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OBC 2006 Division B

4.1.5.3.

Version 0 — in force 31 December 2006

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Provenance

OBC 1997 · renumbered from 4.1.6.3. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext← current

Original — base regulation

O. Reg. 137/07, cl. 30 · ext v1 →

In force 2007-04-02

Next: O. Reg. 137/07, cl. 30 · ext (not in force until 2007-04-02) v1 →

OBC 2012 · continues as 4.1.5.3. — Pro

4.1.5.3. — Full and Partial Loading

(1) The uniformly distributed live load shall be not less than the value listed in Table 4.1.5.3., which may be reduced as provided in Article 4.1.5.9., applied uniformly over the entire area, or on any portions of the area, whichever produces the most critical effects in the members concerned.

Editor's note

As filed in O. Reg. 350/06, Table 4.1.5.3. uses the single word 'percent' ('at least 80 percent') and spaces each footnote in the notes after the marker ('(1) See Article 4.1.5.6.'). The consolidated e-Laws text renders 'per cent' as two words and closes the footnote-marker space ('(1)See Article 4.1.5.6.'); neither change was enacted by any amending regulation, and the as-filed spelling and spacing are retained here.

Text · e-Laws consolidated snapshot

Table 4.1.5.3. Specified Uniformly Distributed Live Loads on an Area of Floor or Roof Forming Part of Sentence 4.1.5.3.(1)

Column 1

Column 2

Use of Area of Floor or Roof

Minimum Specified Load, kPa

Assembly Areas

(a) Except for those areas listed under (b) and (c), assembly areas with or without fixed seats including

4.8

Arenas

Auditoria

Churches and similar places of worship

Dance floors

Dining areas (1)

Foyers and entrance halls

Grandstands, reviewing stands and bleachers

Gymnasia

Museums

Promenades

Rinks

Stadia

Stages

Theatres

Other areas with similar uses

(b) Assembly areas with fixed seats that have backs over at least 80 percent of the assembly area for the following uses:

2.4

Churches and similar places of worship

Courtrooms

Lecture halls

Theatres

(c) Classrooms with or without fixed seats

2.4

Attics

Accessible by a stairway in residential occupancies only

1.4

Having limited accessibility so that there is no storage of equipment or materials()

0.5

Balconies

Exterior

4.8

Interior and mezzanines that could be used for the assembly of people as a viewing area (2)

4.8

Interior and mezzanines other than above

(2)

Corridors, lobbies and aisles

Other than those listed below

4.8

Not over 1 200 mm in width and all upper floor corridors of residential areas only of apartments, hotels and motels (that can not be used for the assembly of people as viewing area) (2)

(2)

In a Group B, Division 3 occupancy that contains sleeping accommodation for not more than 10 persons and not more than 6 occupants require assistance in evacuation in case of an emergency.

2.4

Equipment areas and service rooms including

3.6(3)

Generator rooms

Mechanical equipment exclusive of elevators

Machine rooms

Pump rooms

Transformer vaults

Ventilating or air-conditioning equipment

Exits and fire escapes

4.8

Factories

6.0(3)

Footbridges

4.8

Garages for

Passenger cars

2.4

Unloaded buses and light trucks

6.0

Loaded buses and trucks and all other trucking spaces

12.0

Kitchens (other than residential)

4.8

Libraries

Stack rooms

7.2

Reading and study rooms

2.9

Office areas (not including record storage and computer rooms) located in

Basement and first storey

4.8

Floors above first storey

2.4

Operating rooms and laboratories

3.6

Patients' bedrooms

1.9

Recreation areas that cannot be used for assembly purposes including

3.6

Billiard rooms

Bowling alleys

Pool rooms

Residential areas (within the scope of Article 1.3.3.2 of Division A)

Sleeping and living quarters in apartments, hotels, motels, boarding schools and colleges

1.9

Work areas within live/work units

2.4

Residential areas (within the scope of Article 1.3.3.3 of Division A)

Bedrooms

1.4

Other areas

1.9

Stairs within dwelling units

1.9

Retail and wholesale areas

4.8

Roofs

1.0(4)

Sidewalks and driveways over areaways and basements

12.0

Storage areas, including locker rooms in apartment buildings

4.8(3)

Toilet areas

2.4

Underground slabs with earth cover

(5)

Warehouses

4.8(3)

Notes to Table 4.1.5.3.:

(1)See Article 4.1.5.6.

(2)See Article 4.1.5.4.

(3)See Article 4.1.5.7.

(4)See Article 4.1.6.1.

(5)See Article 4.1.5.5.