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Section 7-5-181: STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS. Table 16-N of the California Building Code <br />is deleted and replaced with the following: <br />TABLE 16-N -STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS 1 <br />BASIC LATERAL-FORCE-RESISTING R S2 HEIGHT <br />STRUCTURAL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION LIMIT FOR <br />SYSTEM SEISMIC <br /> ZONES 3 <br /> AND 4 eet <br /> x 304.8 for <br /> mm <br />1. Bearing wall 1. Light framed walls with shear panels <br />system a. -Wood structural panel walls for S.S 2.8 65 <br /> structures three stories or less <br /> b. All other light framed walls 4. S 2.8 65 <br /> 2. Shear walls <br /> a. Concrete 4.5 2.8 160 <br /> b. Masonry 4. S 2.8 160 <br /> 3. Light steel framed bearing walls with 2.8 2.2 65 <br /> tension-only bracing <br /> 4. Braced frames where bracing carries 4.4 2.2 160 <br /> gravity load 2.8 2.2 - 3 <br /> a. Steel 2.8 2.2 65 <br /> b. Concrete3 <br /> c. Hea timber <br />2. Building frame 1. Steel eccentrically braced frame (EBF) 7.0 2.8 240 <br />system 2. Light framed walls with shear panels. <br /> a. Wood structural panel walls for 6. S 2.8 65 <br /> structures three stories or less <br /> b. All other light framed walls 5.0 2.8 65 <br /> 3. Shear walls <br /> a. Concrete S. S 2.8 240 <br /> b. Masonry S. S 2, 8 160 <br /> 4. Ordinary braced frames <br /> a. Steel 6 S. 6 2.2 35 6 <br /> b. Concrete3 5.6 2.2 - <br /> c. Heavy timber 5.6 2.2 65 <br /> 5. Special concentrically braced frames <br /> a. Steel 6.4 2.2 240 <br />