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H2.6. 3-A 1994 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE*2.6 Agricultural Buildings. Where applicable (see Section 101.3) for acricullural buildings, •e Appendix Chapter 3. <br />TABLE 3-A—DESCRIPTION OF OCCUPANCIES BY GROUP AND DIVISION^ <br />GROUP AND <br />DIVISION sccnoN DESCRIPTION OF OCCUPANCY <br />A-l A building or portion of a building having an aswmbU room with an iKcupani <br />load of 1.000 or more and a legitimate stage. <br />A-2 A building or portion of a building having an assembly rinnt) with an occupant <br />load of less than 1.000 and a legitimate stage. <br />A-2.1 <br />303.1.1 <br />A building or portion of a building ha\ ing an assembly room u ith an ixcupant <br />load of 300 or more without a legitimate stage, including such buildings uwd for <br />educational purposes and not classed as a Group E or Group B (X\upancy <br />A-3 Any building or portion of a building having an assembly room with an occupant <br />load of less than 300 without a legitimate stage, including such buildings used lor <br />educational purposes and not classed as a Group E or Group B CXcupancy. <br />A-4 Stadiums, reviewing stands and amusement park siaiclurcs not included within <br />other Group A Occupancies. <br />B <br />304.1 <br />A building or structure, or a portion thereof, for office, professional or service-type <br />transactions, including storage of records and accounts, ealmg and drinking <br />establishments w ith an occupant load of less than 50. <br />E-l Any building used for educational purjK>ses ihrou .h the 12th grade by 50 or moa* <br />persons for more than 12 hours per week or foi*. hours in any one day. <br />E-2 305.1 <br />Any building used for educational purpos''^ through the I2lh grade by loss than 50 <br />persons for more than 12 hours per wcwK or four hours in any one day <br />E-3 Any building or portion thereof used for day-care purposes for mt>re than six <br />persons <br />• F-l Moderate-hazard factory and indusiiial occupancies include factory and industrial <br />uses not classified as Group F. Division 2 Occupancies <br />F-2 306 1 Low-hazard factory and industrial tKcupancies include facilities producing <br />nofKombustible or nonexplosive materials which dunn^ fini.sliing. packing or <br />processing do not involve a significant fire hazard. <br />H-l Occupancies w ith a quantity of material in the building in excess of those listed in <br />Table 3-D which present a high cxplosiiui hazard as listed in Section 307.1.1 <br />H-2 <br />307.1 <br />Occupancies with a quantity of material in the building in excess of those listed in <br />Table 3 D which present a nuKlcraie explosion hazard or a hazard from accelerated <br />burning as listed in Section 307.1 .1. <br />H-3 Occupancies with a quantity of material in the building in excess of those listed in <br />Table 3-D which present a high fire or physical h.i/ard as listed in Section 307 I 1. <br />HA Repair garages not classified as Group S. Division 3 Occupancies <br />H-5 Aircraft repair hangars not classified as Group S. Division 5 Occupancies and <br />heliports <br />H6 307.1 <br />and <br />307.11 <br />Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development <br />areas when the facilities in which hazardous product!'m materials are used, and the <br />aggregate quantity of material is m excess of those listed in Table 3 D or 3-E. <br />H-7 307.1 Occupancies having quantities of materials in excess of those listed in Tabic 3-E <br />that arc health hazards as listed in Section 307.1.1 <br />1994 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE 3-A.GROUP AND DIVISION SECTION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2------------1DESCRIPTION OF OCCUFANCYl-l.l <br />308.1 <br />Nurseries for ihc full-time care of children under the age of six (each <br />accommodating more than five children), hospitals, .sanitariums, nursing homes <br />with nnnambulatory patients and similar buildings (e.ich accommodating more <br />than live patients). <br />112 Health care centers lor ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care <br />which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self preservation (each cenani <br />vp.icc uccommixlatin more than five such patients). <br />1-2 Nursing homes for ambuiaiorv patients, homes for children six years of age or over <br />(each accommodating more than five persons) <br />13 Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums, jails, prisons, reformatories and buildings <br />where personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained <br />M <br />309.1 <br />A building or structure, or a portion thereof, for Ihc display and sale of <br />merchandise, and involving slocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidenial to <br />such purposes and accessible to the public <br />R 1 <br />310 1 <br />Hotels and apartment houses, congregate residences (each accommodating more <br />than 10 persons). <br />R 3 Dwellings, lodging houses, congregate residences (each accommodating 10 or <br />lewer persons). <br />S-l <br />311.1 <br />Moderate hazard storage occupancies including buildings or portions of buildings <br />used for storage of combustible materials not classified as Group S, Division 2 or <br />Gnnip H Occupancies. <br />s:Low hazard storage occupancies including buildings or portions of buildings used <br />for storage of noncombustible materials. <br />S-3 Repair garages where work is limited to exchange of parts and maintenance not <br />requiring open flame or welding, and parking garages not classified as Group S. <br />Div ision 4 Occupancies. <br />S-4 Open parking garages. <br />S-5 Aircraft hangars and helistops. <br />U-l Private garages, carports, sheds and agricultural buildings. <br />U-2 <br />.s 1». 1 <br />Fences over 6 feet (1829 mm) high, tanks and towers. <br />I