Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 13 - BUILDING CODES › Rule 2.6 - 2014 Indiana Building Code › Section 2.6-29 - Chapter 29; plumbing systems

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  22-13-2-2;
				  IC
				  22-13-2-13
Affected: IC 22-12; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 22-15; IC
				  36-7
Sec. 29.
Chapter 29 is amended as follows:
(a) Amend Section 2901.1, Scope, by deleting
				the text and inserting to read as follows: The provisions of this chapter and
				the Indiana Plumbing Code shall govern the erection, installation, alteration,
				relocation, remodeling, rehabilitation, maintenance or addition to plumbing
				equipment and systems. Toilet and bathing rooms shall be constructed in
				accordance with Section 1210. Plumbing systems and equipment shall be
				constructed, installed, and maintained in accordance with the Indiana Plumbing
				Code.
Exception: Storage buildings that are normally unoccupied,
				  unheated, and used for storage only, where plumbing is not part of the
				  construction project and plumbing is not otherwise required by the rules of the
				  commission are exempt from this chapter.
(b) Amend Table 2902.1, Minimum number of
				required plumbing fixtures as follows:
(1)
				Delete "2902.2" and insert "2902.1.1".
(2) Delete "2902.3" and insert
				"2902.2".
(3) In number 7
				Residential R-3, under "Lavatories Male/Female", delete "10" and insert
				"dwelling unit".
(4) In the column
				heading for "Drinking Fountains", add a new footnote "h" after footnote
				"f".
(5) Add a new footnote "h" at
				the bottom of the table after footnote "g" to read as follows: h. Where water
				is served in restaurants free of charge or where bottled water or bottled water
				coolers are provided in other occupancies free of charge, drinking fountains
				shall not be required.
(6) In the
				column heading for "Water Closets" delete "Section 419.2 of the International
				Plumbing Code" and insert footnote "i".
(7) Add a new footnote "i" at the end of the
				table after footnote "h" to read as follows:
i. Urinals may be substituted for required
				water closets. In each bathroom or toilet room, urinals shall not be
				substituted for more than 67 percent (67%) of the required male water closets
				in assembly and educational occupancies. Urinals shall not be substituted for
				more than fifty percent (50%) of the required male water closets in all other
				occupancies.
(8) Under
				the "male water closets" sub-column on the "A-5" sub-row, delete "75" and
				insert "100".
(9) Under the "female
				water closets" sub-column on the "A-5" sub-row, delete "40" and insert "50" and
				delete "1520" and insert "1500".
(10) Under the "water closets" column on the
				"I-1" sub-row, delete "10" and insert "15".
(11) Under the "lavatories" column on the
				"I-1" sub-row, delete "10" and insert "15".
(12) In the column heading for "Drinking
				Fountains", delete "see section 410.1 of the International Plumbing Code"
				without substitution.
(13) In the
				table heading, after "Minimum Number of Required Plumbing
				Fixturesa" add footnote "j".
(14) Add a new footnote "j" at the end of the
				table after footnote "i" to read as follows: j. Fixtures located in adjacent
				buildings under the ownership or control of the organization that are available
				during periods the facility is occupied may be used to comply with required
				fixture counts.