Section 675IAC13-2.6-4. Chapter 3; use and occupancy classification

   Chapter 3 is amended as follows: (a) Amend Section 301.1, Scope, by deleting "buildings and" and inserting "Class 1".

  (b) Amend Section 304, Business Group B, by adding "Fire and police stations" after "Electronic data processing".

  (c) Amend Table 307.1(1), Maximum Allowable Quantity Per Control Area of Hazardous Materials Posing a Physical Hazard as follows:

(1) In the Material column, after "Cryogenics oxidizing" and after "Oxidizing gas", add footnote "r".

(2) Add footnote "r" after footnote "q" to read as follows: I-2 occupancies shall be permitted to contain the following quantities:

(a) 300 cu. Ft. or less per smoke compartment may be stored without an enclosure if associated with patient care areas. (See Section 407.5 for smoke compartment requirements.)

(b) 3,000 cu. Ft. or less per room may be stored in rooms separated from adjacent spaces by smoke partitions complying with Section 710.

(c) 20,000 cu. Ft. or less per room may be stored in rooms separated from adjacent spaces by 1-hour fire barriers complying with Section 707.

(d) Regardless of quantities, rooms containing manifolds shall be separated from adjacent spaces by 1-hour fire barriers complying with Section 707.

(e) Regardless of quantities, rooms used for liquid oxygen transfer shall be separated from adjacent spaces by 1-hour fire barriers complying with Section 707.

  (d) Amend Use-Closed Systems column by inserting footnote "e" between "10" and footnote "g" in the "Gas (cubic feet at NTP)" column of the Pyrophoric material row.

  (e) Amend table 307.1(2), Maximum Allowable Quantity Per Control Area of Hazardous Material Posing A Health Hazard by adding footnote "e and f" in the "Solid pounds (cubic feet)" column heading, under "Storage".

  (f) Amend Section 307.3.1, Occupancies containing explosives not classified as H-1, in item 2, by deleting "Exoplosives", and inserting "Explosives".

  (g) Amend Section 308.3.1, Five or fewer persons receiving care, by deleting "or with Section P2904 of the International Residential Code".

  (h) Amend Section 308.4.1, Five or fewer persons receiving care, by deleting the text and inserting to read as follows: A facility such as the above with five or fewer persons receiving such care shall be classified as Group R-3.

  (i) Amend Section 310.1, Residential Group R, by deleting after "Group I", "or when not regulated by the International Residential Code".

  (j) Amend Section 310.3, Residential Group R-1, by inserting "Bed and Breakfast Establishments" before "Boarding houses (transient) with more than 10 occupants".

  (k) Amend Section 310.5, Residential Group R-3, by inserting after "congregate living facilities (transient) with 10 or fewer occupants, and Bed and Breakfast Establishments", "One and two family dwellings and townhouses are regulated by the Indiana Residential Code (675 IAC 14)".

  (l) Amend Section 310.5.1, Care facilities within a dwelling, by deleting after "903.3.1.3", "or with Section P2904 of the International Residential Code".

  (m) Amend Section 312.1, General, by deleting the text and inserting to read as follows: Group U Occupancies shall include buildings or structures, or portions thereof, and shall be classified as follows: Private garages, carports, sheds, tanks, towers, and agricultural buildings that are Class 1 structures. (Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 13-2.6-4; filed Aug 1, 2014, 11:12 a.m.: 20140827-IR-675130339FRA, eff Dec 1, 2014)