Section R432-6-21 - Building Systems(1) Facilities and equipment shall be provided for the sanitary storage and treatment or disposal of all categories of waste, including hazardous and infectious wastes if applicable, using techniques acceptable to the State Department of Environmental Quality, and the local health department having jurisdiction.(2) The following engineering service and equipment shall be provided for effective service and maintenance functions: (a) rooms for mechanical equipment or electrical equipment;(b) a storage room for building maintenance supplies;(c) yard equipment and supply storage areas located so that equipment may be moved directly to the exterior of the building without passing through building rooms or corridors;(d) central storage for supplies, equipment and miscellaneous storage in large and small facilities; and(e) in large facilities, a separate maintenance room or office.(3) In small and large facilities a housekeeping room shall be located on each floor of the assisted living facility. In large facilities this room shall have a floor receptor or service sink. All housekeeping rooms shall be mechanically exhausted.(4) Sound Control for large assisted living facilities must be designed and constructed to meet the noise reduction criteria as outlined in Table 1. TABLE 1 Sound Transmission Limitations |
Airborne Sound Transmisions Class |
Partitions | Floors |
Residents' room to residents' room | 35 | 40 |
Public space to residents' room | 40 | 40 |
Service areas to residents' room | 45 | 45 |
(a) Sound transmission class shall be determined by tests in accordance with methods set forth in ASTM Standard E 90 and ASTM Standard E 413. Where partitions do not extend to the structure above, sound transmission through ceilings and composite STC performance must be considered.(b) Public space includes lobbies, dining rooms, recreation rooms, treatment rooms, and similar space.(c) Service areas include kitchens, elevators, elevator machine rooms, laundries, garages, maintenance rooms, boilers and mechanical equipment rooms, and similar spaces of high noise. Mechanical equipment located on the same floor or above resident's rooms, offices, and similarly occupied space shall be effectively isolated from the floor.(d) Recreation rooms, exercise rooms, equipment rooms and similar spaces where impact noises may be generated may not be located directly over residents' rooms.Utah Admin. Code R432-6-21