In area which serves not more than 5 people.
Occupied roof ibc.
2009 ibc code occupied or unoccupied roof.
2006 ibc section 1019 1 for the purposes of this chapter occupied roofs shall be provided with exits as required for stories.
Furthermore to complicate things 1003 3 3 10 alternating treade devices states a t d.
Occupied roofs shall be classified in the group that the occupancy most nearly resembles according to the fire safety and relative hazard involved and shall comply with section 503 1 4.
Hi all i just submitted for a building permit and i m having issues with my roof.
They are requiring a 50ft travel distance from my roof to my exit enclosure and i have 75 i m first wondering if that only applies if the roof is occupied and secondly.
Section 503 1 4 1 sets limits on the height of any barriers or obstacles around the occupied roof area so that it does not function as a story.
A roof level or portion thereof shall be permitted to be used as an occupied roof provided the occupancy of the roof is an occupancy that is permitted by table 504 4 for the story immediately below the roof.
Ibc 2018 section 302 1 which covers occupancy group definitions includes the following to clarify how occupied roofs are classified.
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The ibc commentary further explains.
The area of the occupied roofs shall not be included in the building area as regulated by section 506.
From a fire fighting perspective an occupied roof area functions as a story even though it technically does not meet the definition of a story.
But nowhere in the ibc is a occupied roof defined.
A single exit or access to a single exit shall be permitted in accordance with section 1006 3 2.