Requirements for Group S Occupancies

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311).9.1.3 311, 1997 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE 1_ � . commerci power,'or in'bw7dings which undc%62= lterati ,re- 310.12 Special . iC hinmeys" andilh apparatus pairs or ad 'ons regulat lby Section,3109.12�. .: shall conform to the require nts of Chapter3 and the Mechani- 310.9.1.4 tion within dwelling units. In dwellin units,a cal Code' detectors be.installed-in'each sleeping room and t a point The storage,use and o handling ie and combustible centrally 1 in the corridor or area giving a each sep- liquids in Division 1 Occupancies in s000rdance with the arate sleeping Urea When'the dwelling unit has mo than one Fire Code. story and in Wings with basements,'a-detector' be in- In Division 1 Occupancies,dooeaduig`' rooms,in which stalled on each s ry and in'the basement.In units where Class I flammable liquids are orlised. . ,� otected by a story or baseme . is split into two or more_levels," smoke de- a fire assembly having�o. Such tectorshall be'. ed on.t eer a hen the assembly,shall be suit-cl on lower level' ' 'a s� '� each side of the duo`' l-inc (25. ;mm ; P ,a e r. installed eepmg rooms are ori aii'u'' `level;the de-' on each level When FIRE DOOR- •C[ASED. tector shall be placed t the ceiling of the upper l lin close prox- imity to the stairway. dwelling units where the fling height of SEC 11 -REQUIREMENTS FOR.GROUP$ a room open to the y serving the bedroo exceeds that of OCCUPANCIES the hallway by 24.inch (610 mm)or more,sm detectors shall be installed in thehall ay and in the adjacen roo,'Detectors 311.1 Group S Occupancies Defined. Group S Oocaipancies shall sound an alarm,a ble in all sleeping of the dwelling shall include the use of a building or structure;;ora portion thereof, "��••.JJJ unit in which they are 1 ted. for storage not classified as a hazardous occupancy.Storage occu- pancies shall include the following: �-^4 310.9.15 Location in.e deny dwelling ts,.congregate residences and hotels. In fficiency dwe ' units,hotel suites Division 1.Moderate hazard storage occupancies shall include and in hotel and congregat residence sleep' rooms detectors buildings or portions of buildings used for storage of combustible shall be located on the ce,' or wall of th main room or each materials that are not classified as a Group S,Division 2 or as a sleeping room.When sirup: grooms wi efticaency dwell- Group H Occupancy.., h� x ing unit or hotel suite are on upper leve a detector shall be Division 2. Low-hazard storage occupancies i-ahaili include placed at the ceiling of the u per level m use proximity to the buildings,structures,or portions thereof,used for'storgge of non- stairway.When actuated;the` elector sound an alarm audi- combustible materials, such as products on wood pallets or in ble within the sleeping area of a dwelling t or congregate res- paper cartons with or without single-thickness divisions, or in idence,hotel suite,or sleepin room in ch it is located. paper wrappings and shall include ice plants,,power plants and 310.9.2 Sprinkler and stand When required.by Pumping iipm such as knoch bs,handles oducts or��ibleowoh t ra Section 904:2.1 or other provisi ns of code,automatic sprin- p wrapping" kler systems and standpipes sh be igned and installed as storage occupancies shall include,but are not limited to,storage specified,in Chapter�. of the following items:' 1.Beer or wine(in metal,glass or ceramic containers). F 310.10 Fire Alarm Systems: up Division 1 Occupancies -� F shall be provided with a manual d tomatic fire alarm system 2•Cement in bags. F in apartment houses three or more 'es in height or Containing 3. Cold storage and creameries. F 16 or more dwelling units,in hotels or more stories in height F or containing 20 or more 4.Dairy products in nonwax-coated paper containers. F g guest ms and in congregate resi- . F dentes three or more stories in he_i or having an occupant load 5.Dry-cell batteries. _._ F of 20 or more.A fire a'larm`and umcahon system shall be 6.Dryers. F provided in Group R,Division 1 panties located in a high- Frise building. 7-Dry pesticides in a building not classed as a Group H Oecu- F IXCF.P110NS 1.A man fire panty. Fneed not iv prol 8.Electrical coils. F vided is buildings not over,tw stori m when all individual F dwelling units and oo attic, crawl spaces.are separated 9.Electrical insulators.F from each other and public areas_by at least`one-hour F fire-resistive ocm4mcy tions and individual dwelling unit 10.Electrical motors F or guest room has ae,exit y to a Noway,exit court or yard 11.Empty cans. F . 2.A separate fire alarm need be provided in buildings F that are protected by an supervised fire WiWder 12.Foods in noncombustible containers Fsystem having a loc$L toY all 13.Fresh fruits in nonplastic trays or containers. F The alarm signal shall be `distinctive so d that is not used for 14.Frozen foods. F any other purpose other the fire Alarmsignaling de- F vices shall produce a soon that exceeds the revailing equivalent 15.Glass bottles(empty or-filled with nonflammable liquids). Fcesound level in the room o b 15 minim Y or ex- 16.Gypsum board. FF ceeds any maximum so d level with a d tion of 30 seconds 17.Inert pigments.' minimum by 5 decibels minimum,which is louder. Sound Flevels.for alarm signals be 120 decibe maximum. 18. Meats. F For the purposes of srction,area sepsis'on walls shall not 19.Metal cabinets. F define separate buil ' 20.Metal furniture. 310.11 Heating. Dw :units, guest roo and congregate 21. Oil-filled distribution transformers. residences shall be p 'ded with heating 'tiesntble of maintaining a room rerature of.70°F(21°C)at a point 3 feet 22.Stoves. (914 mm)above the our in-all habitable rooms. 23.Washers. 1-28