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In office buildings or similar structures in which subdividing partitions may be erected, rearranged or relocated, the uniform load of such partitions shall be assumed at not less than 20 pounds per square foot of floor area, whether or not partitions are shown on the plans, unless the specified live load exceeds 80 pounds per square foot. For columns, the uniform partition load shall be assumed a dead load.
(Prior code § 68-2.5; Added Coun. J. 11-29-89, p. 8387)