Philadelphia Code Subcode P, § 403 MINIMUM PLUMBING FACILITIES
SECTION 403 MINIMUM PLUMBING FACILITIES
403.1 Minimum number of fixtures. Plumbing fixtures shall be provided in the minimum number as shown in Table 403.1, based on the actual use of the building or space. Uses not shown in Table 403.1 shall be considered individually by the code official. The number of occupants shall be determined by the International Building Code.
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P-403.1.1 Fixture calculations. To determine the occupant load of each sex gender, the total occupant load shall be divided in half. To determine the required number of fixtures, the fixture ratio or ratios for each fixture type shall be applied to the occupant load of each sex gender in accordance with Table 403.1. Fractional numbers resulting from applying the fixture ratios of Table 403.1 shall be rounded up to the next whole number. For calculations involving multiple occupancies, such fractional numbers for each occupancy shall first be summed and then rounded up to the next whole number.
Exceptions:
1. The total occupant load shall not be required to be divided in half where approved statistical data indicates a distribution of the sexes gender of other more than 50 percent of each sex a gender.
2. Where multiple-user facilities are designed to serve all genders, the minimum fixture count shall be calculated 100 percent, based on total occupant load. In such multiple-user facilities, each fixture type shall be in accordance with ICC A117.1 and each urinal that is provided shall be located in a stall.
3. Distribution of the sexes genders is not required where single-user water closets and bathing room fixtures are provided in accordance with Section 403.1.2.
P-403.1.2 Single-user toilet and bathing room fixtures. The plumbing fixtures located in single-user toilet and bathing rooms, including family or assisted- use toilet and bathing rooms that are required by Section 1109.2.1 of the International Building Code, shall contribute toward the total number of required plumbing fixtures for a building or tenant space. Single-user toilet and bathing rooms, and family or assisted-use toilet rooms and bathing rooms shall be identified as being available for use by all persons regardless of sex gender. The total number of fixtures shall be permitted to be based on the required number of separate facilities or based on the aggregate of any combination of single-user or separate facilities.
P-403.1.3 Lavatory distribution. Where two or more toilet rooms are provided for each sex gender, the required number of lavatories shall be distributed proportionately to the required number of water closets.
P-403.2 Separate facilities. Where plumbing fixtures are required, separate gender-based facilities shall be provided for each sex.
Exceptions:
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5. Separate facilities shall not be required to be designated by sex gender where single-user toilet rooms are provided in accordance with Section 403.1.2.
6. For occupancy classifications requiring the same number of water closets and lavatories for male and female under Table 403.1, Sseparate facilities shall not be required where rooms having both water closets and lavatory fixtures are designed for use by both sexes all genders and privacy for water closets is provided in accordance with Section 405.3.4. Urinals shall be located in an area visually separated from the remainder of the facility or each urinal that is provided shall be located in a stall not be permitted in facilities designed for use by all genders.
P-403.2.1 Family or assisted-use toilet facilities serving as separate facilities. Where a building or tenant space requires a separate toilet facility for each sex gender and each toilet facility is required to have only one water closet, two family or assisted-use toilet facilities shall be permitted to serve as the required separate facilities. Family or assisted-use toilet facilities shall not be required to be identified for exclusive use by either sex gender as required by Section 403.4.
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P-403.3.1 Access. The route to the public toilet facilities required by Section 403.3 shall not pass through kitchens, storage rooms or closets. Access to the required facilities shall be from within the building or from the exterior of the building. Routes shall comply with the accessibility requirements of the International Building Code. The public shall have access to the required toilet facilities at all times that the building is occupied.
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P-403.5 Drinking fountain location. Drinking fountains shall not be required to be located in individual tenant spaces provided that public drinking fountains are located within a distance of travel of 500 feet (152 m) of the most remote location in the tenant space and not more than one story above or below the tenant space. Where the tenant space is in a covered or open mall, such distance shall not exceed 300 feet (91 m). Drinking fountains shall be located on an accessible route.
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