Live Loads
Live Loads
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1605.2.1
1607.4.2
listed, and loads at least equal shall be assumed for uses not listed
in this section but that create or accommodate similar loadings.
Where it can be determined in designing floors that the actual
live load will be greater than the value shown in Table 16-A, the
actual live load shall be used in the design of such buildings or portions thereof. Special provisions shall be made for machine and
apparatus loads.
1607.3.2 Distribution of uniform floor loads. Where uniform
floor loads are involved, consideration may be limited to full dead
load on all spans in combination with full live load on adjacent
spans and alternate spans.
1607.3.3 Concentrated loads. Provision shall be made in
designing floors for a concentrated load, L, as set forth in Table
16-A placed upon any space 21/2 feet (762 mm) square, wherever
this load upon an otherwise unloaded floor would produce stresses
greater than those caused by the uniform load required therefor.
Provision shall be made in areas where vehicles are used or
stored for concentrated loads, L, consisting of two or more loads
spaced 5 feet (1524 mm) nominally on center without uniform live
loads. Each load shall be 40 percent of the gross weight of the
maximum-size vehicle to be accommodated. Parking garages for
the storage of private or pleasure-type motor vehicles with no
repair or refueling shall have a floor system designed for a concentrated load of not less than 2,000 pounds (8.9 kN) acting on an area
of 20 square inches (12 903 mm2) without uniform live loads. The
condition of concentrated or uniform live load, combined in
accordance with Section 1612.2 or 1612.3 as appropriate, producing the greatest stresses shall govern.
1607.3.4 Special loads. Provision shall be made for the special
vertical and lateral loads as set forth in Table 16-B.
1607.3.5 Live loads posted. The live loads for which each floor
or portion thereof of a commercial or industrial building is or has
been designed shall have such design live loads conspicuously
posted by the owner in that part of each story in which they apply,
using durable metal signs, and it shall be unlawful to remove or
deface such notices. The occupant of the building shall be responsible for keeping the actual load below the allowable limits.
1607.4 Roof Live Loads.
1607.4.1 General. Roofs shall be designed for the unit live
loads, L r, set forth in Table 16-C. The live loads shall be assumed
to act vertically upon the area projected on a horizontal plane.
1607.4.2 Distribution of loads. Where uniform roof loads are
involved in the design of structural members arranged to create
continuity, consideration may be limited to full dead loads on all
spans in combination with full roof live loads on adjacent spans
and on alternate spans.
For those conditions where light-gage metal preformed structural sheets serve as the support and finish of roofs, roof structural
members arranged to create continuity shall be considered adequate if designed for full dead loads on all spans in combination
with the most critical one of the following superimposed loads:
1. Snow load in accordance with Section 1614.
2. The uniform roof live load, L r, set forth in Table 16-C on all
spans.