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Section 323 Additional Requirements for Public Schools and Community Colleges [DSA-SS, DSA-SS/CC]
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The requirements of Section 323 apply only to public schools under the jurisdiction of the Division of the State Architect-Structural Safety (DSA-SS, refer to Section 1.9.2.1) and community colleges under the jurisdiction of the Division of the State Architect—Structural Safety/Community Colleges (DSA-SS/CC, refer to Section 1.9.2.2).
During the schematic phase of the project, the owner or the registered design professional in charge of the design shall prepare and sign an Evaluation and Design Criteria Report in accordance with Sections 4-306 and 4-307(a) of the California Administrative Code. The report shall be submitted to the DSA for review and approval prior to proceeding with design development of the rehabilitation.
The Evaluation and Design Criteria Report shall:
- Identify the building(s) structural and nonstructural systems, potential deficiencies in the elements or systems and the proposed method for retrofit.
- Identify geological and site-related hazards.
- Propose the methodology for evaluation and retrofit design.
- Propose the complete program for data collection (Section 319.2).
- Include existing or "as-built" building plans, reports and associated documents of the existing construction.
Where only a portion(s) of a structure is to be rehabilitated, the public school or community college portion of the structure shall:
- Be seismically separated from the unrehabilitated portion in accordance with Chapter 16 of the California Building Code, or the entire structure shall be rehabilitated in accordance with this section. For structures in which the unrehabilitated portion is above or below the school or community college portion, the entire structure shall be rehabilitated in accordance with this division.
- Be retrofitted as necessary to protect the occupants from falling hazards of the unrehabilitated portion of the building, and;
- Be retrofitted as necessary to protect required exitways being blocked by collapse or falling hazards of the unrehabilitated portion.
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