Section 2209 Steel Storage Racks

The design, testing and utilization of industrial steel storage racks made of cold-formed or hotrolled steel structural members, shall be in accordance with RMI/ANSI MH 16.1. Where required by ASCE 7, the seismic design of storage racks shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.5.3 of ASCE 7, except that the mapped acceleration parameters, S_s and S₁, shall be determined in accordance with Section 1613.3.1.