NYCAC

Article 6 - OCCUPANCY GROUP D-INDUSTRIAL¶

Section 27-249¶

Section 27-249

  §  27-249  Classification. Buildings and spaces shall be classified in
the industrial occupancy group  when  they  are  used  for  fabricating,
assembling, manufacturing, or processing products, materials, or energy,
except  that  when  any  products  or  materials,  or  other products or
materials used in their manufacture are highly  combustible,  flammable,
or  explosive, the occupancy shall meet the requirements for high hazard
occupancies when the latter are more restrictive than the  corresponding
requirements for the industrial classification. The industrial occupancy
group consists of sub groups D-1 and D-2.

Section 27-250¶

Section 27-250

  §  27-250  Occupancy  group D-1. Shall include buildings and spaces in
which the fabrication, assembly, manufacturing, or processing represents
a moderate fire hazard due to the extent and nature of such  operations,
or to the materials involved.
  (a)  Typical occupant activities: Canning, including food products and
condensed and powdered milk manufacturer; dry cleaning or  dyeing  using
or  storing  solvents  having  a flash point between 100° F and 138.2° F
(Tag. closed-cup); electrolytic processes;  glass  manufacture,  leather
tanning and treating, excluding enamelling or japanning; sugar refining;
textile  milling,  including  canvas,  cotton,  cloth,  bagging, burlap,
carpets, and rugs; upholstering; woodworking;  cotton  dressmaking;  and
manufacturing   or  processing  materials  such  as  those  outlined  in
subdivision (a) of section 27-246 of article four of this subchapter.

Section 27-251¶

Section 27-251

  §  27-251  Occupancy group D-2. This group shall include buildings and
spaces in which the fabrication, assembly, manufacturing, or  processing
represents a low fire hazard.

Section 27-252¶

Section 27-252

  §  27-252 Location restrictions. No space classified in the industrial
group D shall be located above the  second  story  of  any  building  or
building  section classified in construction group II containing a space
classified in occupancy group J-1 or J-2.