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Never worked on a Futsal facility before, so need a bit of help here. Potential client leasing a 15,000sf space in a flex building. He wants to install two Futsal courts, plus a concession stand. For the 98% of you that don't know what the h*ll Futsal is (me included), wikipedia says it's "a variant of association football played on a hard court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors"
As an indoor facility with no bleachers, I'm assuming it would be classified as an A-3 occupancy.
Existing space was formerly occupied by a batting cage business for batting skills development. There are only 2 wc and 2 lavs each in the men's and women's toilet rooms respectively (plus 1 urinal in men's). Not sure if the batting cage business had been permitted, but if so, looks like it would have been classified as a B Occupancy. As such, even under a B Occupancy, they may have been a bit under-designed for plumbing fixture count.
Question is this. As an A-3, and associated change of use classification, would he be subject to applying the bulk of the 15,000sf to the 1/7 occupant load? Using that, you end up with an occupant load of 2,143 and the need for 8 male wc's and 17 female wc's which I'm guessing he has no idea or budget for?? True or false?
As an indoor facility with no bleachers, I'm assuming it would be classified as an A-3 occupancy.
Existing space was formerly occupied by a batting cage business for batting skills development. There are only 2 wc and 2 lavs each in the men's and women's toilet rooms respectively (plus 1 urinal in men's). Not sure if the batting cage business had been permitted, but if so, looks like it would have been classified as a B Occupancy. As such, even under a B Occupancy, they may have been a bit under-designed for plumbing fixture count.
Question is this. As an A-3, and associated change of use classification, would he be subject to applying the bulk of the 15,000sf to the 1/7 occupant load? Using that, you end up with an occupant load of 2,143 and the need for 8 male wc's and 17 female wc's which I'm guessing he has no idea or budget for?? True or false?