13-48-080 Area limitations – Multi-story buildings.

   Except as provided in Section 13-48-090, the area of any floor of a building exceeding one story in height shall not exceed the basic areas established in Table 13-48-080, multiplied by the following factors:

Number of Stories   Factor

2   1.00

3   0.90

4   0.85

5   0.80

6   0.75

7   0.70

8 or more   0.65

(See Table 13-48-080.)

(Prior code § 51-2.3)

Table 13-48-080 Basic Maximum Areas – Multi-story Buildings (Square Feet)
Occupancy Classification		Construction Type
		I-A	I-B	I-C	II	III-A	III-B	III-C	IV-A	IV-B
A.	Residential	NL	NL	20,000	NP	8,000	8,000	6,000	4,000	2,000
B.	Institutional	30,000	16,000	12,000	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
C-1.	Assembly	NL	NL	16,000	NP	6,000	6,000	NP	NP	NP
C-2.	Small Assembly	NL	NL	16,000	NP	6,000	6,000	NP	NP	NP
C-3.	Schools	NL	NL	16,000	NP	6,000	6,000	NP	NP	NP
D.	Open Air Assembly		Maximum areas established in Chapter 55
E.	Business	NL	NL	20,000	NP	10,000	10,000	8,000	NP	NP
F.	Mercantile	30,000	20,000	16,000	NP	8,000	8,000	6,000	NP	NP
G-1.	Industrial Low-Hazard	NL	30,000	20,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	8,000	NP	NP
G-2.	Industrial Moderate- Hazard	30,000	20,000	16,000	NP	8,000	8,000	6,000	NP	NP
H-1.	Storage Low-Hazard	NL	30,000	20,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	8,000	NP	NP
H-2.	Storage Moderate- Hazard	30,000	20,000	16,000	NP	8,000	8,000	6,000	NP	NP
H-3.	Garages	25,000	15,000	10,000	NP	6,000	6,000	NP	NP	NP
I.	Hazardous-Use		Maximum areas established in Chapter 60
J.	Miscellaneous Buildings & Structures		Maximum areas established in Chapter 61
NOTES:
NL – Not Limited. In buildings of unlimited area, no portion of such buildings shall be more than 300 feet from an exterior wall facing an open, accessible space not less than 30 feet wide consisting of a public way, railroad right-of-way, waterway, park or a court, accessible from a public way; except that such maximum distance from an exterior wall may not be more than 500 feet in buildings of low hazard industrial or low hazard storage units.
NP – Not Permitted.
See Section 13-48-090 for allowable increase in areas for frontage and automatic sprinkler equipment.