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STORM DRAINAGE

1108.2 Separate systems required. Secondary roof drain section and the design, submittal, approval, inspection and
systems shall have the end point of discharge separate from testing requirements of Section 316.1. The controlled flow
the primary system. Discharge shall be above grade, in a system shall be designed based on the required rainfall rate in
location that would normally be observed by the building accordance with Section 1106.1.
occupants or maintenance personnel. 1110.2 Control devices. The control devices shall be
1108.3 Sizing of secondary drains. Secondary (emergency) installed so that the rate of discharge of water per minute
roof drain systems shall be sized in accordance with Section shall not exceed the values for continuous flow as indicated
1106 based on the rainfall rate for which the primary system in Section 1110.1.
is sized. Scuppers shall be sized to prevent the depth of pond- 1110.3 Installation. Runoff control shall be by control
ing water from exceeding that for which the roof was devices. Control devices shall be protected by strainers.
designed as determined by Section 1101.7. Scuppers shall
have an opening dimension of not less than 4 inches (102 1110.4 Minimum number of roof drains. Not less than two
mm). The flow through the primary system shall not be con- roof drains shall be installed in roof areas 10,000 square feet
2
sidered when sizing the secondary roof drain system. (929 m ) or less and not less than four roof drains shall be
2
installed in roofs over 10,000 square feet (929 m ) in area.
SECTION 1109
COMBINED SANITARY AND SECTION 1111
STORM PUBLIC SEWER SUBSOIL DRAINS
1111.1 Subsoil drains. Subsoil drains shall be open-jointed,
1109.1 General. Where the public sewer is a combined sys-
tem for both sanitary and storm water, the storm sewer shall horizontally split or perforated pipe conforming to one of the
be connected independently to the public sewer. standards listed in Table 1102.5. Such drains shall be not less
than 4 inches (102 mm) in diameter. Where the building is
subject to backwater, the subsoil drain shall be protected by
SECTION 1110 an accessibly located backwater valve. Subsoil drains shall
CONTROLLED FLOW ROOF DRAIN SYSTEMS discharge to a trapped area drain, sump, dry well or approved
location above ground. The subsoil sump shall not be
1110.1 General. The roof of a structure shall be designed for required to have either a gas-tight cover or a vent. The sump
the storage of water where the storm drainage system is engi- and pumping system shall comply with Section 1113.1.
neered for controlled flow. The controlled flow roof drain
system shall be an engineered system in accordance with this

TABLE 1106.6
HORIZONTAL GUTTER SIZING
GUTTER DIMENSIONS a SLOPE CAPACITY
(inches) (inch per foot) (gpm)
1
1
1 / × 2 / 1 / 26
2 2 4
1
1
1 / × 2 / 1 / 40
2 2 2
4 1 / 39
8
1
2 / × 3 1 / 55
4 4
1
2 / × 3 1 / 87
4 2
5 1 / 74
8
1
4 × 2 / 1 / 106
2 4
1
3 × 3 / 1 / 156
2 2
6 1 / 110
8
3 × 5 1 / 157
4
3 × 5 1 / 225
2
8 1 / 172
16
8 1 / 247
8
1
4 / × 6 1 / 348
2 4
1
4 / × 6 1 / 494
2 2
10 1 / 331
16
10 1 / 472
8
5 × 8 1 / 651
4
4 × 10 1 / 2 1055
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m, 1 inch per foot = 83.3 mm/m.
a. Dimensions are width by depth for rectangular shapes. Single dimensions are diameters of a semicircle.
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