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OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND USE

production and viewing of the performing arts or motion pic- SECTION 304
tures including, but not limited to: BUSINESS GROUP B
Motion picture theaters 304.1 Business Group B. Business Group B occupancy
Symphony and concert halls includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or
Television and radio studios admitting an audience a portion thereof, for office, professional or service-type
Theaters transactions, including storage of records and accounts.
Business occupancies shall include, but not be limited to,
303.3 Assembly Group A-2. Group A-2 occupancy includes the following:
assembly uses intended for food and/or drink consumption
including, but not limited to: Airport traffic control towers
Ambulatory care facilities
Banquet halls Animal hospitals, kennels and pounds
Casinos (gaming areas) Banks
Nightclubs Barber and beauty shops
Restaurants, cafeterias and similar dining facilities Car wash
(including associated commercial kitchens) Civic administration
Taverns and bars Clinic, outpatient
Dry cleaning and laundries: pick-up and delivery stations
303.4 Assembly Group A-3. Group A-3 occupancy includes and self-service
assembly uses intended for worship, recreation or amusement Educational occupancies for students above the 12th grade
and other assembly uses not classified elsewhere in Group A Electronic data processing
including, but not limited to:
Food processing establishments and commercial kitchens
Amusement arcades not associated with restaurants, cafeterias and similar
2
Art galleries dining facilities not more than 2,500 square feet (232 m )
Bowling alleys in area.
Community halls Laboratories: testing and research
Courtrooms Motor vehicle showrooms
Dance halls (not including food or drink consumption) Post offices
Exhibition halls Print shops
Funeral parlors Professional services (architects, attorneys, dentists,
Greenhouses for the conservation and exhibition of plants physicians, engineers, etc.)
that provide public access. Radio and television stations
Gymnasiums (without spectator seating) Telephone exchanges
Indoor swimming pools (without spectator seating) Training and skill development not in a school or
Indoor tennis courts (without spectator seating) academic program (this shall include, but not be limited
Lecture halls to, tutoring centers, martial arts studios, gymnastics and
Libraries similar uses regardless of the ages served, and where not
Museums classified as a Group A occupancy).
Places of religious worship
Pool and billiard parlors
Waiting areas in transportation terminals SECTION 305
EDUCATIONAL GROUP E
303.5 Assembly Group A-4. Group A-4 occupancy includes
assembly uses intended for viewing of indoor sporting events 305.1 Educational Group E. Educational Group E occu-
and activities with spectator seating including, but not limited pancy includes, among others, the use of a building or struc-
to: ture, or a portion thereof, by six or more persons at any one
time for educational purposes through the 12th grade.
Arenas
Skating rinks 305.1.1 Accessory to places of religious worship. Reli-
Swimming pools gious educational rooms and religious auditoriums, which
Tennis courts are accessory to places of religious worship in accordance
with Section 303.1.4 and have occupant loads of less than
303.6 Assembly Group A-5. Group A-5 occupancy includes 100 per room or space, shall be classified as Group A-3
assembly uses intended for participation in or viewing out- occupancies.
door activities including, but not limited to:
305.2 Group E, day care facilities. This group includes
Amusement park structures buildings and structures or portions thereof occupied by more
1
Bleachers than five children older than 2 / years of age who receive
2
Grandstands educational, supervision or personal care services for fewer
Stadiums than 24 hours per day.

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