STATE BUILDING CODE INTERPRETATION NO. 98-13
 
CODE: 1997 Uniform Building Code
SECTION:  Section 1004.3.4.5 Exception 4
QUESTION:  1.  Was it the intent of the State Building Code Council to provide the option to pressurize elevator shafts in high-rise buildings in place of elevator lobbies?

2.  If the answer to Question 1 is “yes”, would the exception apply only where elevators open into corridors or as a general exception to the elevator lobbies required under UBC Section 403.7?

ANSWER:  1.  Yes.

2.  It is intended that Section 1004.3.4.5 Exception 4 apply to all elevators and that it would apply under Section 403.7.

SUPERSEDES: None 
REQUESTED BY:  City of Bellevue