RULE VII Classification and General Requirements

 

Residential building for the exclusive use of non-leasing occupants not exceeding_________including single-attached or duplex or townhouses, each privately-owned; school dormitories (on campus); convents and monasteries; military or police barracks/dormitories; pre-schools, elementary and high schools, provided that they do not exceed ________; outpatient clinics, family planning clinics, lying-in clinics, diagnostics clinics, medical and clinical laboratories; branch library and museums; steam/dry cleaning outlets; party needs and accessories..

• 15 Persons and 20 Classrooms

• 10 Persons and 16 Classrooms

• 20 Persons and 25 Classrooms

• 12 Persons and 18 Classroom

In Group E Division 2 -    Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of less than _________________, printing plants, police and fire stations, factories and workshops using not highly flammable or combustible materials and paint stores without bulk handlings.

• 80 Persons

• 150 Persons

• 100 Persons

• 50 Persons

In Group H - Assembly Other than Group I :

Division 1 -   Any assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of less than _______ in the building.

• 500

• 300

• 100

• 1000

In Group H - Assembly Other than Group I

Division 2 -   Any assembly building without stage and having an occupant load of ______ or more in the building.

• 1000

• 300

• 500

• 100

In Group H - Assembly Other than Group I -

Division 3 -  Any assembly building without a stage and having an occupant load of less than in the building.

• 300

• 400

• 500

• 1000

In Group I - Assembly Occupant load 1000 or more:

Group I Occupancies shall be any assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of _______ or more in the building.

• 100

• 300

• 1000

• 500

 

Exterior walls shall have fire resistance and opening protection in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Secretary. Projections beyond the exterior wall shall not exceed beyond a point one-third the distance from an assumed vertical plane located where the fire-resistive protection of openings is first required to the location on property whichever is the least restrictive. Distance shall be measured at right angles from the property line.   When openings in exterior walls are required to be protected due to distance from property line, the sum of the areas of such openings in any storey shall not exceed________% of the total area of the wall in that storey.

• 50%

• 100%

• 40%

• 20%

A “Three-Hour Fire-Resistive Occupancy Separation” shall be of not less than three-hour fire-resistive construction. All openings in walls forming such separation shall be protected by a fire assembly having a three-hour fire-resistive rating. The total width of all openings in any three-hour fire-resistive occupancy separation wall in any one-storey shall not exceed______% of the length of the wall in that storey and no single opening shall have an area greater than ________sq.m. All openings in floors forming a “Three-Hour Fire- Resistive Occupancy Separation” shall be protected by vertical enclosures extending above and below such openings. The walls of such vertical enclosures shall be of not less than two-hour fire-resistive construction, and all openings therein shall be protected by a fire assembly having a three-hour fire-resistive rating.

• 40% and 20 Sq.M

• 30% and 15 Sq. m

• 5% and 15 Sq. M

• 25% and 10 Sq. M

Absolutely no firewalls are allowed for a low density residential (R-1) uses or occupancies;  an  abutment of up  to ______ meters from established grade level may however be permitted but solely for the purpose of supporting a carport roof; provided further that such abutment shall be constructed of perforated or decorative concrete blocks above 1.50 meters measured vertically from the established grade level; such an abutment shall not be longer than ____ meters or 50% of the side property line in total length, whichever is shorter.

• 3.00 and 7.50

• 3.20 and 7.00

• 2.00 and 8.00

• 2.20 and 7.00

i.         For medium density residential (R-2) uses or occupancies, a firewall can be erected on a maximum of _______% of the total length of a side property line ; provided that only one (1) side property line is used for a firewall in the case of a R-2 structure; and provided further that the applicable stipulations of the Fire Code are strictly followed;

• 95%

• 85%

• 90%

• 80%