Steve, R5, one and two family and townhouses up to three stories in height.
Edgewater changes did not make it into the 2015 I Code Adoption, although there is proposed legislative action. John Drucker Steve Leyton <[email protected]> wrote: >John: > >This is for R3 only, correct? And, what code amendments if any were made >for R2 sprinkler system types after the Edgewater conflagration? > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of John Drucker - Home >Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 3:16 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: 2015 NJ IRC R300 Here it is > >Members requested this so here ya go............... > >2015 IRC/NJ Edition Section R-300 (The new code language which now recognizes >13D and P2904 for Height and Area) > >SECTION R300 >HEIGHT AND AREA LIMITATIONS > >Buildings of Type VB, unprotected wood framed construction, as that term is >defined in Section 602 of the building subcode, shall be not more than two >stories, not more than 35 feet in height, and not more than 4,800 square feet >in area per floor. For the purpose of applying this section, a habitable attic >shall not constitute a story. > >R300.1 Increases in Height. The building shall be not more than three stories >and not more than 55 feet in height where the building is equipped throughout >with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with the National >Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 13D or Section P2904. > >R300.2 Increases in area. The area of a building may be increased as provided >in Sections R300.2.1 and R300.2.2 below. > >R300.2.1 The area limitation shall be unlimited where a building is equipped >throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with >NFPA Standard 13D or Section P2904. > >R300.2.2 The area limitation shall be permitted to be increased two percent >for each one percent of excess frontage where a building has more than 25 >percent of the building perimeter fronting on a street or other unoccupied >space. The unoccupied space shall be on the same lot or dedicated for public >use, shall be not less than 30 feet in width, and shall have access from a >street by a posted fire lane that is not less than 18 feet in width. > >R300.3 Buildings of VA construction. Buildings of VA, protected wood-framed >construction, as that term is defined in Section 602 of the building subcode, >shall be not more than three stories, not more than 40 feet in height, and not >more than 10,200 square feet in area per floor. > >R300.3.1 Buildings of VA construction greater than three stories in height >shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the building subcode. > >R300.3.2 Buildings of VA construction shall be permitted to be increased in >area in accordance with R300.2. > >R300.4 Buildings of other types of construction. The height and area limits >allowable for buildings of construction type VA shall apply to other >construction types, as they are defined in Section 602 of the building >subcode, provided that the fire ratings of building elements meet or exceed >the requirements for type VA in Tables 601 and 602 of the building subcode. > > > >John Drucker, CET >Assistant Construction Official >Fire Protection Subcode Official >Building/Fire/Electrical Inspector >Borough of Red Bank >Red Bank, New Jersey >Email: [email protected] >Cell/Text: 732-904-6823 > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
