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 Classification
of Occupancy
Assembly - Assembly occupancies include,
but are not limited to, all buildings or portions of buildings,
used for gathering together 50 or more persons for such purposes
as deliberation, worship, entertainment, eating, drinking, amusement,
or awaiting transportation. Assembly occupancies include:
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Assembly Halls
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Auditoriums
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College or University Classrooms, holding 50 or more
persons
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Conference rooms, Courtrooms
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Libraries
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Exhibition Halls
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Restaurants or Food Service Facilities
Residential - Residential occupancies are
those occupancies in which sleeping accommodations are provided
for normal purposes and include all buildings designed to provide
sleeping accommodations. Residential occupancies include:
Mercantile - Mercantile occupancies include
stores, markets, and other rooms, buildings, or structures for the
display and sale of merchandise.
Business - Business Occupancies are those
used for the transaction of business (Other than covered under Mercantile),
for the keeping of accounts and records, and other similar purposes. Business
Occupancies include:
College and University Instructional Buildings, Classrooms under
50 persons, and instructional Laboratories
Industrial - Industrial occupancies include
factories making products of such kinds and properties devoted to
operations such as processing, assembling, mixing, packaging, finishing
or decorating, and repairing. Industrial occupancies include:
Storage - Storage occupancies include all
buildings or structures utilized primarily for the storage or sheltering
of goods, merchandise, products, vehicles, or animals. Storage
facilities include:
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Parking Garages
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Warehouses
Special Structures - Special structures that
house occupancies include the occupancies from the preceding groups
that are special structures or buildings, including:
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Underground Structures
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Windowless Structures
Such special buildings and structures conform to the requirements
of the specific occupancy Chapters 8 trough 29 as modified by Chapter
30 of NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code.
Note: The Life Safety Code does not
classify University teaching buildings as Educational and therefore
are not covered under the educational chapters. University
Buildings are classified in general as Business Occupancies.
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