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Buildings and spaces shall be classified in the residential occupancy group when families or households dwell therein, or when sleeping accommodations, with or without dining facilities, are provided therein for individuals. Excluded from this group are those buildings and spaces classified under the institutional occupancy group. The residential occupancy consists of sub groups J-1, J-2, and J-3.
Shall include buildings and spaces that are primarily occupied for the shelter and sleeping accommodation of individuals on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis.
Shall include buildings with three or more dwelling units that are occupied for permanent residence purposes as defined in subparagraph (a) of paragraph eight of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the housing maintenance code.
Shall include buildings occupied as one-family or two-family dwellings, or as convents or rectories.
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Buildings and spaces shall be classified in the residential occupancy group when families or households dwell therein, or when sleeping accommodations, with or without dining facilities, are provided therein for individuals. Excluded from this group are those buildings and spaces classified under the institutional occupancy group. The residential occupancy consists of sub groups J-1 ...
Table 3-1 lists occupancy groups and sub groups that shall be established for classifying buildings and spaces in accordance with the provisions of articles three through twelve of this subchapter.
TABLE 3-1 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATIONS
Occupancy Group
Classification
Fire Index
A
High hazard
4
B-1
Storage (moderate hazard)
3
B-2
Storage (low hazard)
2
C
Mercantile
2
D-1
Industrial (moderate hazard)
3
D-2
Industrial (low hazard)
2
E
Business
2
F-1a
Assembly (theaters, etc.)
1
F-1b
Assembly (churches, concert halls, etc.)
1
F-2
Assembly (outdoors)
1
F-3
Assembly (museums, etc.)
1
F-4
Assembly (restaurants, etc.)
1
G
Education
1
H-1
Institutional (restrained)
1
H-2
Institutional (incapacitated)
1
J-1
Residential (hotels ...
be separate from the flue. Refuse charging chutes shall not discharge directly into incinerators, except in buildings classified in residential occupancy group J ...
self-closing doors opening in the direction of exit travel from the floors below grade, except that buildings classified in residential occupancy group J-3 and educational occupancy group G shall be exempt from this requirement ...
or H and existing buildings classified in occupancy group E, G or J-1 (except for "residential hotels," as such term is defined by the commissioner ...