08-17-10 Regular Meeting of the Building Codes Appeals Board

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SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY cleaning; and shall be so designed to confine residues within the spraying space. Aluminum shall not be used. I [F] 416.4 Spray booths. Spray booths shall be designed, con- structed and operated in accordance with the International Fire Code. [F] 416.5 Fire protection. An automatic fire-extinguishing system shall be provided in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms and shall be installed in accordance with Chapter 9. SECTION 417 DRYING ROOMS [F] 417.1 General. A drying room or dry kiln installed within a building shall be constructed entirely of approved noncombustible materials or assemblies of such materials reg- ulated by the approved rules or as required in the general and specific sections of Chapter 4 for special occupancies and where applicable to the general requirements of Chapter 28. [F] 417.2 Piping clearance. Overhead heating pipes shall have a clearance of not less than 2 inches (51 mm) from combustible contents in the dryer. [F] 417.3 Insulation. Where the operating temperature of the dryer is 1750F (790C) or more, metal enclosures shall be insu- lated from adjacent combustible materials by not less than 12 inches (305 mm) of airspace, or the metal walls shall be lined with 1/4-inch (6.35 mm) insulating mill board or other approved equivalent insulation. [F] 417.4 Fire protection. Drying rooms designed for high-hazard materials and processes, including special occu- pancies as provided for in Chapter 4, shall be protected by an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system complying with the provisions of Chapter 9. SECTION 418 ORGANIC COATINGS [F] 418.1 Building features. Manufacturing of organic coat- ings shall be done only in buildings that do not have pits or basements. [F] 418.2 Location. Organic coating manufacturing opera- tions and operations incidental to or connected therewith shall not be located in buildings having other occupancies. [F] 418.3 Process mills. Mills operating with close clearances and that process flammable and heat-sensitive materials, such as nitrocellulose, shall be located in a detached building or noncombustible structure. [F] 4}8.4 Tank storage. Storage areas for flammable and com- bustible liquid tanks inside of structures shall be located at or above grade and shall be separated from the processing area by not less than 2-hour fire barriers constructed in accordance with Section 707 or horizontal assemblies constructed in accordance with Section 712, or both. [F] 418.5 Nitrocellulose storage. Nitrocellulose storage shall be located on a detached pad or in a separate structure or a room enclosed with no less than 2-hour fire barriers constructed in 2009 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING COD~ accordance with Section 707 or horizontal assemblies con- structed in accordance with Section 712, or both. [F] 418.6 Finished products. Storage rooms for finished prod- ucts that are flammable or combustible liquids shall be sepa- rated from the processing area by not less than 2-hour fire barriers constructed in accordance with Section 707 or hori- zontal assemblies constructed in accordance with Section 712, or both. 419.1 General. A live/work unit is a dwelling unit or sleeping unit in which a significant portion of the space includes a non- residential use that is operated by the tenant and shall comply with Sections 419.1 through 419.8. Exception: Dwelling or sleeping units that include an office that is less than 10 percent of the area of the dwell- ing unit shall not be classified as a live/work unit. 419.1.1 Limitations. The following shall apply to all live/work areas: 1. The live/work unit is permitted to be a maximum of 3,000 square feet (279 m2); 2. The nonresidential area is permitted to be a maximum 50 percent of the area of each live/work unit; 3. The nonresidential area function shall be limited to the fIrSt or main floor only of the live/work unit; and 4. A maximum of five nonresidential workers or employees are allowed to occupy the nonresidential area at anyone time. 419.2 Occupancies. Live/work units shall be classified as a Group R-2 occupancy. Separation requirements found in Sec- tions 420 and 508 shall not apply within the live/work unit when the live/work unit is in compliance with Section 419. High-hazard and storage occupancies shall not be permitted in a live/work unit. The aggregate area of storage in the nonresi- dential portion of the live/work unit shall be limited to 10 per- cent of the space dedicated to nonresidential activities. 419.3 Means of egress. Except as modified by this section, the provisions for Group R-2 occupancies in Chapter 10 shall apply to the entire live/work unit. 419.3.1 Egress capacity. The egress capacity for each ele- ment of the live/work unit shall be based on the occupant load for the function served in accordance with Table 1004 .1.1. 419.3.2 Sliding doors. Where doors in a means of egress are of the horizontal-sliding type, the force to slide the door to its fully open position shall not exceed 50 pounds (220 N) with a perpendicular force against the door of 50 pounds (220 N). 419.3.3 Spiral stairways. Spiral stairways that conform to the requirements of Section 1009.9 shall be permitted. 419.3.4 Locks. Egress doors shall be permitted to be locked in accordance with Exception 4 of Section 1008.1.9.3. 75