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| What does occupancy mean? How many major groups does the CBC classify occupancy into? |
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| Occupany is the type of use assigned to a building or space. There are 12 major occupancy groups. |
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| Define: A, B, C, E, F, H, I, L, M, R, S, U groups |
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| A - assembly, B - business, C - organized camps, E - educational, F - factory/industrial, H - high hazard, I - institutional, L - laboratories, M - mercantile, R - residential, S - storage, U - utility |
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| Assembly w/fixed seats for viewing performances or movies (theaters) |
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| Assembly for food & drink consumption with 50+ people (bars, restaurants, clubs). Less than 50 is a "B" group. |
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| Assembly for worship, recreation, etc. not classified elsewhere (libraries, museums, churches, conference rooms >49, religious ed >100) |
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| Assembly for viewing of indoor sports (arenas) |
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| Assembly for outdoor sports (stadiums). |
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| Business for office or service transactions, education above 12th grade, assembly <50 or <750 sqft. |
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| Education under 12th grade including grade schools, high schools, daycare >5 and >2.5 years old. |
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| Factory - moderate hazard. |
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| Institutional for >16 ambulatory people on a 24 hour basis (assisted living, group or convalescent homes). |
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| Institutional medical care on a 24 hour basis (hospitals, skilled care nursing). |
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| Institutional for >5 restrained people (jails, reformatories). |
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| Institutional daycare for >5 adults or infants <2.5 years old. |
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| Building or portion of a building containing one or more laboratories that contain hazardous materials. |
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| Mercantile (markets, retail stores, drug stores, sales rooms). |
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| Residential for transient lodging (hotels, motels). |
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| Residential with 3+ units, permanent (apartments, dorms, condos, convents). |
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| One or two dwelling residential units or childcare <6 (not 24 hour care). Examples are private homes, bed and breakfasts, small home child-care. |
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| Licensed 24 hour residential care for <6 people (elderly residential care). |
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| Residential assisted living >6 ambulatory people (small assisted living). |
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| Storage (parking garages). |
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| When a building or area of a building contains two or more occupancies. Each occupancy must be separated from other occupancies by a fire barrier based on CBC table 508.3.3). Separation is from 1 - 4 hours. If building has an automated sprinkler system, hourly rating can usually be reduced by 1 hour. |
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| What is an accessory occupancy? |
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| A space or room used in conjunction with the main occupancy but that does not exceed 10% of the floor area of the main occupancy. Accessory occupancies do not need to be separated with a fire barrier (example, gift shop in a hospital). |
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| What is an incidental use area? |
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| An area that accompanies the main occupancy that might normally be considered an accessory occupancy by is not because of special,potentially dangerous conditions (boiler room). Must be separated from main occupancy by 1 hour fire barrier or have automated sprinkler system. |
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