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    Sprinklering the top tier of an enclosed parking garage

    The 2021 and newer editions of the IBC require all parking garages to be sprinklered so the conversation can apply to either open or enclosed garages, but the question came from the 2018 IBC. If you have an S-2 enclosed parking garage that requires sprinkler protection the Chapter 903.2.10...
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    Origin of California Building Code PV Panels Over Parking Stalls Exception

    Does anyone know the origin or development of the CBC Section 503.1 Exception 3 language? To my knowledge there is no commentary language to state amended versions of the IBC, but I'm curious how they determined the maximum array coverage area and separations. When used in conjunction with...
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    Open Parking Garage- Large vehicles

    Hello All, with a parking garage Type I construction used for school buses on ground floor and regular vehicle (employees of a building) on the upper deck. The consensus is that the occupancy of the parking is S-2. I'm confused about sprinklers requirements? my understanding of code, if the...
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    Does IBC require occupant notification in an S-1 or S-2 parking garage?

    2015 ICC codes are applicable and the garage type in question is a non-high-rise, multi-level free standing public parking garage; enclosed or unenclosed doesn't matter. Theres no section in 907 for S occupancies and 406.6 doesn't have any requirements for a fire alarm system. I'm racking my...
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    Can an elevator be the only means of egress from a small residential below grade parking garage?

    The project is located in San Francisco, CA. It's a three story building with an underground parking garage for three dwelling units. Elevator access is available to all floors. The parking garage (Type U occ) is ~1975sf so the occupant load would be 10. This means that we only need one exit (as...
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    Egress through parking garage

    Working on a project we took over from another architect. I don't think the egress on the left works. There is no way to exit the garage once you have entered it from the stair and I don't know if the code would allow egress through a garage door. Does anyone know if that would be allowed or...
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