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Sec. 9.71 TABLE 16-N OF THE BUILDING CODE AMENDED: Table 16-N is <br /> hereby amended to read as <br /> TABLE 16-N - STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS <br /> <br /> BASIC LATERAL-FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM R ~ HEIGHT <br /> STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION LIMIT FOR <br /> SYSTEM2 SEISMIC <br /> ZONES 3 <br /> AND 4 (feet) <br /> x 304~8 for <br /> mm <br /> 1. Bearing wall 1. Light-framed wafts with shear panels <br /> system a. Wood structural panel walls for 5.5 2.8 65 <br /> structures three stories or less <br /> b. Aft other light-framed walls 4.5 2. 8 65 <br /> 2. Shear walls <br /> a. Concrete <br /> 4.5 2.8 160 <br /> b. Masonry 4.5 2. 8 160 <br /> 3. Light steel-framed bearing walls with 2.8 2.2 65 <br /> tension-only bracing <br /> 4. Braced frames where bracing carries <br /> gravity load <br /> a. Steel 4.4 2.2 160 <br /> b. Concrete3 2. 8 2.2 <br /> c. Heavy timber 2. 8 2.2 65 <br /> 2. Building frame 1. Steel eccentrically braced frame (EBF) 7.0 2.8 240 <br /> system 2. Light-framed walls .with shear panels. <br /> a. Wood structural panel wafts for 6.5 2.8 65 <br /> structures three stories or less .. <br /> b. All other light-framed walls 5. 0 2. 8 65 <br /> 3. Shear wafts <br /> a. Concrete 5.5 2.8 240 <br /> b. Masonry 5. 5 ! 2.8 160 <br /> 4. Ordinary braced frames <br /> a. Steel ~ 5.6 2.2 35 <br />.. b. Co~crete3 5.6 2.2 <br /> c. Heavy timber 5.6 2.2 65 <br /> 5. Special concentrically braced frames I <br /> a. Steel 6.4I 2.2 240 <br /> <br /> Atty/Ord/Ord 167 <br /> O24O2 11 <br /> <br /> <br />