Pavilion occupant load

[Sifu]

A new pavilion in an existing park. A3 or U? Open on all sides, paved accessible routes all the way around, not associated with any adjacent occupancies as far as I can tell. Do we get hung up on occupant load?

 

[fatboy]

I have one in a park, and I never even thought about it.

And I still won't.

Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[steveray]

Technically....A3.....Probably.....Define "hung up on occupant load?"

 

[tmurray]

Are you sure it falls within the scope of the code? It wouldn't be in scope here.

 

[Sifu]

They clarified the use, it is an A3, with an occupant load that will contribute to the fixture counts of the B spaces it is accessory to. Not too big a deal, but if the DP could just include the info on the plans it would have saved time.

 

[bill1952]

A pavillion sure seems to meet the IBC definition of a building, so I presume it should be regulated by the code.

 

[fatboy]

I didn't say it was not in the scope of the code, I said I wouldn't get hung up on the OL for it specifically.

The one I was referring to is an accessory to the park, there are probably 8-10 City-owned facilities around it, and there is a separate restroom structure in the park.

 

[Sifu]

I didn't say it was not in the scope of the code, I said I wouldn't get hung up on the OL for it specifically.

The one I was referring to is an accessory to the park, there are probably 8-10 City-owned facilities around it, and there is a separate restroom structure in the park.

Thanks Fatboy. I used the term "hung up" but maybe that is too extreme. I just wanted to make sure they were somehow accounting for the facilities. They could have easily done so in the code analysis, had they provided one. Since they didn't I had to dig a little deeper. It turns out they were. The permit app listed the building as an S-2, but it was in a park so I assumed (correctly) that this was not to be used as a storage facility, so I wanted to know how many people will be using it and for what reason. All good I think.