Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 815 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION › Chapter 20 - Plumbing › Section 815 KAR 20:191 - Minimum fixture requirements

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				58.200,
				162.062,
				318.160
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				318.130 requires the department to promulgate
				administrative regulations establishing the Kentucky State Plumbing Code
				regulating the construction, installation, and alteration of plumbing and
				plumbing fixtures and appliances, house sewers and private water supplies, and
				the methods and materials that may be used in Kentucky. This administrative
				regulation establishes the minimum plumbing fixture requirements for buildings
				in Kentucky.
Section 1. General
			 Requirements.
(1) In a building accommodating
			 males and females, it shall be presumed that the occupants will be equally
			 divided between males and females, unless otherwise denoted on the plan
			 application documents.
(2) The
			 occupancy load factor used to determine the total number of plumbing fixtures
			 required in a building shall be the load denoted in the Kentucky Building Code,
			 incorporated by reference in
			 815 KAR
			 7:120.
(3)
			 All types of buildings shall be provided with toilet rooms on each level or
			 floor, unless:
(a) Separate facilities on
			 each level or floor are unnecessary; and
(b) Toilet rooms on every other level or
			 floor shall be sufficient.
(4) Unisex Facilities in Historic Buildings.
			 A building or structure that is listed in the National Register of Historic
			 Places or designated as historic under Kentucky statute may provide the
			 required number of plumbing fixtures in unisex facilities if the overall
			 occupant load is 100 persons or less, except as required in swimming pool
			 bathhouses, park services buildings, and bathhouses in Group B, public garages
			 in Group S-2, Group E buildings, dormitories in Group R-2, Group I-2 buildings,
			 and Group I-3 buildings.
(5) Unisex
			 facilities in historic buildings permitted by this section shall not be
			 required to provide urinals.
(6)
			 Toilet rooms for males, females, and unisex shall be clearly marked.
(7) Upon written request, the department
			 shall permit the temporary use of a mobile facility in accordance with this
			 administrative regulation. The written request shall be submitted to the
			 division and shall include the:
(a) Name of
			 the owner;
(b) Address of the
			 location of the building being served by the mobile facilities; and
(c) Dates for which the mobile facilities are
			 to be used.
(8) Water
			 closet type. All water closets in public restrooms shall be of an elongated
			 bowl type with a split open front seat.
(9) Service sinks.
(a) One (1) service sink shall be required on
			 each floor of a public building unless otherwise approved by the
			 department.
(b) A request for
			 exemption of a service sink shall be submitted in writing to the
			 division.
(c) The division shall
			 respond in writing to the requester either granting or denying the exemption
			 request.
(d)
1. The division shall determine whether to
			 grant or deny the exemption request based upon if the request increases the
			 sanitation risk to the building.
2.
			 The division's decision shall be made on a case-by-case basis.
3. The division shall consider factors such
			 as:
a. If the building requires the mopping of
			 floors, cleaning of surfaces, or is carpeted; and
b. If there are public restrooms that require
			 mopping and cleaning on a particular floor.
(10) Urinal Substitution. A urinal
			 may be substituted for a water closet for males if the substituted urinals do
			 not exceed one third (1/3) of the required number of water closets for
			 males.
(11) Public Facilities.
(a) Sanitary facilities shall be provided for
			 the public if the building contains 5,000 square feet or more.
(b) In a mall or shopping center, the
			 required facilities, based on one (1) person per 100 square feet of total area,
			 shall be installed in individual stores or in a central toilet room area or
			 areas, if:
1. The distance from the main
			 entrance of a store does not exceed 500 feet; and
2. The toilet room area is accessible to
			 physically disabled persons.