall control the desi...
Section 1102. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the pu...
Section 1103. Where required. Sites, buildings, structures, facilities, el...
Section 1104. Site arrival points. Accessible routes within the site shall...
Section 1105. Public entrances. In addition to accessible entrances requir...
Section 1106. Required. Where parking is provided, accessible parking spac...
Section 1107. General. In addition to the other requirements of this chapt...
Section 1108. General. In addition to the other requirements of this chapt...
Section 1109. Assembly area seating. Assembly areas with fixed seating sha...
Section 1110. Signs. Required accessible elements shall be identified by t...
Chapter 12
Section 1201. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern ventilati...
Section 1202. General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpos...
Section 1203. General. Buildings shall be provided with natural ventilatio...
Section 1204. Equipment and systems. Interior spaces intended for human oc...
Section 1205. General. Every space intended for human occupancy shall be p...
Section 1206. General. This section shall apply to yards and courts adjace...
Section 1207. Scope. This section shall apply to common interior walls, pa...
Section 1208. Minimumroom widths. Habitable spaces, other than a kitchen, ...
Section 1209. Crawl spaces. Crawl spaces shall be provided with a minimum ...
Section 1210. Floors. In other than dwelling units, toilet and bathing roo...
Chapter 13
Section 1301. Scope. This chapter governs the design and construction of b...
Chapter 14
Section 1401. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall establish the mi...
Section 1402. General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpos...
Section 1403. General. The provisions of this section shall apply to exter...
Section 1404. General. Materials used for the construction of exterior wal...
Section 1405. General. Exterior wall coverings shall be designed and const...
Section 1406. General. Section 1406 shall apply to exterior wall coverings...
Section 1407. Type I, II, III and IV construction. Where installed on buil...
Chapter 15
Section 1501. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the desig...
Section 1502. General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpos...
Section 1503. General. Roof decks shall be covered with approved roof cove...
Section 1504. Wind resistance of roofs. Roof decks and roof coverings shal...
Section 1505. General. Roof assemblies shall be divided into the classes d...
Section 1506. Scope. The requirements set forth in this section shall appl...
Section 1507. Built-up roofs. The installation of built-up roofs shall com...
Section 1508. General. The use of above-deck thermal insulation shall be p...
Section 1509. General. The provisions of this section shall govern the con...
Section 1510. General. Materials and methods of application used for recov...
Chapter 16
Section 1601. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the struc...
Section 1602. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the pu...
Section 1603. General. Construction documents shall show the size, section...
Section 1604. Wind and seismic detailing. Lateral-force-resisting systems ...
Section 1605. General. Buildings and other structures and portions thereof...
Section 1606. General. Dead loads are those loads defined in Section 1602....
Section 1607. General. Live loads are those loads defined in Section 1602....
Section 1608. General. Design snow loads shall be determined in accordance...
Section 1609. Applications. Buildings, structures and parts thereof shall ...
Section 1610. General. Basement, foundation and retaining walls shall be d...
Section 1611. Design rain loads. Each portion of a roof shall be designed ...
Section 1612. General.Within flood hazard areas as established in Section ...
Section 1613. Scope. Every structure, and portion thereof, including nonst...
Chapter 17
Section 1701. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the quali...
Section 1702. General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpos...
Section 1703. Approved agency. An approved agency shall provide all inform...
Section 1704. General. Where application is made for construction as descr...
Section 1705. General. Where special inspection or testing is required by ...
Section 1706. Contractor responsibility. Each contractor responsible for t...
Section 1707. Special inspections for seismic resistance. Special inspecti...
Section 1708. Masonry. Testing and verification of masonry materials and a...
Section 1709. General. Where required by the provisions of Section 1709.2 ...
Section 1710. Conformance to standards. The design strengths and permissib...
Section 1711. General. In the absence of approved rules or other approved ...
Section 1712. Where required. Where proposed construction is not capable o...
Section 1713. General. Whenever there is a reasonable doubt as to the stab...
Section 1714. General. In evaluating the physical properties of materials ...
Section 1715. Test standards for joist hangers and connectors. T...
Chapter 18
Section 1801. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to buildin...
Section 1802. General. Foundation and soils investigations shall be conduc...
Section 1803. Excavations near footings or foundations. Excavations for an...
Section 1804. Design. The presumptive load-bearing values provided in Tabl...
Section 1805. General. Footings and foundations shall be designed and cons...
Section 1806. General. Retaining walls shall be designed to ensure stabili...
Section 1807. Where required. Walls or portions thereof that retain earth ...
Section 1808. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the pu...
Section 1809. Timber piles. Timber piles shall be designed in accordance w...
Section 1810. General. The materials, reinforcement and installation of ca...
Section 1811. General. Composite piles shall conform to the requirements o...
Section 1812. General. Isolated and multiple piers used as foundations sha...
Chapter 19
Section 1901. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the mater...
Section 1902. General. The words and terms defined in ACI 318 shall, for t...
Section 1903. General. Materials used to produce concrete, concrete itself...
Section 1904. Water-cementitious materials ratio. Where maximum water-ceme...
Section 1905. Depositing. The depositing of concrete shall comply with the...
Section 1906. Formwork. The design, fabrication and erection of forms shal...
Section 1907. Lateral reinforcement for compression members. Lateral reinf...
Section 1908. General. The text ofACI 318 shall be modified as indicated i...
Section 1909. Scope. The design and construction of structural plain concr...
Section 1910. General. The thickness of concrete floor slabs supported dir...
Section 1911. Scope. The provisions of this section shall govern the allow...
Section 1912. Scope. The provisions of this section shall govern the stren...
Section 1913. General. Shotcrete is mortar or concrete that is pneumatical...
Section 1914. General. Reinforced gypsum concrete shall comply with the re...
Section 1915. General. Concrete-filled pipe columns shall be manufactured ...
Chapter 21
Section 2101. Scope. This chapter shall govern the materials, design, cons...
Section 2102. General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpos...
Section 2103. Concrete masonry units. Concrete masonry units shall conform...
Section 2104. Masonry construction. Masonry construction shall comply with...
Section 2105. General. A quality assurance program shall be used to ensure...
Section 2106. Seismic design requirements for masonry. Masonry structures ...
Section 2107. General. The design of masonry structures using allowable st...
Section 2108. General. The design of masonry structures using strength des...
Section 2109. General. Empirically designed masonry shall conform to this ...
Section 2110. Scope. This section covers the empirical requirements for no...
Section 2111. Definition. A masonry fireplace is a fireplace constructed o...
Section 2112. Definition.Amasonry heater is a heating appliance constructe...
Section 2113. Definition. A masonry chimney is a chimney constructed of co...
Chapter 22
Section 2201. Scope. The provisions of this chapter govern the quality, de...
Section 2202. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the pu...
Section 2203. Identification. Steel furnished for structural load-carrying...
Section 2204. Welding. The details of design,workmanship and technique for...
Section 2205. General. The design, fabrication and erection of structural ...
Section 2206. General. The design, manufacture and use of open web steel j...
Section 2207. General. The design, fabrication and erection including rela...
Section 2208. Storage racks. The design, testing and utilization of indust...
Section 2209. General. The design of cold-formed carbon and low-alloy stee...
Section 2210. General. The design, installation and construction of cold-f...
Chapter 23
Section 2301. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the mater...
Section 2302. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the pu...
Section 2303. General. Structural sawn lumber; end-jointed lumber; prefabr...
Section 2304. Heavy timber construction. Columns. Columns shall ...
Section 2305. General. Structures using wood shear walls and diaphragms to...
Section 2306. Allowable stress design. The structural analysis and constru...
Section 2307. Load and resistance factor design. The structural analysis a...
Section 2308. Roof and ceiling framing. The framing details required in th...
Chapter 24
Section 2401. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the mater...
Section 2402. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the pu...
Section 2403. Identification. Each pane shall bear the manufacturer�s mark...
Section 2404. Vertical glass. Glass sloped 15 degrees (0.26 rad) or less f...
Section 2405. Scope. This section applies to the installation of glass and...
Section 2406. Human impact loads. Individual glazed areas, including glass...
Section 2407. Materials. Glass used as a handrail assembly or a guard sect...
Section 2408. General. Glazing in athletic facilities and similar uses sub...
Section 2409. Glass in elevator enclosures. Glass in elevator enclosures s...
Chapter 25
Section 2501. Scope. General. Provisions of this chapter shall g...
Section 2502. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the pu...
Section 2503. Inspection. Lath and gypsum board shall be inspected in acco...
Section 2504. Scope. The following requirements shall be met where constru...
Section 2505. Resistance to shear (wood framing). Wood-framed shear walls ...
Section 2506. General. Gypsum board materials and accessories shall be ide...
Section 2507. General. Lathing and plastering materials and accessories sh...
Section 2508. General. Gypsum board and gypsum plaster construction shall ...
Section 2509. Wet areas. Showers and public toilet walls shall conform to ...
Section 2510. General. Exterior and interior cement plaster and lathing sh...
Section 2511. General. Plastering gypsum plaster or cement plaster shall n...
Section 2512. General. Plastering with cement plaster shall not be less th...
Section 2513. General. Exposed natural or integrally colored aggregate is ...
Chapter 26
Section 2601. Scope. These provisions shall govern the materials, design, ...
Section 2602. General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpos...
Section 2603. General. The provisions of this section shall govern the req...
Section 2604. General. Plastic materials installed as interior finish or t...
Section 2605. Interior use. Where used within a building, plastic veneer s...
Section 2606. General. The provisions of this section and Sections 2607 th...
Section 2607. General. Light-transmitting plastics shall not be used as wa...
Section 2608. Buildings of Type VB construction. Openings in the exterior ...
Section 2609. General. Light-transmitting plastic roof panels shall comply...
Section 2610. Light-transmitting plastic glazing of skylight assemblies. S...
Section 2611. General. Light-transmitting plastic interior wall signs shal...
Chapter 27
Section 2701. Scope. This chapter governs the electrical components, equip...
Section 2702. Installation. Emergency and standby power systems required b...
Chapter 28
Section 2801. Scope. Mechanical appliances, equipment and systems shall be...
Chapter 29
Section 2901. Scope. The provisions of this chapter and the International ...
Section 2902. Minimum number of fixtures. Plumbing fixtures shall be provi...
Chapter 30
Section 3001. Scope. This chapter governs the design, construction, instal...
Section 3002. Hoistway enclosure protection. Elevator, dumbwaiter and othe...
Section 3003. Standby power. In buildings and structures where standby pow...
Section 3004. Vents required. Hoistways of elevators and dumbwaiters penet...
Section 3005. General. Escalators, moving walks, conveyors, personnel hois...
Section 3006. Access. An approved means of access shall be provided to ele...
Chapter 31
Section 3101. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern special b...
Section 3102. General. The provisions of this section shall apply to air-s...
Section 3103. General. The provisions of this section shall apply to struc...
Section 3104. General. This section shall apply to connections between bui...
Section 3105. General. Awnings or canopies shall comply with the requireme...
Section 3106. General. Marquees shall comply with this section and other a...
Section 3107. General. Signs shall be designed, constructed and maintained...
Section 3108. General. Subject to the provisions of Chapter 16 and the req...
Section 3109. General. Swimming pools shall comply with the requirements o...
Chapter 32
Section 3201. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the encro...
Section 3202. Encroachments below grade. Encroachments below grade shall c...
Chapter 33
Section 3301. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern safety du...
Section 3302. Remodeling and additions. Required exits, existing structura...
Section 3303. Construction documents. Construction documents and a schedul...
Section 3304. Excavation and fill. Excavation and fill for buildings and s...
Section 3305. Facilities required. Sanitary facilities shall be provided d...
Section 3306. Protection required. Pedestrians shall be protected during c...
Section 3307. Protection required. Adjoining public and private property s...
Section 3308. Storage and handling of materials. The temporary use of stre...
Section 3309. Where required. All structures under construction, alteratio...
Section 3310. Stairways required. Where a building has been constructed to...
Section 3311. Where required. Buildings four stories or more in height sha...
Section 3312. Completion before occupancy. In buildings where an automatic...
Chapter 34
Section 3401. Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall control the alte...
Section 3402. Definitions. The following term shall, for the purposes of t...
Section 3403. Existing buildings or structures. Additions or alterations t...
Section 3404. Where permitted. Fire escapes shall be permitted only as pro...
Section 3405. Conformance. The installation or replacement of glass shall ...
Section 3406. Conformance. No change shall be made in the use or occupancy...
Section 3407. Historic buildings. The provisions of this code relating to ...
Section 3408. Conformance. Structures moved into or within the jurisdictio...
Section 3409. Scope. The provisions of Sections 3409.1 through 3409.9 appl...
Section 3410. Compliance. The provisions of this section are intended to m...
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