2018-10-22 08:57:01 | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7 EXISTING OCCUPANCY |
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| 37.1.2.2 SUBCLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY. |
| 37.1.2.2.1 MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE |
| SUBCLASSIFIED AS |
| FOLLOWS: |
| (1) CLASS A, ALL MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES HAVING AN |
| AGGREGATE |
| GROSS AREA OF MORE THAN 30,000 FT2 (2800 M) OR |
| OCCUPYING |
| MORE THAN THREE STORIES FOR SALES PURPOSES |
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| 37.1.3 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES. |
| 37.1.3.1 GENERAL. |
| 37.1.3.1.1 ALL MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE IN |
| ACCORDANCE WITH |
| 6.1.14 AND 37.1.3. |
| 37.1.3.1.2 WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE SPECIFIC |
| REQUIREMENTS |
| IN THIS CHAPTER AND PROVISIONS FOR MIXED OCCUPANCIES OR |
| SEPARATED |
| OCCUPANCIES AS SPECIFIED IN 6.1.14.3 AND 6.1.14.4, THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL APPLY. |
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| 37.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. |
| 37.3.4.1 GENERAL. CLASS A MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES SHALL |
| BE |
| PROVIDED WITH A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| SECTION 9.6. |
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| NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6, OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
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| 6.1.14.2 DEFINITIONS. |
| 6.1.14.2.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY. A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE |
| IN WHICH TWO |
| OR MORE CLASSES OF OCCUPANCY EXIST. |
| 6.1.14.2.2 MIXED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY WHERE |
| THE |
| OCCUPANCIES ARE INTERMINGLED. |
| 6.1.14.2.3 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY |
| WHERE THE |
| OCCUPANCIES ARE SEPARATED BY FIRE RESISTANCE.RATED |
| ASSEMBLIES. |
| 6.1.14.3 MIXED OCCUPANCIES. |
| 6.1.14.3.1 EACH PORTION OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE |
| CLASSIFIED AS TO ITS USE IN |
| ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.1. |
| 6.1.14.3.2* THE BUILDING SHALL COMPLY WITH THE MOST |
| RESTRICTIVE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF THE OCCUPANCIES INVOLVED, UNLESS |
| SEPARATE SAFEGUARDS |
| ARE APPROVED. |
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| 6.1.14.4 SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES. (SEE ALSO 6.1.14.1.2.) |
| 6.1.14.4.1 WHERE SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ARE PROVIDED, |
| EACH PART OF THE |
| BUILDING COMPRISING A DISTINCT OCCUPANCY, AS DESCRIBED |
| IN THIS CHAPTER, |
| SHALL BE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM OTHER OCCUPANCIES BY |
| FIRE-RESISTIVE |
| ASSEMBLIES, AS SPECIFIED IN 6.1.14.4.2, 6.1.14.4.3, |
| TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(A), |
| AND TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(B), UNLESS SEPARATION IS PROVIDED |
| BY APPROVED |
| EXISTING SEPARATIONS OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY |
| 6.1.14.4.6. |
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| SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BE A SEPARATED OCCUPANCY, YOUR |
| OCCUPANCY SHALL BE THE SEPARATION REQUIRMENTS WHICH IS |
| 2 HOURS ACCORDING TO THE TABLE. |
| PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS RELATING TO YOUR |
| SPECIFIC WALLS THAT SEPARATE YOUR OCCUPANCY AND THOSE |
| ON EACH SIDE. |
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| S. THOMAS |
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