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. . � <br /> BUILDING CODE ANALYSI5 MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS <br /> 10/OS/00 <br /> 1. Occupancy Classification(UBC Chapter 3) <br /> A. Exhibition Space (5,657sfl Group A.3 <br /> 303.1.1 Group A Division 3 Occupancies Defined. A building or portion of a building having <br /> an assembly room with an occupancy load of less than 300 without a legitimate stage, <br /> including such buildings used for educational purposes and not classed as Group B or E <br /> Occupancies. <br /> B. Classrooms & Office (12,706sfl Group E.1 <br /> 305.1 Group E Division 1 Occupancies Defined. Any building used for the educational <br /> purposes through the 12`h Grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or <br /> four hours in any one day. <br /> C. Office (2,830s� Group B <br /> 304.1 Group B Occupancies Defined. Group B Occupancies shall include buildings, <br /> structures,or portions,thereof,for office,professional or service-type transactions, which are <br /> not classified as Group H Occupancies. Such occupancies include occupancies for the <br /> storage of records and accounts,and eating and drinking establishments with an occupant <br /> load of less than 50. <br /> 2. Required Separation in Buildings of Mixed Occupancy (UBC Table 3-B) <br /> A. Between Group E 1 and Group A 3: None <br /> B. Between Group E 1 and Group B: 1 hour <br /> C. Between Group A 3 and Group B: None <br /> Heating Equipment Room Occupancy Separation(UBC 302.5) <br /> In Groups A,B,E ,F,M and S Occupancies,rooms containing a boiler,central heating plant or <br /> hot-water supply boiler shall be separated from the rest of the building by not]ess than a one-hour <br /> occupancy separation. <br /> EXCEPTIONS: In Groups A,B,E,F,M and S Occupancies,boilers,central heating plants or hot- <br /> water Supply boilers where the largest piece of fuel equipment does not exceed 400,00 Btu per <br /> hour(117.2kW) input. <br /> 3.Requirements in Group E Occupancies(UBC 305) <br /> A. Special Hazards(UBC 305.2.4) <br /> Laboratories,vocarional shops and similar areas containing hazardous materials shall <br /> separated form each other and from other portions of the building by not less than a one-hour fire <br /> resistive occupancy separation. <br /> When the quantities of hazardous material in such uses do not exceed those listed in Table 3-D or <br /> 3-E,the requirements for Sections 307.5.2(Ventilation)and 307.8(chimneys and heating <br /> apparatus) shall apply. <br /> When the quantities of hazardous materials in such uses exceed those listed in Table 3-D or 3-E, <br /> the use shall be classified as the appropriate Group H Occupancy. <br />