Exposure – B

Use prescriptive design method. For all buildings located in Exposure C shall be designed under a professional engineer supervision.

Building Height

The building shall not exceed three stories nor a mean roof height of 33 feet, measured from average grade to average roof elevation.

Member Spans, Spacing, Cantilever

• Floor framing member spacings shall not exceed 24 inches on center
• Floor joist cantilevers supporting loadbearing walls or shearwalls shall not exceed the depthof the joists.
• Floor joist cantilevers supporting nonloadbearing walls shall be limited to L/4.

Wall Heights, Stud Spacing

• Load bearing walls shall not exceed 10 feet in height. Non-load bearing walls shall not exceed 20 feet in height.
• Wall stud spacing shall not exceed 24 inches on center

• Load bearing walls shall not exceed 10 feet in height.
• Non-load bearing walls shall not exceed 20 feet in height.
• Wall stud spacing shall not exceed 24 inches on center.

Shear Wall Line offsets, Story offsets, Orientation

• Offsets in a shear wall line within a story shall not exceed 4 feet