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2,312 International BUildina Code <br />up C> <br />CHAPTER 3 USE AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION <br />S_e. r; _ �tirg:}un 241= <br />308.4 institutional Group 1-2. <br />This occupancy shall include buildings and structures used for medical care on a 24-hour basis for more than five persons who are incapable of self- <br />preservation. This group shall include. but not be limited to, the following: <br />Foster care facilities <br />Detoxification facilities <br />Hospitals <br />Nursing homes <br />Psychiatric hospitals <br />SECTION 509 <br />INCIDENTAL USES <br />TABLE 509 <br />INCIDENTAL USES <br />ROOM OR AREA <br />SEPARATION AND/OR PROTECTION <br />Furnace room where any piece o1 equipment is over 400.000 Btu per hour input <br />1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system <br />Rooms with hollers where the largest piece of equipment is over 15 psi and 10 horsepower <br />1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system <br />Refrigerant machinery room <br />1 tour or provide automatic sprinkler system <br />Hydrogen cutoff rooms. not classified as Group H <br />1 hour in Group B. F. M. S and U <br />occupancies. 2 hours in Group A. E, I and R <br />occupancies. <br />Incinerator rooms <br />2 hours and provide automatic sprinkler <br />system <br />Paint shops, not classified as Group H, located in occupancies other than Group F <br />2 hours; or 1 hour and provide automatic <br />spnni der system <br />Laboratories and vocational shops. not ctassified as Group H, located in a Group E or 1-2 occupancy <br />1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system <br />Laundry rooms over 100 square feet <br />1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system <br />Group 1-3 cells equipped with padded surfaces <br />1 hour <br />Waste and linen collection rooms located in either Group 1-2 <br />occupancies or ambulatory care facilities <br />1 hour <br />Waste and linen collection rooms over 100 square feet <br />1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system <br />Stationary storage battery systems having a liquid electrolyte capacity of more than 50 gallons for flooded lead -acid. nickel <br />cadmium or VRLA, or more than 1,000 pounds for lithium -ion and lithium metal polymer used for facility standby power. <br />emergency power or unmterruptable power supplies <br />1 hour in Group B, F, fit S and U <br />occupancies. 2 hours in Group A, E, I and R <br />occupancies <br />Deleted <br />For SI- 1 square foot = 0.0929 m= 1 pound per square inch (psi) = 6-9 kPa. 1 British thermal unit (Btu) per tour = 0.293 watts. 1 horsepower = 746 watts. 1 gallon = 3.785 L. <br />