94-9617 1991 UBCKI -Cox Priming — SIMI, Kansas
(Published in the Salina Journal February /L , 1994)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 94-9617
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 111, OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE
SALINA CODE REGULATING BUILDING, AND REPEALING THE EXISTING ARTICLE
III.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Article III, of Chapter 8 of the Salina
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE III. BUILDING CODE
"Section 8-36. Uniform Building Code Adopted.
There is hereby adopted, by reference, by the
city for the purpose of providing minimum standards to
safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public
welfare by regulating and controlling the design,
construction, quality of materials, location,
operation, alteration, repair, maintenance, use and
occupancy of all buildings and structures within the
city and certain equipment specifically regulated
therein, that certain building code known as the
Uniform Building Code, recommended and published by
the International Conference of Building Officials,
being particularly the 1991 edition not Including
appendices thereto, except as amended in this Article
of the Salina Code, of which not fewer than three (3)
copies have been, and now are filed in the office of
the city clerk and the same are hereby incorporated as
fully as if set out at length herein and the
provisions thereof shall be controlling in the
construction of all buildings and structures therein
contained within the corporate limits of the city.
"Section 8-36.1. Permit fees.
The fee for each permit or inspection required by
the Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition, shall be as
set forth in a fee schedule adopted pursuant to
section 2-2 of the Salina Code in lieu of the
provision specified in section 304(a) and (b) of the
Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition.
"Section 8-37. Definitions for code.
(a) Wherever the term "building official" is
used in the building code or elsewhere in this Code,
It sha I I be held to mean the official designated by
the city manager to administer this article.
(b) Wherever the word "city" Is used in the
Uniform Building Code, it sha I l be held to mean the
City of Salina.
(c) Wherever the term "corporation counsel" is
used in the Uniform Building Code, it shall be held to
mean the attorney for the city.
"Section 8-37.1. Repealed.
"Section 8-38. Repealed.
"Section 8-39. Amendment of Section 503 of Chapter 5
of the Uniform Building Code.
Kuhn -Cor Printing — Salina, Kansas
Mixed Occupancy
(a) General. When a building is used for more
than one occupancy purpose, each part of the building
comprising a distinct "occupancy," as described in
Chapters 5 through 12, shall be separated from any
other occupancy as specified in Section 503 (d).
EXCEPTIONS: 1. Where an approved spray booth
constructed in accordance with the Fire Code is
Installed, such booth need not be separated from
other Group H Occupancies or from Group B
Occupancies.
2. The following occupancies need not be
separated from the uses to which they are
accessory:
A. Assembly rooms having a floor area of
not over 750 square feet.
B. Administration and clerical offices and
similar rooms which do not exceed 25 percent
of the floor area of the major use when not
related to Group H, Division 2 and Group H,
Division 3 Occupancies.
C. Gift shops, administrative offices and
similar rooms in Group R, Division 1
Occupancies not exceeding 10 percent of the
floor area of the major use.
D. The kitchen serving the dining area of
which it is a part.
3. An occupancy separation need not be provided
between a Group R, Division 3 Occupancy and a
carport having no enclosed uses above, provided
the carport is entirely open on two or more sides.
4. A Group B, Division 1 Occupancy used
exclusively for the parking or storage of private
or pleasure -type motor vehicles need not be
separated from a Group B, Division 3 Occupancy
open parking garage as defined in Section 709.
5. A one-hour occupancy separation need not be
provided between fuel -dispensing pumps covered
with a canopy that is open on three or more sides,
and a Group B, Division 2 Occupancy retail store
having an area of less than 2,500 square feet when
the following condition exist:
A. The Group B, Division 2 Occupancy is
provided with two exits, separated as
required by Section 3303 (c) and not located
in the same exterior wall.
B. Pump islands are not located within 20
feet of the Group B, Division 2 Occupancy
retail store.
When a building houses more than one occupancy,
each portion of the building shall conform to the
requirements for the occupancy housed therein.
An occupancy shall not be located above the story
or height set forth in Table No. 5-D, except as
provided in Section 507. When a mixed occupancy
building contains a Group H, Division 6 Occupancy,
theportion containing the Group H, Division 6
Occupancy shall not exceed three stories or 55 feet in
height.
KU- . Printing —
(b) Forms of Occupancy Separations. Occupancy
separations shall be vertical or horizontal or both
or, when necessary, of such other form as may be
required to afford a complete separation between the
various occupancy divisions in the building.
Where the occupancy separation is horizontal,
structural members supporting the separation shall be
protected by equivalent fire -resistive construction.
(c) Types of Occupancy Separations. Occupancy
separations shall be classed as "four-hour fire -
resistive," "three-hour fire -resistive," "two-hour
fire -resistive," and "one-hour fire -resistive."
1. A four-hour fire -resistive occupancy
separation shall have no openings therein and
shall not be of less than four-hour fire -resistive
construction.
2. A three-hour fire -resistive occupancy
separation shall not be of less than three-hour
fire -resistive construction. All openings in
walls forming such separation shall be protected
by a fire assembly having a three-hour fire -
protection rating. The total width of all
openings in any three-hour fire -resistive
occupancy separation wall in any one story shall
not exceed 25 percent of the length of the wall in
that story and no single opening shall have an
area greater than 120 square feet.
All openings in floors forming a three-hour
fire -resistive occupancy separation shall be
protected by vertical enclosures extending above
and below such openings. The walls of such
vertical enclosures shall not be of less than two-
hour fire -resistive construction and all openings
therein shall be protected by a fire assembly
having an one- and one -half-hour fire -protection
rating.
3. A two-hour fire -resistive occupancy
separation shall not be of less than two-hour
fire -resistive construction. All openings in such
separation shall be protected by a fire assembly
having an one- and one -half-hour fire -protection
rating.
4. An one-hour fire -resistive occupancy
separation shall not be of less than one-hour
fire -resistive construction. All openings in such
separation shall be protected by a fire assembly
having an one-hour fire -protection rating.
(d) Fire Ratings for Occupancy Separations.
Occupancy separations shall be provided between the
various groups and divisions of occupancies as set
forth in Table No. 5-13.
EXCEPTIONS: 1. A three-hour occupancy
separation may be used between a Group A, Division
1 and a Group B, Division 1 Occupancy used
exclusively for the parking or storage of private
or pleasure -type motor vehicles and provided no
repair or fueling is down. A two-hour occupancy
separation may be used between a Group A, Division
2, 2.1, 3 or 4 or E or I Occupancy and a Group B,
Division 1 Occupancy that is used exclusively for
the parking or storage or private or pleasure -type
motor vehicles and provided no repair or fueling
is done.
K.hl Co. Griming — Salina. Kansas
2. Unless required by Section 702 (b) 1, the
three-hour occupancy separation between a Group R,
Division 1 Occupancy and a Group B, Division 1
Occupancy used only for the parking or storage of
private or pleasure -type motor vehicles with no
repair or fueling may be reduced to two hours.
Such occupancy separation may be further reduced
to one-hour where the area of such Group B,
Division 1 Occupancy does not exceed 3,000 square
feet.
3. In the one-hour occupancy separation between
a Group R, Division 3 and Group M occupancy the
separation may be limited to the installation of
materials approved for one-hour fire -resistive
materials on the garage side only, (or 1/2 inch
sheetrock on all garage walls and ceilings), with
a tight -fitting soli d wood door 1 3/8 inches in
thickness will be permitted in lieu of a one-hour
fire assembly. Fire dampers need not be installed
in air ducts passing through the wall, floor, or
ceiling separating a Group R, Division 3 Occupancy
from a Group M occupancy, provided such ducts
within the Group M occupancy are constructed of
steel having a thickness not less than 0.019 inch
(No. 26 galvanized sheet gauge) and have no
openings into the Group M occupancy.
4. Group H, Division 2 and Group H, Division 3
Occupancies need not be separated from Group H,
Division 7 Occupancies when such occupancies also
comply with the requirements for a Group H,
Division 7 Occupancy.
"Section 8-40. Amendment of Section 1205 of Chapter
12 of the Uniform Building Code.
Section 1205 of Chapter 12 of the Uniform Building
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Light, Ventilation and Sanitation
(a) General. For the purpose of determining the
IIght or ventilation required by this section, any
room may be considered as a portion of an adjoining
room when one half of the area of the common wall is
open and unobstructed and provides an opening of not
less than one tenth of the floor area of the interior
room or 25 square feet, whichever is greater.
Exterior openings for natural light or ventilation
required by this section shall open directly onto a
public way or a yard or court located on the same lot
as the building.
EXCEPTIONS: 1. Required windows may open into
a roofed porch where the porch:
A. Abuts a public way, yard or court; and
B. Has a ceiling height of not less than
7 feet; and
C. Has a longer side at least 65 percent
open and unobstructed.
2. Skylights.
Kuhn -Cow Printing — Salina. Kansas
(b) Light. Guest rooms and habitable rooms
within a dwelling unit or congregate residence shall
be provided with natural light by means of exterior
glazed openings with an area not less than one eighth
of the f I oor area of such rooms w i th a m i n i mum of 5
square feet.
EXCEPTION: Artificial light equal to 6 foot
candles at 30 inches above the floor may be
substituted.
(c) Ventilation. Guest rooms and habitable
rooms within a dwelling unit or congregate residence
shall be provided with natural ventilation by means of
openable exterior openings with an area of not less
than one twentieth of the floor area of such rooms
with a minimum of 5 square feet.
In lieu of required exterior openings for natural
ventilation, a mechanical ventilating system may be
provided. Such system shall be capable of providing
two air changes per hour in all guest rooms,
dormitories, habitable rooms and in public corridors.
One fifth of the air supply sha I I be taken from the
outside.
Bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundry
rooms and similar rooms shall be provided with natural
ventilation by means of openable exterior openings
with an area not less than one twentieth of the floor
are of such rooms with a minimum of 1 1/2 square feet.
In lieu of required exterior openings for natural
ventilation in bathrooms containing a bathtub or
shower or combination thereof, laundry rooms, and
similar rooms, a mechanical ventilation system
connected directly to the outside capable of providing
five air changes per hour shall be provided. The
point of discharge of exhaust air shall be at least 3
feet from any opening into the building. Bathrooms
which contain only a water closet or lavatory or
combination thereof, and similar rooms may be
ventilated with an approved mechanical recirculating
fan or similar device designed to remove odors from
the air.
EXCEPTION: In R-3 occupancies a mechanical
ventilation system can discharge into a
ventilated attic.
(d) Sanitation. Every building shall be
provided with at least one water closet. HoteIs or
subdivision thereof where both sexes are accommodated
shall contain at least two separate toilet facilities
which are conspicuously identified for male or female
use, each of which contains at least one water closet.
EXCEPTION: Hotel guest rooms may have one
unidentified toilet facility.
Additional water closets shall be provided on each
floor for each sex at the rate of one for every
additional 10 guest, or fractional part thereof, in
excess of 10.
Dwelling units shall be provided with a kitchen
equipped with a kitchen sink. Dwelling units,
congregate residences and lodging houses shall be
provided with a bathroom equipped with facilities
consisting of a water closet, lavatory and either a
bathtub or shower shall be equipped with hot and cold
running water necessary for its normal operations.
Kuhn Co. Pr (,( q — Salina, Kansas
For other requirements on water closets, see
Sections 510 and 511.
"Section 8-41. Amendment of Section 3306 of Chapter
33 of the Uniform Building Code.
Section 3306 of Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Stairways
(a) General. Every stairway having two or more
risers serving any building or portion thereof shall
conform to the requirements of this section. When
aisles in assembly rooms have steps, they shall
conform with the provisions in Section 3315.
EXCEPTION: Stairs or ladders used only to attend
equipment are exempt from the requirements of this
section.
(b) Width. The minimum stairway width shall be
determined as specified in Section 3303 (b), but shall
not be less than 44 inches except as specified herein.
Stairways serving an occupant load of 49 or less shall
not be less than 36 inches in width.
Handrails may project into the required width a
distance of 3 1/2 inches from each side of a stairway.
Stringers and other projections such as trim and
similar decorative features may project into the
required width 1 1/2 inches on each side.
(c) Rise and Run. The rise of every step in a
sta i rway sha I I not be I ess than 4 i nches or greater
than 7 inches. Except as permitted In subsections (d)
and (f), the run shall not be less than 11 inches as
measured horizontally between the vertical planes of
the furthermost projection of adjacent treads. Except
as permitted in Subsections (d), (e) and (f), the
largest -tread run within any flight of stairs shall
not exceed the smallest by more than 3/8 inch. The
greatest riser height within any flight of stairs
shall not exceed the smallest by more than more than
3/8 inch.
EXCEPTIONS: 1. Private stairways serving an
occupant load of less than 10 and stairways to
unoccupied roofs may be constructed with an 8 -
inch -maximum rise and a 9 -inch -minimum run.
2. Where the bottom or top riser adjoins a
sloping public way, walk or driveway having and
established grade and serving as a landing, the
bottom or top riser may be reduced along the slope
to less than 4 inches in height with the variation
in height of the bottom or top riser not to exceed
3 inches in every 3 feet of stairway width.
(d) Winding Stairways. In Group R, Division 3
Occupancies and in private stairways in Group R,
Division 1 Occupancies, winders may be used if the
required width of run is provided at a point not more
than 12 inches from the side of the stairway where the
treads are narrower, but in no case shall any width of
run be less than 6 inches at any point.
(e) Circular Stairways. Circular stairways may
be used as an exit, provided the minimum width of run
is not less than 10 inches and the smaller radius is
not less than twice the width of the stairway. The
largest tread width or riser height within any flight
of stairs shall not exceed the smallest by more than
3/8 inch.
KUM1n-Cor Printing — Sah—, Kansas
(f) Spiral Stairways. In Group R, Division 3
Occupancies and in private stairways within individual
units of Group R, Division 1 Occupancies, spiral
stairways may be installed. Such Stairways may be
used for required exits when the area served is
limited to 400 square feet.
(g) Landings. Every landing shall have a
dimension measured in the direction of travel not less
than the width of the stairway. Such dimension need
not exceed 44 inches when the stair has a straight
run.
EXCEPTION: Stairs serving an unoccupied roof are
exempt from these provisions.
(h) Basement Stairways. When a basement
stairway and a stairway to an upper story terminate in
the same exit enclosure, an approved barrier shall be
provided to prevent persons from continuing on into
the basement. Directional exit signs shall be
provided as specified in Section 3314.
(i) Handrails. Stairways shall have handrails
on each side, and every stairway required to be more
than 88 inches in width shall be provided with not
less than one intermediate handrail for each 88 inches
of required width. Intermediate handrails shall be
spaced approximately equally across the entire width
of the stairway.
EXCEPTIONS: 1. Stairways less than 44 inches
in width or stairways serving one individual
dwelling unit in Group R, Division 1 or 3
Occupancies or a Group R Division 3 congregate
residence may have one handrail.
2. Private stairways 30 inches or less in
height may have handrails on one side only.
3. Stairways having less than four risers and
serving one individual dwelling unit in Group R,
Division 1 or 3, or a Group R, Division 3
congregate residence or serving Group M
Occupancies need not have handrails.
The top of handrails and handrail extensions shall
be placed not less than 34 inches or more than 38
Inches above the nosing of treads and landings.
Handrails shall be continuous the full length of the
stairs and, except for private stairways, at least one
handrail shall extend in the direction of the stair
run not less than 12 inches beyond the top riser or
less than 12 inches beyond the bottom riser. Ends
shall be returned or shall terminate in newel posts or
safety terminals.
The handgrip portion of handrails shall not be
less than 1 1/2 inches or more than 2 inches in cross-
sectional dimension or the shape shall provide and
equivalent griping surface. The handgrip portion of
the handrails shall have a smooth surface with not
sharp corners.
Handrails projecting from a wall shall have a
space of not less than 1 1/12 inches between the wall
and the handrail.
(j) Guardrails. Stairways open on one or both
sides shall have guardrails as required by Section
1712.
Kuhn -C.+ Prinling — Salina, Kansas
(k) Exterior Stairway Protection. Except in
Group R, Division 3 Occupancies, all openings in the
exterior wall below and within 10 feet, measured
horizontally, of an exterior exit stairway serving a
building over two stories in height or a floor level
having such openings in two or more floors below shall
be protected by self -closing fire assembly having a
three -fourth -hour fire -protection rating. Exterior
stairways enclosed on three or more sides shall comply
with the flame -spread requirements for interior
stairways.
EXCEPTIONS: 1. Openings may be unprotected
when two separated exterior stairways serve an
exterior balcony.
2. Protection of openings is not required for
open parking garages conforming to Section 709.
( I ) Interior Stairway Construction. Interior
stairways shall be constructed as specified in Part IV
of this code.
Except when enclosed usable space under stairs is
prohibited by Section 3309 (f), the walls and soffits
of the enclosed space shall be protected on the
enclosed side as required for one-hour fire -resistive
construction.
EXCEPTION: In Group R, Division 3 occupancies 1/2
inch sheetrock maybe substituted for one-hour
fire -resistive material.
All required interior stairways which extend to
the top floor in any building four or more stories in
height shall have, at the highest point of the stair
shaft, an approved hatch openable to the exterior not
less than 16 square feet in area with a minimum
dimension of 2 feet.
EXCEPTION: The hatch need not be provided on
smokeproof enclosures or on stairways that extend
to the roof with an opening onto that roof.
Stairways exiting directly to the exterior of a
building four or more stories in height shall be
provided with means for emergency entry for fire
department access.
(m) Exterior Stairway Construction. Exterior
sta i rways sha I I be constructed as spec i f i ed i n Part I V
of this code.
Exterior stairways shall not project into yards
where openings are not permitted or protection of
openings is required.
Enclosed usable space under stairs shall have the
walls and soffits protected on the enclosed side as
required for one-hour fire -resistive construction.
Stairways exiting directly to the exterior of a
building four or more stories in height shall be
provided with means for emergency entry for fire
department access.
(n) Stairway to Roof. In buildings four or more
stories in height, one stairway shall extend to the
roof surface, unless the roof has a slope greater than
4 in 12. See Subsection 3306 ( I ) for roof hatch
requirements.
Kinn -Cox Prinunq — Salina, K--
(0) Headroom. Every stairway shall have a
headroom clearance of not less than 6 feet 8 inches.
Such clearances shall be measured vertically from a
plane parallel and tangent to the stairway tread
nosings to the soffit above at all points.
(p) Stairway Identification. Approved stairway
identification signs shall be located at each floor
level in all enclosed stairways in buildings four or
more stories in height. The sign shall identify the
stairway, indicate whether there is roof access, the
floor level, and the upper and lower terminus of the
stairway. The sign shall be located approximately 5
feet above the floor landing in a position which is
readily visible when the door is in the open of closed
position. Signs shall comply with requirements of
U.B.C. Standard No. 33-2.
"Sections 8-42 - 8-50. Reserved."
Section 2. That the existing Article III of Chapter 8 of the
Salina Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its adoption and publication once in the
official city newspaper.
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ATTEST:
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T'��Y
Stephanie Krug
Acting City Clerk
Introduced: January 24, 1994
Passed: February 7, 1994
Peter F. Brungardt,`�ayor