07-27-11 Building Codes Appeals Board

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PLUMBING FIXTURES AND FIXTURE FITTINGS Table 4 -1 continued (- The figures shown are based upon one (1) fixture being the minimum required for the number of persons indicated or any fraction thereof. 2 Building categories not shown on this table shall be considered separately by the Authority Having Jurisdiction. 3 Drinking fountains shall not be installed in toilet rooms. 4 Laundry trays. One (1) laundry tray or one (1) automatic washer standpipe for each dwelling unit or one (1) laundry tray or one (1) automatic washer standpipe, or combination thereof, for each twelve (12) apartments. Kitchen sinks, one (1) for each dwelling or apartment unit. 5 For each urinal added in excess of the minimum required, one water closet shall be permitted to be deducted. The number of water closets shall not be reduced to less than two- thirds (2/3) of the minimum requirement. 6 As required by PSAI Z4.1, Sanitation in Places of Employment. 7 Where there is exposure to skin contamination with poisonous, infectious, or irritating materials, provide one (1) lavatory for each five (5) persons. a Twenty-four (24) lineal inches (610 mm) of wash sink or eighteen (18) inches (457 mm) of a circular basin, when provided with water outlets for such space, shall be considered equivalent to one (1) lavatory. 9 Laundry trays, one (1) for each fifty (50) persons. Service sinks, one (1) for each hundred (100) persons. 10 General. In applying this schedule of facilities, consideration shall be given to the accessibility of the fixtures. Conformity purely on a numerical basis may not result in an installation suited to the needs of the individual establishment. For example, schools should be provided with toilet facilities on each floor having classrooms. a. Surrounding materials, wall, and floor space to a point two (2) feet (610 nun) in front of urinal lip and four (4) feet (1,219 mm) above the floor, and not less than two (2) feet (610 mm) to each side of the urinal shall be lined with non- absorbent materials. b. Trough urinals shall be prohibited. 11 A restaurant is defined as a business that sells food to be consumed on the premises. a. The number of occupants for a drive -in restaurant shall be considered as equal to the number of parking stalls. b. Hand- washing facilities shall be available in the kitchen for employees. 12 Where food is consumed indoors, water stations shall be permitted to be substituted for drinking fountains. Offices, or public buildings for use by more than six (6) persons shall have one (1) drinking fountain for the first one - hundred fifty (150) persons and one (1) additional fountain for each three- hundred (300) persons thereafter. 13 There shall be at least one (1) drinking fountain per occupied floor in schools, theatres, auditoriums, dormitories, offices, or public buildings. 14 The total number of water closets for females shall be equal to the total number of water closets and urinals required for males. This requirement shall not apply to Retail or Wholesale Stores. is For smaller -type Public and Professional Offices such as banks, dental offices, law offices, real estate offices, architectural offices, engineering offices, and similar uses. A public area in these offices shall use the requirements for Retail or Wholesale Stores. 16 Recreation or community room in multiple dwellings or apartment buildings, regardless or their occupant load, shall be permitted to have separate single- accommodation facilities in common -use areas within tracts or multi- family residential occupancies where the use of these areas is limited exclusively to owners, residents, and their guests. Examples are commu- nity recreation or multi - purpose areas in apartments, condos, townhouses, or tracts. i7 A drinking fountain shall not be required in occupancies of 30 or less. When a drinking fountain is not required, then foot- notes 3,12, and 13 are not applicable. 39