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OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND USE

305.2.1 Within places of religious worship. Rooms and Millwork (sash and door)
spaces within places of religious worship providing such Motion pictures and television filming (without
day care during religious functions shall be classified as spectators)
part of the primary occupancy. Musical instruments
305.2.2 Five or fewer children. A facility having five or Optical goods
fewer children receiving such day care shall be classified Paper mills or products
as part of the primary occupancy. Photographic film
Plastic products
305.2.3 Five or fewer children in a dwelling unit. A Printing or publishing
facility such as the above within a dwelling unit and hav- Recreational vehicles
ing five or fewer children receiving such day care shall be Refuse incineration
classified as a Group R-3 occupancy or shall comply with Shoes
the International Residential Code. Soaps and detergents
Textiles
Tobacco
SECTION 306 Trailers
FACTORY GROUP F Upholstering
306.1 Factory Industrial Group F. Factory Industrial Group Wood; distillation
F occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or Woodworking (cabinet)
structure, or a portion thereof, for assembling, disassembling, 306.3 Low-hazard factory industrial, Group F-2. Factory
fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair or industrial uses that involve the fabrication or manufacturing
processing operations that are not classified as a Group H of noncombustible materials that during finishing, packing or
hazardous or Group S storage occupancy.
processing do not involve a significant fire hazard shall be
306.2 Moderate-hazard factory industrial, Group F-1. classified as F-2 occupancies and shall include, but not be
Factory industrial uses that are not classified as Factory limited to, the following:
Industrial F-2 Low Hazard shall be classified as F-1 Moder- Beverages: up to and including 16-percent alcohol content
ate Hazard and shall include, but not be limited to, the follow- Brick and masonry
ing:
Ceramic products
Aircraft (manufacturing, not to include repair) Foundries
Appliances Glass products
Athletic equipment Gypsum
Automobiles and other motor vehicles Ice
Bakeries Metal products (fabrication and assembly)
Beverages: over 16-percent alcohol content
Bicycles
Boats SECTION 307
Brooms or brushes HIGH-HAZARD GROUP H
Business machines [F] 307.1 High-hazard Group H. High-hazard Group H
Cameras and photo equipment occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or
Canvas or similar fabric structure, or a portion thereof, that involves the manufactur-
Carpets and rugs (includes cleaning) ing, processing, generation or storage of materials that consti-
Clothing tute a physical or health hazard in quantities in excess of
Construction and agricultural machinery those allowed in control areas complying with Section 414,
Disinfectants based on the maximum allowable quantity limits for control
Dry cleaning and dyeing areas set forth in Tables 307.1(1) and 307.1(2). Hazardous
Electric generation plants occupancies are classified in Groups H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4 and
Electronics H-5 and shall be in accordance with this section, the require-
Engines (including rebuilding) ments of Section 415 and the International Fire Code. Haz-
Food processing establishments and commercial kitchens ardous materials stored, or used on top of roofs or canopies,
not associated with restaurants, cafeterias and similar shall be classified as outdoor storage or use and shall comply
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dining facilities more than 2,500 square feet (232 m ) in with the International Fire Code.
area.
Furniture [F] 307.1.1 Uses other than Group H. An occupancy that
Hemp products stores, uses or handles hazardous materials as described in
Jute products one or more of the following items shall not be classified
Laundries as Group H, but shall be classified as the occupancy that it
Leather products most nearly resembles.
Machinery 1. Buildings and structures occupied for the applica-
Metals tion of flammable finishes, provided that such

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