CODES Flashcards
to understand the IBC codes basics and how they apply to the life of an architectural project.
A-1
ASSEMBLY USE, usually with FIXED SEATING, intended for the production and viewing of the performing arts or motion pictures including but not limited to:
Motion picture theaters
symphony and concert halls
television and radio studios admitting an audience
Theaters
A-2
ASSEMBLY uses intended for FOOD and/or DRINK consumption including, but not limited to:
Banquet Halls Casinos (gambling areas) Nightclubs Restaurants, cafeterias, and similar dining facilities Taverns and Bars
A-3
ASSEMBLY uses intended for WORSHIP, RECREATION, AMUSEMENT, and other assembly use not classified elsewhere in Group A, ex:
Amusement Arcades Art Galleries Bowling Alleys Community Halls Courtrooms Dance Halls Exhibition Halls Funeral Parlors Greenhouses for the conservation and exhibition of plants that provide public access Gym, Indoor Swimming Pools (w/o seating), Indoor Tennis (w/o seating) Lecture Halls, Libraries Museums Places of religious worship Pool and Billiard Parlors Waiting Areas in transportation Terminals
A-4
ASSEMBLY uses intended for viewing of INDOOR SPORTING events and activities with spectator seating including but not limited to:
Arenas
Skating Rinks
Swimming Pools
Tennis Courts
A-5
ASSEMBLY uses intended for participation in or VIEWING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES including, but not limited to:
Amusement Park Structures
Bleachers
Grandstands
Stadiums
B
BUSINESS GROUP - office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts. Includes but not limited to:
Airport traffic control towers Ambulatory care facilities Banks, Barbershops Car Wash, civic admin, clinic outpatient Dry cleaning Educational occ for students abv 12th grade Elec data processing Food processing and commercial kitchens not assoc w/ restaurants lab for testing and research motor vehicle showrooms post offices print shops prof services (architects, attorneys, dentists, physicians, engineers) radio and tv stations telephone exchanges training and skill development not in a school or academic program
E
EDUCATIONAL USE 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 w/ section 303.1.4 and have occ loads of less than 100 per room or space shall be classified as Group A-3 occ
GROUP E DAYCARE FACILITIES
more than 5 children older than 2.5 years of age who receive educational, supervision or personal care services for fewer than 24 hours per day
w/in places of religious worship providing such day care during religious functions shall be classified as part of the primary occ
facility w/ 5 or fewer children receiving such day care shall be classified as part of primary occ
a facility w/ 5 or fewer w/in a dwelling unit shall be classified as R-3 occ and shall comply to Residential Code
F
FACTORY INDUSTRIAL for assembling disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair, or processing operations that are not classified as Group H hazardous or Group S storage occupancy
F-1 Moderate Hazard
F-2 Low Hazard
MODERATE-HAZARD FACTORY INDUSTRIAL
GROUP F-1
Factory Industrial uses not classified as Factory Industrial F-2 Low Hazard shall be F-1 Moderate Hazard and includes but not limited to:
Aircraft (manuf not repair) Appliances Athletic Equip Automobiles and other Motor Vehicles Bakeries Beverages: over 16% alcohol Bicycles, Boats Brooms or brushes Business Machines Camera, Photo Equip Canvas or Similar fabric, Carpets, Rugs Food processing commercial kitchens not assoc w/ restaurants more than 2,500SF in area Metals, Machinery Woodworking
LOW-HAZARD FACTORY INDUSTRIAL
GROUP F-2
Industrial uses that involve 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 16% alc Brick and masonry Ceramic products Foundries Glass products Gypsum Ice Metal products (fabrication and assembly)
HIGH HAZARD GROUP H
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 414, based on the maximum allowable quantity limits for control areas set forth in Tables 307.1 and 307.2
H-1, explosives H-2, flammable gases H-3, flammable solids H-4, highly toxic materials H-5, semiconductor fabrication facilities
H-1
HIGH-HAZARD GROUP - materials that pose a detonation hazard shall be classified as Group H-1, ex:
Detonable pyrophoric materials Explosives Organic peroxides, unclassified detonable Oxidizers, Class 4 Unstable materials
H-2
HIGH HAZARD GROUP - materials that pose a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning shall be classified as Group H-2, ex:
Class I, II, IIIA flammable or combustible liquids that are used or stored in normally open containers or systems, or in closed containers or systems pressurized at more than 15lbs per sq in Combustible dusts Cryogenic fluids, flammable Flammable gases Organic peroxides, Class I Oxidizers, Class 3 Pyrophoric liquids, solids and gases, nondetonable Unstable (reactive) materials, Water-reactive materials, Class 3
H-3
HIGH-HAZARD GROUP 3
materials that readily support COMBUSTION or that pose a physical hazard shall be classified as Group H-3, ex:
Class I, II, III flammable or combustible liquids that are used or stored in normally closed containers or systems pressurized at 15 lbs/in^2 or less Combustible fibers Consumer fireworks Cryogenic fluids, oxidizing Flammable solids Organic peroxides, Class II and III Oxidizers, Class II Oxidizers, Class III Oxidizing gases Unstable (reactive) materials, Class II Water-reactive materials, Class II
H-4
HIGH-HAZARD GROUP 4
materials that are HEALTH HAZARDS shall be classified as Group H-4, ex:
Corrosives
Highly Toxic Materials
Toxic Materials
H-5
HIGH-HAZARD GROUP 5
SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION facilities and comparable research and development areas in which hazardous production materials (HPM) are used and the aggregate quantity of materials is in excess of those listen in Table 307.1 and 307.1(2)
INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I
bldgs which care or supervision is provided to persons who are or are not capable of self-preservation w/o physical assistance or in which persons are detained for penal or correctional purposes or in which the liberty of the occupants is restricted.
I-1, halfway houses
I-2, Foster Care facilities, Hospitals
I-3, Jails
I-4, adult daycare, child day care
INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I-1
more than 16 ppl, excluding staff, who reside on a 24-hr basis in a supervised environment and receive custodial care, ex:
Alcohol and drug centers Assisted living facilities Congregate care facilities Group Homes Halfway houses Residential board and care facilities Social rehab facilities
- 2.1 / CONDITION 1, ppl receiving custodial care are capable of responding to an emergency situation to evacuate
- 2.2 / CONDITION 2, ppl receiving custodial care who require limited verbal or physical assistance while responding to an emergency situation to evacuate bldg
INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I-2
used for medical care on a 24-hr basis for more than 5 ppl who are incapable of self preservation, ex:
Foster care facilities Detoxification facilities Hospitals Nursing Homes Psychiatric hospitals
CONDITION I / provide nursing and medical but not emergency care, surgery, obstetrics or in-patient stabilization units for psych or detox, uncluding but not limited to nursing homes and foster care facilities
CONDITION II / facilities that provide nursing and medical care and could provide emergency care, surgery, obstetrics or in-patient stabilization units for psych or detox including but not limited to hosptials
INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I-3
inhabited by more than 5 ppl who are under restraint or security. I-3 is occ by ppl who are generally incapable of self-preservation due to security measures not under the occupants’ control, ex
Correctional centers Detention centers Jails Prerelease centers Prisons Reformatories
I-3 CONDITION I
FREE MOVEMENT is ALLOWED from sleeping areas and other spaces where access or occupancy is permitted to the exterior via means of egress W/O RESTRAIN
I-3 CONDITION II
FREE MOVEMENT is ALLOWED from sleeping areas and any other occupied smoke compartment to one or more other smoke compartments.
EGRESS to the exterior is impeded by LOCKED EXITS
I-3 CONDITION III
FREE MOVEMENT allowed within individual smoke compartments such as w/in a residential unit comprised of individual sleeping units and group activity spaces,
where EGRESS is impeded by REMOTE CONTROLLED release of means of egress from such a smoke compartment to another smoke compartment
I-3 CONDITION IV
free MOVEMENT is RESTRICTED from an occupied space,
REMOTE-CONTROLLED release is provided to permit movement from sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas w/in the smoke compartment to other smoke compartments
I-3 CONDITION V
free MOVEMENT is RESTRICTED from an occupied space
STAFF-CONTROLLED manual release is provided to permit movement from sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas w/in the smoke compartment to other smoke compartments
I-4
INSTITUTIONAL GROUP
DAYCARE FACILITIES
Buildings and structures occupied by more than 5 ppl of any age who receive custodial care for fewer than 24 hours per day by persons other than parents or guardians, relatives by blood, marriage or adoption, and in a place other than the home of the person cared for, ex
Adult Day Care
Child Day Care
DAYCARE CLASSIFICATION AS E
a child daycare facility that provides care for more than 5 but no more than 100 children 2-1/2 years or less of age,
rooms are located on a level of exit discharge serving such rooms and each of these child care rooms has an exit door directly to the exterior
DAYCARE W/IN PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP
rooms and spaces w/in places of religious worship providing such care during religious functions shall be classified as part of the primary occupancy
DAYCARE W/ 5 OR FEWER
facility w/ 5 or fewer receiving custodial care shall be classified as part of the primary occupancy
*IF DWELLING UNIT, then classified as R-3 occupancy and shall comply w/ IRC
M
MERCANTILE GROUP M
use for the display and sale of merchandise, and involves stocks of goods, wares, or merchandise incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public.
ex: Department Stores, Drug Stores, Markets, Greenhouses for display and sale of plants that provide public access, Motor fuel-dispensing facilities, Retail or wholesale stores, Sales Rooms
R-1
SLEEPING UNITS where occupants are primarily TRANSIENT in nature
Boarding houses (transient) w/ more than 10 ppl
Congregate living facilities (transient) w/ more than 10
Hotels (transient)
Motels (transient)
R-2
SLEEPING UNITS or more than two DWELLING UNITS where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature, including:
Apartment houses Congregate living facilities (nontransient) w/ more than 16 occupants, Boarding houses, Convents, Dormitories, Fraternities/Sororities, Monasteries Hotels (nontransient) Live/work units Motels (nontransient) Vacation timeshare properties
R-3
occupants are primarily permanent in nature and not classified as Group: R-1, R-2, R-4, or I, including
Buildings that do not contain more than two dwelling units
Care facilities that provide accommodations for five or fewer persons receiving care
CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES (nontransient) w/ 16 OR FEWER occupants, Boarding houses, Convents, Dormitories, Fraternities/Sororities, Monasteries
CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES (transient) w/ 10 OR FEWER occupants, Boarding houses (transient) Lodging Houses (transient) w/ 5 or fewer guest rooms and 10 or fewer occupants
R-4
facility w/ more than 16 ppl, excluding staff, who reside on a 24-hr basis in a supervised residential environment and receive CUSTODIAL CARE, ex:
Alcohol and Drug Centers Assisted Living Centers Congregate Care Facilities Group Homes Halfway Houses Residential Board and Care Facilities Social Rehabilitation Facilities
CONDITION I - occ capable of responding to emergency
CONDITION II - occ require assistance in emergency
S
the use of a bldg or structure for storage that is not classified as a hazardous occupancy
*A room or space used for storage purposes that is accessory to another occupancy shall be classified as part of that occupancy
S-1 - all occ that do not fall under S-2, ex storage of books, boots, furniture, glues, grains, leather, lumber, self service storage
S-2 - low hazard storage, noncombustible, asbestos, cement in bags, dry cell batteries, food products
U
UTILITY and MISCELLANEOUS
bldgs and structures of an accessory character and misc structures not classified in any specific occ shall be constructed, equipped and maintained to conform to the requirements of this commensurate w/ the fire and life hazard incidental to their occ, ex
Agricultural Bldgs
Aircraft Hangars, accessory to a one- or two-family residence
Barns
Carports
Comm equipment structures w/ gross floor area less than 1,500 sf
Fences more than 6 ft in height
Grain Silos, accessory to a residential occ
Livestock shelters, private garages, retaining walls, sheds, stables, tanks, towers
*Greenhouses not classified as another occ shall be classified as Use Group U.
303.1.2
SMALL BUILDINGS AND TENANT SPACES
1 / a building or tenant space used for assembly purposes w/ an occupant load of fewer than 50 persons shall be classified as Group B occupancy or part of the larger occupancy.
2 / a room or space less than 750 sf in area and accessory to another occupancy shall be classified as a group B occupancy or as part of that occupancy.
303.1.3
ASSEMBLY ASSOCIATED WITH E OCCUPANCIES
AND
303.1.4
ACCESSORY TO PLACES OF WORSHIP
ASSOCIATED WITH E:
a room or space used for assembly purposes that is associated with a Group E occupancy is not considered a separate occupancy
ASSOCIATED WITH WORSHIP:
accessory religious educational rooms and religious auditoriums with occupant loads of less than 100 per room or space are not considered separate occupancies.
