USE AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION

3. Automatic fire detection systems.

4. Elevator car lighting.
5. Means of egress and exit sign illumination as required by Chapter 8.

2.17.11 Standpipe system. The underground building shall be provided throughout with a
standpipe system in accordance with Section 7.5.

SECTION 2.18
MOTOR-VEHICLE-RELATED OCCUPANCIES

2.18.1 Private garages and carports.

2.18.1.1 Classification. Buildings or parts of buildings classified as Group U occupancies
because of the use or character of the occupancy shall not exceed 93 m2 in area or
one story in height except as provided in Section 2.18.1.2. Any building or portion
thereof that exceeds the limitations specified in this section shall be classified in
the occupancy group other than Group U that it most nearly resembles.
2.18.1.2 Area increase. Group U occupancies used for the storage of private or pleasure-
type motor vehicles where no repair work is done or fuel dispensed are permitted
to be 279 m2, when the following provisions are met:
1. For a mixed occupancy building, the exterior wall and opening protection for
the Group U portion of the building shall be as required for the major
occupancy of the building. For such mixed occupancy building, the allowable
floor area of the building shall be as permitted for the major occupancy
contained therein.
2. For a building containing only Group U occupancy, the exterior wall and
opening protection shall be as required for a Group R-1 or R-2 occupancy.
More than one 279 m2 Group U occupancy shall be permitted to be in the same
building, provided each 279 m2 area is separated by fire walls complying with
Section 4B.6.
2.18.1.3 Garages and carports. Carports shall be open on at least two sides. Carport floor
surfaces shall be of approved noncombustible material. Carports not open on at
least two sides shall be considered a garage and shall comply with the provisions
of this section for garages.
Exception: Asphalt surfaces shall be permitted at ground level in carports.
The area of floor used for parking of automobiles or other vehicles shall be sloped
to facilitate the movement of liquids to a drain or toward the main vehicle entry
doorway.
2.18.1.4 Separation. Separations shall comply with the following:
1. The private garage shall be separated from the dwelling unit and its attic area
by means of a minimum 12.7 mm gypsum board applied to the garage side.
Garages beneath habitable rooms shall be separated from all habitable rooms
above by not less than 16 mm Type X gypsum board or equivalent. Door
openings between a private garage and the dwelling unit shall be equipped
with either solid wood doors, or solid or honeycomb core steel doors not less
than 35 m thick, or doors in compliance with Section 4B.15.3.3 of SBC 801.
Openings from a private garage directly into a room used for sleeping
purposes shall not be permitted.
2. Ducts in a private garage and ducts penetrating the walls or ceilings separating
the dwelling unit from the garage shall be constructed of a minimum 0.48 mm
sheet steel and shall have no openings into the garage.
3. A separation is not required between a Group R-3 and U carport provided the
carport is entirely open on two or more sides and there are not enclosed areas
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