Occupancy Definitions Flashcards
B - Business
Service type transaction
EX. Bank, Car wash, post office, food processing establishments and commercial kitchens not associated with restaurants and similar dining facilities no more than 2,500 SF in area, professional services like architects, physicians.
E - Educational
A building or portion of it used for more than 6 persons for educational purposes.
EX. Classroom
A-1 - Assembly
Fixed Seats
EX. Auditorium
A-2 - Assembly
Consumption of food & beverages
EX. Cafeterias, casinos, restaurants
A-3 - Assembly
Worship + Recreation or amusement
EX. Museum, lecture halls, art galleries, dance halls
A-4 - Assembly
Indoor activities
EX. Pool, tennis courts
A-5 - Assembly
Outdoor activities
EX. Stadium, grandstands
F-1 - Factory
Moderate Hazzard
EX. aircraft, bakeries, beverages over 16% alcohol, energy storage system in dedicated use buildings, food processing establishments and commercial kitchens not associated with restaurants and similar dining facilities more than 2,500 SF in area.
F-2 - Factory
Low Hazzard. noncombustible materials
EX. Beverages up to and including 16% alcohol, glass products, Gypsum
H - Hazard
High Hazard. Manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials that constitute a physical or health hazard in quantities in excess of those allowed in control areas.
H-1 - Hazard
Buildings and structures containing materials that pose a detonation Hazard
EX. Explosives:
Division: 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6
H-2 - Hazzard
Materials the pose a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning.
EX. Combustible dusts, cryogenic materials, flammable gasses.
H-3 - Hazard
Materials that readily support combustion or that pose a physical hazard.
EX. Consumer fireworks, flammable solids
H-4 - Hazard
Materials that are health hazards.
EX. Corrosives, highly toxic materials, toxic materials.
H-5 - Hazard
Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas. The aggregate quantity of materials is in excess of those specified in table 307.1
I - Institutional
In which care or supervision is provided to persons who are incapable of self preservation without physical assistance or in which persons are detained for penal correctional purposes or in which the liberty of the occupants is restricted.
I -1 Institutional
For more than 16 persons, not including staff, who reside on a 24 hour basis in a supervised environment and receive custodial care.
EX. Assisted living
halfway house.
Refer to IBC for further conditions.
I-2 - Institutional
Medical care on a 24 hour bases to more than 5 persons who are incapable of self preservation.
EX. Foster care facilities
nursing homes
Refer to IBC for further conditions
I-3 - Institutional
Inhabited by more than 5 persons who are under restraint or security.
EX. Jails
Refer to IBC for further conditions
I-4 - Institutional
More than 5 persons of any age who recieve custodial care for fewer than 24 hours per day by persons other than parents or guardians, in a place other than the home of the person cared for.
EX. Child day care
Adult day care
Refer to IBC for further conditions
M - Mercantile
For the display of merchandise and involves stocks of goods, wares or merchandise and where the public has access.
EX. Department stores
R - Residential
For sleeping purposes when not classified as an institutional group or when not regulated by the international residential code.
R-1 - Residential
Transient Logging
EX. Hotels (transient)
R-2 - Residential
Containing sleeping units or more than two dwelling units. Primarily transient in nature
EX. Apartments
Congregate living facilities (Non
transient) with more than 16
occupants
Dormitories
Hotels (non transient)
