Glennman CBO
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'09 IBC, B occupancy.
A 2 hr fire wall is separating a building into 2 buildings in lieu of sprinklers. The building is type V-B. This was done under the '03 IBC (I think). The building has a 2nd story at 2900 sq ft, not requiring an accessible route due to the exception in section 1104.4.
Now the owner of the "aggregate" building wants to add a 2nd floor in the other half of the building (on the other side of the firewall). This area will be approx 2500 sq ft.
Is he required to provide an accessible route now that he is adding the other 2nd floor space, or is it considered a separate building with regards to accessibility as well as with regards to omitting sprinklers. In other words, is this considered an aggregate building with regards to fire protection only, and not accessibility?
I don't know alot about the building, except what our plans examiner is telling me about what is being proposed. I have no idea how the building entrances are layed out, or how this wall is constructed. I hope the question is not too general.
Thanks all.
A 2 hr fire wall is separating a building into 2 buildings in lieu of sprinklers. The building is type V-B. This was done under the '03 IBC (I think). The building has a 2nd story at 2900 sq ft, not requiring an accessible route due to the exception in section 1104.4.
Now the owner of the "aggregate" building wants to add a 2nd floor in the other half of the building (on the other side of the firewall). This area will be approx 2500 sq ft.
Is he required to provide an accessible route now that he is adding the other 2nd floor space, or is it considered a separate building with regards to accessibility as well as with regards to omitting sprinklers. In other words, is this considered an aggregate building with regards to fire protection only, and not accessibility?
I don't know alot about the building, except what our plans examiner is telling me about what is being proposed. I have no idea how the building entrances are layed out, or how this wall is constructed. I hope the question is not too general.
Thanks all.