13 & 14 Building Code Updates (2)

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main and the pumps. Each connection and the supply piping between the connection and the pumps shall be sized to supply the flow and pressure required for the pumps to operate. Exception: [No change to exception.1 Amend Section 403.3.2, Exit Stairways in an atrium, to read as follows: 404.10 Exit Stairways in an atrium. Where an atrium contains an interior exit access stairway all the following shall be met: [Remainder unchanged.[ Amend Section 406.3.3.1, Carport separation, to add the following sentence: 406.3.3.1 Carport separation. [Existing text unchanged.] ... A fire separation is not required between a Group R-2 and U carport provided that the carport is entirely open on all sides and that the distance between the two is at least 10 feet (3048 mm). Amend Section 423.5.1, Required occupant capacity, to read as follows: 423.5.1 Required occupant capacity. The required occupant capacity of the storm shelter shall include all of the buildings on the site and shall be the total occupant load of the classrooms, vocational rooms and offices in the Group E occupancy. Exceptions: 1. Where a new building is being added on an existing Group E site, and where the new building is not of sufficient size to accommodate the required occupant capacity of the storm shelter for all of the buildings on the site, the storm shelter shall at a minimum accommodate the required occupant capacity for the new building. 2. Where approved by the building official, the required occupant capacity of the shelter shall be permitted to be reduced by the occupant capacity of any existing storm shelters on the site. 3. Where approved by the building official, the actual number of occupants for whom each occupied space, floor or building is designed, although less than those determined by occupant load calculation, shall be permitted to be used in the determination of the required design occupant capacity for the storm shelter.