California 2016 CBC in effect. B occupancy commercial office tenant.
I received a correction from LADBS to provide an assistive listening system in a 358 SF conference room.
They are referencing CBC 11B-219.2: An assistive listening system shall be provided in assembly areas, including conference and meeting rooms. Exception: This section does not apply to systems used exclusively for paging, background music, or a combination of these two uses.
I have never had this request unless it was actually an assembly occupancy or a room large enough to be considered an assembly occupancy and was equipped with some kind of audio visual system.
This conference room will have a telephone, and the ability to connect a laptop at the table and have it displayed on a wall mounted TV. Room has 24 occupants at 1/15 so it is still a "B".
With this logic every meeting/conference room would need to have an assistive listening device.
Do not believe the way the code language is worded that I can claim this is only a requirement for assembly occupancy's.
What do you all think?
I received a correction from LADBS to provide an assistive listening system in a 358 SF conference room.
They are referencing CBC 11B-219.2: An assistive listening system shall be provided in assembly areas, including conference and meeting rooms. Exception: This section does not apply to systems used exclusively for paging, background music, or a combination of these two uses.
I have never had this request unless it was actually an assembly occupancy or a room large enough to be considered an assembly occupancy and was equipped with some kind of audio visual system.
This conference room will have a telephone, and the ability to connect a laptop at the table and have it displayed on a wall mounted TV. Room has 24 occupants at 1/15 so it is still a "B".
With this logic every meeting/conference room would need to have an assistive listening device.
Do not believe the way the code language is worded that I can claim this is only a requirement for assembly occupancy's.
What do you all think?