14.55.430 Footings – Table R403.1.
This section is included in your selections.
Table R403.1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following table shall be substituted therefor:
TABLE R403.1 MINIMUM WIDTH OF CONCRETE, PRECAST OR MASONRY FOOTINGS (inches)a
LOAD-BEARING VALUE OF SOIL (psf)
1,500
2,000
3,000
≥ 4,000
Conventional light-frame construction
1-story
12
12
12
12
2-story
16
15
12
12
3-story
23
18
12
12
4-inch brick veneer over light frame or 8-inch hollow concrete masonry
1-story
15
12
12
12
2-story
21
18
12
12
3-story
32
24
16
12
8-inch solid or fully grouted masonry
1-story
18
15
12
12
2-story
29
21
14
12
3-story
42
32
21
16
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 pound per square foot = 0.0479 kPa.
a Where minimum footing width is 12 inches, use of a single wythe of solid or fully grouted 12-inch nominal concrete masonry units is permitted.
(Ord. 19727 § 40, 4-24-12.)