§ 27-246 Occupancy group B-1.
AC § 27-246
Shall include buildings and spaces used for storing any flammable or combustible materials that is likely to permit the development and propagation of fire with moderate rapidity. TABLE 3-2Typical Occupancies For Occupancy Classification* Occupancy GroupDesignationRepresentative Occupancies High HazardAPaint shop and storerooms; industrial smoke houses; grain elevators; tanneries with enamelling or japanning; distilleries; sugar, starch, cereal, feed, flour, and grist mills; any space containing distribution piping at pressure levels above fifteen psig StorageB-1Warehouses; storerooms; freight depots; stables; coal pockets; group 1 public garages**B-2Warehouses; storerooms; private garages; green houses; group 2 public garages**MercantileCRetail stores; shops; sales rooms; marketsIndustrialD-1Baking plants; breweries; automotive repair shops; foundries; heliports; scenery shopsD-2Mechanical and electrical equipment rooms; power plants, and boiler and furnace rooms, except those containing gas distribution piping at pressure levels above fifteen psig; commercial laundries; vocational training shops; laboratories; nonresidential kitchensBusinessEOffice buildings; banks; civic administration buildings; radio and television stations not classified as places of assembly or as equipment rooms; telephone exchanges; and beauty shops; automotive service stations; neighborhood family care centers; medical offices or group medical centersF-1bChurches; lecture halls; court rooms; convention halls; concert halls; sports arenas; planetariums, motion picture theatersF-2Grandstands; bleachers; stadiums; drive-in theaters; amusement attractions and devices; bandstands; skating rinksF-3Exhibition halls; galleries; gymnasiums, museums; passenger terminals; bowling alleys; billiard parlors; skating rinksF-4Restaurants; night clubs; cabarets; dance halls; ballrooms; banquet rooms; cafeterias; snack bars; taverns; coffee housesEducationalGSchools; academies; universities; librariesInstitutionalH-1Jails; prisons; reformatories; mental institutionsH-2Hospitals; sanitariums; clinics; nursing homes; orphanages; homes for the aged; day nurseriesResidentialJ-1Hotels; motels; lodging houses; rooming housesJ-2Apartment houses; apartment hotels; school dormitory buildingsJ-3One-family and two-family dwellings; rectories; conventsMiscellaneousKSheds; fences; signs * This list of occupancies is representative only and is not complete. See reference standard RS 3-3 for additional listings. ** See article ten of subchapter seven of this chapter.
(a)Typical material contents: bags (cloth, burlap, and paper); bamboo and rattan; baskets; belting (canvas and leather); books and paper in rolls or packs; buttons, including cloth-covered, pearl, or bone; boots and shoes; cardboard and cardboard boxes; wearing apparel; cordage; furniture; furs; glue, mucilage, paste, and size; horn and combs other than celluloid; leather enamelling or japanning; linoleum; livestock; lumber; photo-engraving supplies; silk; soap; sugar; tobacco; cigars, cigarettes, and snuff; upholstery and mattresses; wax candles.
