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Excerpts from 2000 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE®

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704.3 Buildings on the same property and buildings containing courts.

For the purposes of determining the required wall and opening protection and roof-covering requirements, buildings on the same property and court walls of buildings over one story in height shall be assumed to have a property line between them.

Exception: In court walls where opening protection is required, such protection is not required provided:

  1. Not more than two levels open into the court;

  2. The aggregate area of the building, including the court, is within the allowable area; and

  3. The building is not classified as Group I.

Where a new building is to be erected on the same property as an existing building, the location of the assumed property line with relation to the existing building shall be such that the exterior wall and opening protection of the existing building meet the criteria as set forth in Sections 704.5 and 704.8.

Exception: Two or more buildings on the same property shall either be regulated as separate buildings or shall be considered as portions of one building if the aggregate area of such buildings is within the limits specified in Chapter 5 for a single building. Where the buildings contain different occupancy groups or are of different types of construction, the area shall be that allowed for the most restrictive occupancy or construction.

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