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CHAPTER 5 GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS User note: and building area are About this chapter.- Chapter 5 establishes the limits to which a building can be built. Building height, number of stories specifie I d in this chapter. Chapter 5 must be used in conjunction with the occupancies established in Chapter 3 and the types of construction established in Chapter 6. This chapter also specifies . the impact that mezzanines, accessory occupancies and mixed occupancies have on the overall size of a building. SECTION 501 GENERAL 501.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter control the height and area of structures hereafter erected and additions to exist- m ing structures. An existing building plus additions shall com- N PA ply with the height and area provisions of this chapter. N N* SECTION 502 BUILDING ADDRESS [F] 502.1 Address identification. New and existing build- ings shall be provided with approved address identification. The address identification shall be legible and placed in a position that is visible from the street or road fronting the property. Address identification characters shall contrast with their background. Address numbers shall be Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters. Numbers shall not be spelled out. Each character shall be a minimum of 4 inches (102 mm) high with a minimum stroke width of 1/2 inch (12.7 mm). Where required by the fire code official, address identification shall be provided ovided in additional approved locations to facilitate emergency response. Where access is by means of a private road and the building address cannot be viewed from the pub- lic way, a monument, pole or other approved sign or means shall be used to identify the structure. Address identification shall be maintained. SECTION 503 GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHT AND AREA LIMITATIONS 503.1 General. Unless otherwise, specifically modified in Chapter 4 and this chapter, building height, number of stories and building area shall not exceed the, limits specified in Sec- tions 504 and 506 based on the type of construction as deter- mined by Section 602 and the occupancies as determined by Section 302 except as modified hereafter. Building height, number of stories and building area provisions shall be applied independently. For the purposes of determining area limitations, height limitations and type of construction, each portion of a building separated by one or more fire walls complying with Section 706 shall be considered to be a sepa- rate building. 503.1.1 Special industrial occupancies. Buildings and structures designed to house special industrial processes that require, large areas and unusual building heights to accommodate craneways or special machinery and equip- ment, including, among others) rolling mills; structural metal fabrication shops and foundries; or the production and distribution of electric, gas or steam power, shall be exempt from the building height, number of stories and building area limitations specified in Sections 504 and 506. 503.1.2 Buildings on same lot. Two or more buildings on the same lot shall be regulated as separate buildings or shall be considered as portions of one building where the building height, number of stories of each building and the aggregate building area of the buildings are within the limitations specified in Sections 504 and 506. The provi- sions of this code applicable, to the aggregate building shall be applicable to each building. 503.1.3 Type I construction. Buildings of Type I con- struction permitted to be of unlimited tabular building heights and areas are not subject to the special require- ments that allow unlimited area buildings in Section 507 or unlimited building height in Sections 503. 1.1 and 504.3 or increased building heights and areas for other types of construction. 503.1.4 Occupied roofs. A roof level or portion thereof shall be permitted to be used as an occupied roof provided the occupancy of the roof is an occupancy that is permitted by Table 504.4 for the story immediately below the roof. The area of the occupied roofs shall not be included in the building area as regulated by Section 506. Exceptions: 1. The occupancy located on an occupied roof shall not be limited to the occupancies allowed on the story immediately below the roof where the building is equipped throughout with an auto- matic sprinkler system in accordance with Sec- tion 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2 and occupant notification in accordance with Section 907.5 is provided in the area of the occupied roof. 2. Assembly occupancies shall be permitted on roofs of open parking spaces of Type I or Type 11 construction, in accordance with the exception to Section 903.2.1.6. 503.1.4.1 Enclosures over occupied roof areas. Ele- ments or structures enclosing the occupied roof areas 2020 MINNESOTA BUILDING CODE 119