OBC 2006 › Division B

4.1.5.3.

Version 1 — in force 2 April 2007

In force · amended

Verified · covered Verified against the 2007-04-02–2007-06-30 consolidation, whose range covers the query date. How to read this

In force · amended

Verified · covered Verified against the 2007-04-02–2007-06-30 consolidation, whose range covers the query date. How to read this

Provenance

OBC 1997 · renumbered from 4.1.6.3. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext v0 →

O. Reg. 137/07, cl. 30 · ext ← current

In force 2007-04-02

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.

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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 per cent 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.