AMENDMENTS TO THE BOCA NATIONAL BUILDING CODE/1996

CHAPTER 16 - STRUCTURAL LOADS

(Add) 1606.1.2 Use Group R-1 bed and breakfast establishments: Live loads shall comply with the requirements of Table 1606 for one- and two-family dwellings.

(Amd) 1610.1 General: Every building and structure shall be designed and constructed to resist the ultimate strength loads and story drift effects of earthquake motions determined in accordance with this section, or shall comply with Section 9 of ASCE 7 listed in Chapter 35. Additions and changes of occupancy to existing buildings and structures shall be designed and constructed to resist the effects of earthquake motions determined in accordance with this section. Special structures, including but not limited to vehicular bridges, transmission towers, industrial towers and equipment, piers and wharves, and hydraulic structures, shall be designed for earthquake loads utilizing an approved, substantiated analysis.

Exceptions:

1. Detached one- and two-family dwellings are exempt from the requirements of this section.
   
   
2. Agricultural storage buildings that are intended only for incidental human occupancy shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
   
   
3. Buildings or structures located where the seismic coefficient representing the effective peak velocity-related acceleration (A_V) is less than 0.05, shall only be required to comply with Section 1610.3.6.1.
   
   
4. The seismic force-resisting system of wood frame buildings that conform to the provisions of Section 2305.8, and are constructed in accordance with Section 2305.0 and Section 1610.3.6.1, shall not be required to be analyzed as specified in Sections 1610.3 through 1610.5.
   
   
5. Use Group R-1 bed and breakfast establishments shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.

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