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311.1 Storage Group S
Storage Group S occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for storage, such as for warehouses, storage rooms, freight depots and distribution centers, when not classified as a hazardous occupancy.
311.2 Moderate-Hazard Storage, Group S-1
Buildings occupied for storing any flammable or combustible materials that are likely to permit the development and production of fire with moderate rapidity including, but not limited to, storage of the following:

  Aerosols, Levels 2 and 3
  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
  Furniture
  Furs
  Glues, mucilage, pastes and size
  Grains
  Horns and combs, other than celluloid
  Leather
  Linoleum
  Lumber
  Photo engravings
  Resilient flooring
  Silks
  Soaps
  Sugar
  Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff
  Upholstery and mattresses
  Wax candles
311.3 Low-Hazard Storage, Group S-2
Includes, 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. Storage uses shall include, but not be limited to, storage of the following:

  Asbestos
  Beverages up to and including 12-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
  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
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Section 311 Use and Occupancy Classification, Storage Groups
Storage Group S occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for storage, such as for warehouses ...
Section 311 Use and Occupancy Classification, Storage Group S
Storage Group S occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for storage, such as for warehouses ...
Section 311 Use and Occupancy Classification, Storage Group S
Storage Group S occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for storage, such as for warehouses ...
311.3 Use and Occupancy Classification, Low-Hazard Storage, Group S-2
Includes, among others, buildings used for the storage of noncombustible materials such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons ...
311.2 Use and Occupancy Classification, Moderate-Hazard Storage, Group S-1
Storage Group S-1 occupancies are buildings occupied for storing any flammable or combustible materials that are likely to permit the development ...