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^XWtlT S <br />801-802 uniform building code <br />Chapter 8 <br />REQUinEMENTS FOR GROUP E OCCUPANCIES <br />Group E OccupindM DafiMd <br />Sec. 801. Group E Occupancies shall be: <br />DIvisloii 1. Anv building used for educational purposes through the 12th gntJe <br />by 50 or more persons for more than 1 2 hours per week or four hours m any one <br />Divtskm 2. Anv building used for educational purposes throu^ the 12th grade <br />by less than 50 peisons for more than 12 hours per week or four hours in any one <br />dav. <br />Divbion 3. Any building used for day-care purposes for more than six children. <br />For occupancy separations, sec Table No. 5-B. <br />I <br />I <br />Construction, Helflht and Allowablo Area <br />Sec. 802. (a) General. Buildings or parts of buildings clas^ in Group E <br />because of the use or character of the occupancy shall ^ <br />construction set forth in Tables No. 5-C and No. 5-D and shall not «*cwd. m ma <br />or height, the limits specified in SccUons 505. 5UO and 50 / . except dwl tlw <br />may ie increased by 50 percent when the maximum travel distance specified in <br />Section 3303 (d) is reduced by 50 percent <br />(b) Atmospheric Separation Requirements. I DeflnlUons. For 'hc p“T^« <br />of this chapter and Section 3319. the following definiUons are applicable. <br />COMMON ATMOSPHERE. A common atmosphere exists between rooms, <br />spaces or areas within a building which arc not separated by an approved smoke <br />and draft-stop barrier. <br />SEPARATE ATMOSPHERE. A separate atmosphere exists between rooms, <br />spaces or areas that are separated by an approved smoke and draft-stop barrier. <br />SMOKE AND DRAFT BARRIER. A smoke and draft barrier consists of <br />walls, part lions. Hoors and openings therein of such construction as will prevent <br />the transmission of smoke or gases through the construction. <br />2. General provisions. The provisions of this subsccUon apply when a sepa­ <br />rate exit system is required in accordance with Section 3319. <br />Walls, partitions and floors forming all of. or part of. an <br />tion shall bTif materials consistent with the <br />lion, but of construction not less effective than a smoke- <br />Glass lights of approved wired glass set in steel frames may be installed m such <br />walls or partitions. . <br />Every door opening therein shall be protected with a fire <br />elsewhere in the code, but not less than a self-closing or auto^tic-closing. tight <br />fitting smoke barrier and fire assembly <br />than 20 minutes when tested in accordance with U.B.