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| 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 |
| | |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6, OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
| | |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | 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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