New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 9. Executive Department |
Appendices |
Appendix S-1. |
CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS BY OCCUPANCY OR USE C1—Business This group includes, but is not limited to, the following: Banks Buildings for broadcasting and telecasting having a capacity of not more than 99 persons Computer and data processing buildings Indoor tennis courts designed for or in- tended to be used by not more than 99 persons, without seating for spectators Administration buildings Laboratories, other than chemical Library buildings having a capacity of not more than 99 persons Office buildings Professional offices, incidental to other uses School administration buildings without classrooms Telephone exchanges C2—Mercantile This group includes, but is not limited to, the following: Auto sales rooms Display rooms Gasoline service stations without mainte- nance or repair facilities Markets and supermarkets Stores, including paint stores without bulk handling facilities C3—Industrial This group includes, but is not limited to, the following: C3.1 Low Hazard: Car wash facilities Dairy product processing Dry cleaning plants using nonflammable solvents Electric substations Electrolytic processing excluding those that generate flammable or toxic gases Electronic assembly plants Foundries Power generating plants Metal processing buildings Metal fabrication buildings Ceramic product manufacture Masonry product manufacture Waterpumping stations Wineries, Breweries C3.2 Moderate Hazard: Aircraft maintenance and repair facili- ties Bakeries Chemical laboratories and manufactur- ers other than high hazard Commercial laundries Dry cleaning plants using flammable solvents Metal-working shops requiring volatile or flammable liquids Motor vehicle maintenance and repair shops Papermills and sawmills Woodworking plants excluding furniture manufacture C3.3 High Hazard: Celluloid, pyroxylin and nitrocellulose products Explosives and fireworks manufacturing and distributing Flammable dust Gasoline plants and plants for flamma- ble gas Oil refineries and oil cracking facilities Paint and varnish manufacture Rooms with high oxygen atmosphere in- cluding hospital operating rooms Upholstering facilities Wood furniture manufacture C4—Storage This group includes, but is not limited to, the following: C4.1 Low Hazard: Cold storage of food products Firehouse without assembly space Passenger car storage without mainte- nance or repair facilities Storage of noncombustible materials C4.2 Moderate Hazard: Aircraft hangars Book storage Firehouse with assembly space Furniture storage, wood Garage with maintenance or repair fa- cilities Grain elevators Lumber storage without facilities for producing chips or dust Paper or cardboard storage, tightly packed Stables or barns within fire limits Truck or commercial garages Warehouse and truck terminals C4.3 High Hazard: Buildings wherein flammable chips or dust are produced Gasoline bulk stations including han- dling facilities Storage of flammable medical gas or hy- drogen Wholesale chemical storage C5—Assembly This classification is subdivided into groups, according to the number of persons or the use of the building, as follows: Groups C5.1 for not more than six hundred persons. Group C5.2 for more than six hundred, but not more than fifteen hundred persons. Group C5.3 for more than fifteen hundred persons. The above groups, based on number of persons, include but are not limited to the following: Amusement park buildings to which the public has access Armories Art galleries Assembly halls Auditoriums Bath houses Bowling alleys Club rooms Coliseums and stadiums Court rooms Dance halls Exhibition halls or buildings Grandstands Gymnasiums Indoor tennis courts with seating for spec- tators Lecture halls Libraries and broadcasting and tele- casting stations having a capacity of more than 99 persons Lodge halls or rooms Mortuary Chapels Motion picture theaters Museums Night clubs Passenger stations and terminals of air, surface, underground and marine public transportation facilities Recreation centers, halls and piers Restaurants Skating rinks Tents and similar shelters Theaters The following groups include, but are not limited to: Group C5.4—churches, synagogues, mosques, and similar places of worship. Group C5.5—schools, colleges and similar places of education. C6—Institutional This classification is subdivided into groups, according to the movement of the occupants, and includes, but is not limited to, the following: C6.1—for persons whose movements are not limited and have a normal sense of perception, as follows: Out-patient clinics without domiciliary fa- cilities Days centers for, children 3 years of age or over C6.2—for persons whose movements are limited because of illness, physical or mental handicap, (except nursing and old-age homes regulated by the State Building Construction Code applicable to Multiple Dwellings). Examples are as follows: Child caring institutions with overnight sleeping facilities Clinics with sleeping rooms Community residences as defined in sec- tion 803.3 Day care centers for children under 3 years of age Hospitals Infirmaries Sanitariums C6.3 Detained or Confined: Detention homes Houses of correction Jails Mental hospitals. Penitentiaries Police lockups Prisons Reformatories C7—Miscellaneous This group includes, but is not limited to, the following: Boathouses Chimneys, free standing Contractors' temporary buildings Roofed marine terminals |