Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 193B - Architectural Examining Board › Chapter 5 - Exceptions › Rule 193B-5.4 - Exceptions Matrix

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following matrix is compiled to illustrate the exceptions
				outlined in Iowa Code section
				544A.18. The laws and rules
				governing the practice of engineering are not illustrated herein.
BUILDINGS
NEW
							 CONSTRUCTION
Building Use
							 Type
Description
Architect
							 Required
Architect May Not Be
							 Required
Agricultural use
Including grain elevators and feed
							 mills
X
Churches and accessory buildings whether attached or
							 separate
One or two stories in height, up to a maximum of
							 2,000 square feet in gross floor area
X
Any number of stories in height, greater than 2,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
More than two stories in height
X
Commercial use
One story in height, up to a maximum of 10,000 square
							 feet in gross floor area
X
One story in height, greater than 10,000 square feet
							 in gross floor area
X
Two stories in height, up to a maximum of 6,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
Two stories in height, greater than 6,000 square feet
							 of gross floor area
X
More than two stories in height
X
Detached residential use
One, two or three stories in height, containing 12 or
							 fewer family dwelling units
X
More than 12 family dwelling units
X
More than three stories in height
X
Outbuildings in connection with detached residential
							 buildings
X
Educational use
X
Hazardous use
X
Industrial use
X
Institutional use
X
Light industrial
							 use
X
Places of assembly
X
Warehouse use
One story in height, up to a maximum of 10,000 square
							 feet in gross floor area
X
One story in height, greater than 10,000 square feet
							 in gross floor area
X
More than one story in height
X
Factory-built buildings
Any height and size, if certified by a professional
							 engineer licensed under Iowa Code chapter 542B
X
One or two stories in height, up to a maximum of
							 20,000 square feet in gross floor area
X
One or two stories in height, greater than 20,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
More than two stories in height
X
More than 20,000 square feet in gross floor
							 area
X
ALTERATIONS
TO EXISTING
							 BUILDINGS
Alteration
							 Type
Description
Architect
							 Required
Architect May Not Be
							 Required
Structural alterations to exempt
							 buildings
Modifications that change the structural members,
							 means of egress, handicap accessible path, fire resistivity or other life
							 safety concerns
X
Structural alterations to nonexempt
							 buildings
Modifications that change the structural members,
							 means of egress, handicap accessible path, fire resistivity or other life
							 safety concerns
X
Nonstructural alteration
That does not modify means of egress, handicap
							 accessible path, fire resistivity or other life safety
							 concerns
X
That maintains the previous type of
							 use
X
Nonstructural alteration that changes the use of the
							 building from any other use to:
A place of assembly of people or public
							 gathering
X
Educational use
X
Hazardous use
X
Residential use exempted
and is one, two or three stories in height and
							 contains not more than 12 family dwelling units
X
Residential use not exempted
							 otherwise
and is more than three stories in
							 height
X
and containing more than 12 family dwelling
							 units
X
Nonstructural alterations that change the use of the
							 building from industrial or warehouse to:
Commercial or office use
and is one story in height and not greater than a
							 maximum of 10,000 square feet in gross floor area
X
and is one story in height and greater than 10,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
and is two stories in height and not greater than a
							 maximum of 6,000 square feet in gross floor area
X
and is two stories in height and greater than 6,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
and is more than two stories in
							 height
X
and is greater than 10,000 square feet of gross floor
							 area
X
Nonstructural alterations to:
Agricultural use
Including grain elevators and feed
							 mills
X
Churches and accessory building uses
One or two stories in height, up to a maximum of
							 2,000 square feet in gross floor area
X
Any number of stories in height, greater than 2,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
More than two stories in height
X
Commercial use
One story in height, up to a maximum of 10,000 square
							 feet in gross floor area
X
One story in height, greater than 10,000 square feet
							 in gross floor area
X
Two stories in height, up to a maximum of 6,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
Two stories in height, greater than 6,000 square feet
							 in gross floor area
X
More than two stories in height
X
Detached residential buildings
One, two or three stories in height, containing 12 or
							 fewer family dwelling units
X
More than 12 family dwelling units
X
More than three stories in height
X
Outbuildings in connection with detached residential
							 buildings
X
Educational use
X
Hazardous use
X
Industrial use
X
Institutional use
X
Light industrial
							 use
X
Places of assembly
X
Warehouse use
One story in height, up to a maximum of 10,000 square
							 feet in gross floor area
X
One story in height, greater than 10,000 square feet
							 in gross floor area
X
More than one story in height
X
Factory-built buildings
Any height and size if entire building is certified
							 by a professional engineer licensed under Iowa Code chapter
							 542B
X
One or two stories in height, up to a maximum of
							 20,000 square feet of gross floor area
X
One or two stories in height, greater than 20,000
							 square feet in gross floor area
X
More than two stories in height
X
More than 20,000 square feet in gross floor
							 area
X