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<br />TABLE 405.2.4.2 <br />PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR REDUCED CBC <br />LEVEL SEISMIC FORCES <br /> <br />OCCUPANCY <br />CATEGORY <br />(BASED ON CBC TABLE <br />1604.5) <br />PERFORMANCE <br />LEVEL <br />FOR USE WITH ASCE <br />31 <br />PERFORMANCE LEVEL <br />FOR USE WITH ASCE 41 <br />BSE-1 EARTHQUAKE <br />HAZARD LEVEL <br />I Life Safety (LS) Life Safety (LS) <br />II Life Safety (LS) Life Safety (LS) <br />III Note a, Note b Note a <br />IV Immediate Occupancy (IO) Immediate Occupancy (IO) <br />a. Acceptance criteria for Occupancy Category III shall be taken as 80 percent of the <br />acceptance criteria specified for Occupancy Category II performance levels, but need <br />not be less than the acceptance criteria specified for Occupancy Category IV <br />performance levels. <br />b. For Occupancy Category III, the ASCE screening phase checklists shall be based on <br />the life safety performance level. <br /> <br />404.3.1 Referenced Standards <br /> <br />Standard Referenced <br />Reference In Code <br />Number Title Section Number <br /> <br />ASCE 31-03 Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings 405.2.4.1, <br /> TABLE 405.2.4.1 <br /> 405.2.4.2, <br /> TABLE 405.2.4.2 <br /> <br />ASCE 41-06 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings 405.2.4.1, <br />Including Supplement No. 1 TABLE 405.2.4.1 <br /> 405.2.4.2, <br /> TABLE 405.2.4.2 <br /> <br />Section 7-5-200: CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY: SEISMIC. <br /> <br />Section 407 is amended as follows. <br /> <br />Section 407.1 Conformance. No change shall be made in the use or occupancy of any building <br />unless such building is made to comply with the requirements of the California Building Code for <br />the use or occupancy. Changes in use or occupancy in a building or portion thereof shall be such <br />that the existing building is no less complying with the provisions of this code than the existing <br />building or structure was prior to the change. Subject to the approval of the building official, the use <br />or occupancy of existing buildings shall be permitted to be changed and the building is allowed to <br />be occupied for purposes in other groups without conforming to all of the requirements of this code