Skip to content As businesses reopen, some are restricted to certain limitations based on a percentage of total occupancy. Gyms, Health Clubs, and Yoga Studios Gyms, health clubs, yoga studios and the like are classified as assembly occupancies. The spaces used for exercise, whether it is a basketball court group fitness room, spin studio, yoga or palates studio, or large open area is calculated as follows: Exercise room: 50 gross sq ft.
Locker room: 50 gross sq. Restaurants and Bars For Restaurants and Bars with an issued Liquor License: Your occupancy has already been established and can be found in your liquor agreement. For non-liquor licensed restaurants: The first step is to determine the type of seating: fixed or not fixed, in many cases it may be both.
Here are the common measurements for fixed seating: Bleachers and pews: one person for each 18 inches of length. Booths as in a restaurant : one person for each 24 inches of length.
Seats typically with arm rest : one person per seat. Areas without fixed seating Here are the common occupant load factors used in assembly setting that do not have fixed seating: Table and chair seating: 15 sq. Net are is the space that can actually be occupied by people and excludes areas where people would not normally congregate such as stairs, restrooms, hallways, and mechanical rooms Applying occupant load factors to buildings.
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Name required. Follow Following. Thread starter fj80 Start date Sep 14, Joined Jan 18, Messages Location Virginia. I'm renovating and expanding an existing Fitness Center on the first floor of a story apartment building. Code is IBC For determining the required plumbing fixture counts, do I consider the Fitness Center occupancy to be A-3, or B based on Section The local code official I talked to, who is the Fire Protection Manager, said I only needed to provide one single-user restroom for men and one for women, but I hadn't thought of this possibility of it being considered a B occupancy when I was speaking with him.
B occupancy would require more fixtures. Thank you, mtlogcabin. I was forgetting to divide my occupant in half. JBI Registered User. Click to expand JPohling Sawhorse. Not sure if you have something like that? Professional services architects, attorneys, dentists, physicians, engineers, etc. Training and skill development not in a school or academic program this shall include, but not be limited to, tutoring centers, martial arts studios, gymnastics and similar uses regardless of the ages served, and where not classified as a Group A occupancy.
Section Educational Group E. Educational Group E occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, by six or more persons at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th grade.
Religious educational rooms and religious auditoriums, which are accessory to places of religious worship in accordance with Section See Section for special requirements for Day Care. Rooms and spaces within places of religious worship providing such day care during religious functions shall be classified as part of the primary occupancy.
A facility having four or fewer children receiving such day care shall be classified as part of the primary occupancy. A facility such as the above within a dwelling unit and having four or fewer children receiving such day care shall be classified as a Group R-3 occupancy or shall comply with the International Residential Code. Residential Certificate or a Family License. Section Factory Group F.
Factory Industrial Group F occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair or processing operations that are not classified as a Group H hazardous or Group S storage occupancy.
Factory industrial uses that are not classified as Factory Industrial F-2 Low Hazard shall be classified as F-1 Moderate Hazard and shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Aircraft manufacturing, not to include repair Appliances Athletic equipment Automobiles and other motor vehicles Bakeries Beverages: over percent alcohol content Bicycles Boats Brooms or brushes Business machines Cameras and photo equipment Canvas or similar fabric Carpets and rugs includes cleaning Clothing Construction and agricultural machinery Disinfectants Dry cleaning and dyeing Electric generation plants Electronics Engines including rebuilding Food processing establishments and commercial kitchens not associated with restaurants, cafeterias and similar dining facilities more than 2, square feet m 2 in area.
Factory industrial uses that involve the fabrication or manufacturing of noncombustible materials that during finishing, packing or processing do not involve a significant fire hazard shall be classified as F-2 occupancies and shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Beverages: up to and including percent alcohol content Brick and masonry Ceramic products Foundries Glass products Gypsum Ice Metal products fabrication and assembly.
Section High-Hazard Group H. High-hazard Group H occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, that involves the manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials that constitute a physical or health hazard in quantities in excess of those allowed in control areas complying with Section , based on the maximum allowable quantity limits for control areas set forth in Tables Hazardous occupancies are classified in Groups H-1 , H-2 , H-3 , H-4 and H-5 and shall be in accordance with this section, the requirements of Section and the International Fire Code.
Hazardous materials stored, or used on top of roofs or canopies , shall be classified as outdoor storage or use and shall comply with the International Fire Code.
TABLE For use of control areas , see Section The aggregate quantity in use and storage shall not exceed the quantity listed for storage. The quantities of alcoholic beverages in retail and wholesale sales occupancies shall not be limited provided the liquids are packaged in individual containers not exceeding 1. In retail and wholesale sales occupancies, the quantities of medicines, foodstuffs or consumer products, and cosmetics containing not more than 50 percent by volume of water-miscible liquids with the remainder of the solutions not being flammable, shall not be limited, provided that such materials are packaged in individual containers not exceeding 1.
Maximum allowable quantities shall be increased percent in buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section Where Note e also applies, the increase for both notes shall be applied accumulatively. Maximum allowable quantities shall be increased percent when stored in approved storage cabinets, day boxes , gas cabinets , gas rooms or exhausted enclosures or in listed safety cans in accordance with Section Where Note d also applies, the increase for both notes shall be applied accumulatively.
Quantities shall not be limited in a building equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section Allowed only in buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section The maximum allowable quantity shall not apply to fuel oil storage complying with Section Quantities in parenthesis indicate quantity units in parenthesis at the head of each column.
A maximum quantity of pounds of solid or 20 gallons of liquid Class 3 oxidizers is allowed when such materials are necessary for maintenance purposes, operation or sanitation of equipment when the storage containers and the manner of storage are approved. Net weight of the pyrotechnic composition of the fireworks. Where the net weight of the pyrotechnic composition of the fireworks is not known, 25 percent of the gross weight of the fireworks , including packaging, shall be used.
For gallons of liquids , divide the amount in pounds by 10 in accordance with Section For storage and display quantities in Group M and storage quantities in Group S occupancies complying with Section Densely packed baled cotton that complies with the packing requirements of ISO shall not be included in this material class. The following shall not be included in determining the maximum allowable quantities: 1.
Liquid or gaseous fuel in fuel tanks on vehicles. Liquid or gaseous fuel in fuel tanks on motorized equipment operated in accordance with the International Fire Code. Gaseous fuels in piping systems and fixed appliances regulated by the International Fuel Gas Code. Liquid fuels in piping systems and fixed appliances regulated by the International Mechanical Code.
Alcohol-based hand rubs classified as Class I or II liquids in dispensers that are installed in accordance with Sections The location of the alcohol-based hand rub ABHR dispensers shall be provided in the construction documents.
Where manufactured, generated or used in such a manner that the concentration and conditions create a fire or explosion hazard based on information prepared in accordance with Section In retail and wholesale sales occupancies, the quantities of medicines, foodstuffs or consumer products, and cosmetics containing not more than 50 percent by volume of water-miscible liquids and with the remainder of the solutions not being flammable, shall not be limited, provided that such materials are packaged in individual containers not exceeding 1.
Maximum allowable quantities shall be increased percent in buildings equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section Maximum allowable quantities shall be increased percent where stored in approved storage cabinets, gas cabinets or exhausted enclosures as specified in the International Fire Code.
Allowed only where stored in approved exhausted gas cabinets or exhausted enclosures as specified in the International Fire Code. An occupancy that stores, uses or handles hazardous materials as described in one or more of the following items shall not be classified as Group H, but shall be classified as the occupancy that it most nearly resembles.
Buildings and structures occupied for the application of flammable finishes, provided that such buildings or areas conform to the requirements of Section and the International Fire Code.
Wholesale and retail sales and storage of flammable and combustible liquids in mercantile occupancies conforming to the International Fire Code. Closed piping system containing flammable or combustible liquids or gases utilized for the operation of machinery or equipment. Liquor stores and distributors without bulk storage.
Refrigeration systems. The storage or utilization of materials for agricultural purposes on the premises. Stationary batteries utilized for facility emergency power, uninterruptable power supply or telecommunication facilities , provided that the batteries are provided with safety venting caps and ventilation is provided in accordance with the International Mechanical Code. Corrosive personal or household products in their original packaging used in retail display.
Commonly used corrosive building materials. Buildings and structures occupied for aerosol storage shall be classified as Group S-1 , provided that such buildings conform to the requirements of the International Fire Code. Display and storage of nonflammable solid and nonflammable or noncombustible liquid hazardous materials in quantities not exceeding the maximum allowable quantity per control area in Group M or S occupancies complying with Section The storage of black powder, smokeless propellant and small arms primers in Groups M and R-3 and special industrial explosive devices in Groups B, F, M and S, provided such storage conforms to the quantity limits and requirements prescribed in the International Fire Code.
Hazardous materials in any quantity shall conform to the requirements of this code, including Section , and the International Fire Code. Level 2 aerosol products. Level 3 aerosol products. Artificial barricade. Natural barricade. Class II. Class IIIA. Class IIIB. High explosive. Low explosive. Mass-detonating explosives. Division 1. Fireworks, 1. Class IA. Class IB. Class IC. Class I.
Class III. Class IV. Class V. Unclassified detonable. Class 4. Class 3. Class 2.
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