Agmt 2001 Rogers_Donald - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

BUILDING STANDARDS ADMINI5TRATFVE C (Part 1, Title 24, C.C.R.1 CHAPTER 4. ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECT-STRUCTURAL SAFETY SECTION (DSA/SS) Article 1. Essential Services Buildings 4-201. Purpose. Essential services buildings conswcted pur- suant to these rules and regulations shall be designed and constructed to resist gravity forces, to minimize fire hazards and to resist, insofar as practical, the forces generated by winds and major earthquakes of the intensity and severity of the strongest anticipated at the building site without catastrophic collapse, but with some repairable architectural or structural damage. The es- sential services buildings as designed and conswcted shall be capable of providing essential services to the public after a disas- •. ter. In addition, the equipment and other accessories which are necessary for the continued functioning of the essential services operation shall be anchored and braced to resist earthquake forces. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 16001. 4202. Scope. These regulations apply to the administrative pro- cedures concerning the construction, reconstruction, alteration of or addition to any public essential services buildings under the jurisdiction of a city, city and county, county (including special fire districts) or the State of California. When the enforcement agency is the Division of the State Ar- chitect/Office of Regulation Services (DSA/ORS) all parts of the State Building Standards Code, as contained in Title 24 of the Cal- ifornia Code. of Regulations and adopted by that agency designate the structural building regulations which shall apply to essential services buildings as defined in Section 16007 of the Health and Safety Code, The term "essential services" building shall include alt buildings, structures, appurtenances and related systems or facilities as interpreted in Section 4207. These rules and regulations establish reasonable standazds and minimum requirements for the swctura] integrity of essential services buildings. The essential services buildings shall be de- signed and conswcted to conform to the regulations adopted by the California State Fire Marshal in Title 24, CCR, for the particu- lar occupancy concerned. When the enforcement agency is a local agency, the locally adopted editions of the model codes and the administrative regu- lations contained in Part 1 (Sections 4201 through 4-222 and 4-243 through 4-249) Title 24, California Code of Regulations (CCR) designate the structural building regulations which shall apply to essential services buildings as defined in Section 16007 of the Health and Safety Code. The term "essential services" building shall include all buildings, swctures, appurtenances and related systems or facilities as interpreted in Section 4-207. If the building standards and regulations adopted by the city, city and county or county agency responsible for building safety are more stringent than those adopted in the applicable sections of Title 24, CCR, then the local building standards and regulations shall govern within its jurisdiction. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 16001. 4-203. Interpretation. No regulation shall be construed to de- prive the enforcing agency of its right to exercise the powers con- ferred upon it by law or limit the enforcing agency in such enforcement as is necessary to secure the safety of construction as required in the act. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 16001. 4201 4-204. Delegation of Authority. A]1 powers, duties and responsi- bilities pursuant to canying out the provisions of the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act designated in Section 16022 of the Act for the State Architect have been delegated by the State Architect to the Chief of the Office of Regulation Ser- vices, Division of the State Architect subject to the direction of the State Architect. Those powers, duties and responsibilities so delegated shall in- clude the observation of the implementation and administration of the Act, the adoption in consultation with local jurisdictions of the regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Act, providing advice and assistance to local jurisdictions in mat- ters concerning the Act or these regulations and acting as an ap- peals agency relative to the administration of the Act. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16D22. Reference: Governrrrent Codc Section 14608. 4-205. Application of Building Standards. Building standards are set forth in Parts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of Title 24, CCR, and have been adopted as a basis for the approval of plans and specifica- tions. These regulations shall not be construed to prevent the use of higher design standards nor to restrict the use of new or innova- tive design or conswction techniques. Where the designer desires to use innovative design or conswction techniques not included in these regulations, it shall be necessary, to submit for review and approval information in- cluding computations, test data and recommendations covering the design in question. The Division of the State Architect or local enforcement agency must be satisfied that the degree of safety achieved is equivalent to that achieved by the standard proce- dures. The enforcement agency review and approval of the inno- vative design or conswction techniques shall precede the submission of plans and specifications utilizing these techniques. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Refettnee: Health & Safety Code Section 16001. 4-206. Approval of New Essential Services Buildings. Plans and specifications shall be submitted to the appropriate enforce- ment agency for every new owned or leased essential services building before the plans are adopted by the governing board, au- thority, owner, corporation or other agency proposing to construct any essential services building. Before any agency may convert an existing building into an es- sential services building, that agency shall submit an application and plans of the building to the appropriate enforcement agency for approval. The plans shall provide for the reconstruction and alterations necessary for compliance with the requirements of these rules and regulations. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 1601 I . 4-207. Definitions. The words defined in this section shall have the meaning stated therein throughout the rules and regulations contained in Part I (Administrative}, Title 24, CCR. "Act" shall mean the Essential Services Bui}dings Seismic Safety Act of 1986, Sections 16000-16023, inclusive, of the Health and Safety Code. "Addition" shall mean an increase in floor area or volume of enclosed space which is physically attached to an existing build- ing by connections which are required for transmitting vertical or horizontal loads between units. The area exemption in Section 16010 of the act does not apply to additions to essential services 15 $~~7JL