Section 311 Storage Group S

Storage Group S occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for storage that is not classified as a hazardous occupancy.

A room or space used for storage purposes that is less than 100 square feet (9.3 m²) in area and accessory to another occupancy shall be classified as part of that occupancy. The aggregate area of such rooms or spaces shall not exceed the allowable area limits of Section 508.2.

Storage Group S-1 occupancies are buildings occupied for storage uses that are not classified as Group S-2, including, but not limited to, storage of the following:

• Aerosols, Levels 2 and 3
• Aircraft hangar (storage and repair)
• Bags: cloth, burlap and paper
• Bamboos and rattan
• Baskets
• Belting: canvas and leather
• Books and paper in rolls or packs
• Boots and shoes
• Buttons, including cloth covered, pearl or bone
• Cardboard and cardboard boxes
• Clothing, woolen wearing apparel
• Cordage
• Dry boat storage (indoor)
• Furniture
• Furs
• Glues, mucilage, pastes and size
• Grains
• Horns and combs, other than celluloid
• Leather
  
  Linoleum
  
  Lumber
• Motor vehicle repair garages complying with the maximum allowable quantities of hazardous materials listed in Table 307.1(1) (see Section 406.8)
• Photo engravings
• Resilient flooring
• Silks
• Soaps
• Sugar
• Tires, bulk storage of
• Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff
• Upholstery and mattresses
• Wax candles

Storage Group S-2 occupancies include, among others, buildings used for the storage of noncombustible materials such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons with or without single thickness divisions; or in paper wrappings. Such products are permitted to have a negligible amount of plastic trim, such as knobs, handles or film wrapping. Group S-2 storage uses shall include, but not be limited to, storage of the following:

• Asbestos
• Beverages up to and including 16-percent alcohol in metal, glass or ceramic containers
• Cement in bags
• Chalk and crayons
• Dairy products in nonwaxed coated paper containers
• Dry cell batteries
• Electrical coils
• Electrical motors
• Empty cans
• Food products
• Foods in noncombustible containers
• Fresh fruits and vegetables in nonplastic trays or containers
• Frozen foods
• Glass
• Glass bottles, empty or filled with noncombustible liquids
• Gypsum board
• Inert pigments
• Ivory
• Meats
• Metal cabinets
• Metal desks with plastic tops and trim
• Metal parts
• Metals
• Mirrors
• Oil-filled and other types of distribution transformers
• Parking garages, open or enclosed
• Porcelain and pottery
• Stoves
• Talc and soapstones
• Washers and dryers