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10 SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY with 1/4 nch(6 35 mm)insulating mill board or other a proved 3 The nonresidential area function shall be limited to equivale i t insulation the first or main floor only of the live/work unit,and [F] 417., Fire protection Drying rooms deigned for 4 A maximum of five nonresidential workers or high-hazar• matenals and processes, including •ecial occu- employees are allowed to occupy the nonresidential pancies as p •vided for in Chapter 4,shall be p •tected by an area at any one time approved auto atic fire-extinguishing system••mplying with 419 2 Occupancies Live/work units shall be classified as a the provisions • Chapter 9 Group R-2 occupancy Separation requirements found in Sec- tions 420 and 508 shall not apply within the live/work unit when the live/work unit is in compliance with Section 419 SECTION 418 High-hazard and storage occupancies shall not be permitted in O'GANIC COATIN' S a live/work unit The aggregate area of storage in the nonresi- [F]4181 Building fe.tures Manufa• tiring of organic coat- dental portion of the live/work unit shall be limited to 10 per- ings shall be done onl in buildings hat do not have pits or cent of the space dedicated to nonresidential activities basements 419.3 Means of egress Except as modified by this section,the [F] 418.2 Location. Orga is co ting manufactunng opera- provisions for Group R-2 occupancies in Chapter 10 shall Lions and operations inciden,.l t• or connected therewith shall apply to the entire live/work unit not be located in buildings ha g other occupancies 419.3.1 Egress capacity.The egress capacity for each ele- [F]418 3 Process mills Mill' eratmg with close clearances ment of the live/work unit shall be based on the occupant and that process flammable d eat-sensitive materials,such load for the function served in accordance with Table as nitrocellulose, shall be ocate in a detached building or 1004 1 1 noncombustible structure 419 3 2 Sliding doors.Where doors in a means of egress are [F]418 4 Tank storage Storage area'for flammable and corn- of the honzontal-sliding type,the force to slide the door to bustible liquid tanks i, ide of strtctur,s shall be located at or its fully open position shall not exceed 50 pounds(220 N) above grade and shal •e separated from he processing area by with a perpendicular force against the door of 50 pounds not less than 2-hot fire barriers const icted in accordance (220 N) with Section 707 or horizontal assemb es constructed in 419.3.3 Spiral stairways Spiral stairways that conform to accordance with :ection 712,or both the requirements of Section 1009 9 shall be permitted [F]418 5 Nitr i ellulose storage Nitrocellu se storage shall 419.3.4 Locks.Egress doors shall be permitted to be locked be located on.detached pad or in a separate strt ture or a room in accordance with Item 4 of Section 1008 1 9 3 enclosed wit no less than 2-hour fire barriers onstructed in accordance with Section 707 or horizontal ass: Mies con- 419 4 Vertical openings Floor openings between floor levels structed i accordance with Section 712,or both of a live/work unit are permitted without enclosure [F]418.!Finished products.Storage rooms for finis i ed prod- 419.5 Fire protection.The live/work unit shall be provided ucts th t are flammable or combustible liquids shall oe sepa- with a monitored fire alarm system where required by Section rated rom the processing area by not less than 2-h• r fire 907 2 9 and an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with barr ers constructed in accordance with Section 707 or on- Section 903 2 8 zo al assemblies constructed in accordance with Section'12, 419.6 Structural. Floor loading for the areas within a o •oth live/work unit shall be designed to conform to Table 1607 1 based on the function within the space SECTION 419 419 7 Accessibility.Accessibility shall be designed in accor- LIVE/WORK UNITS dance with Chapter 11 419.1 General.A live/work unit is a dwelling unit or sleeping 419 8 Ventilation The applicable requirements of the Interna- unit in which a significant portion of the space includes a non- tional Mechanical Code shall apply to each area within the residential use that is operated by the tenant and shall comply live/work unit for the function within that space with Sections 419 1 through 419 8 Exception: Dwelling or sleeping units that include an SECTION 420 office that is less than 10 percent of the area of the dwell- ROUPS I-1,R-1,R-2 '-3 ing unit shall not be classified as a live/work unit 4191.1 Limitations. The following apply shall a 1 to all 4201 General Occu.= cies in G t•ps I-1,R-1,R-2 and R-3 shall comply with the prove .•,of this section and other appli- live/work areas cable provisions of this c e 1 The live/work unit is permitted to be a maximum of 420 2 Separatio Is Walls separator: • elling units in the 3,000 square feet(279 m2), same buildi walls separating sleeping un . in the same 2 The nonresidential area is permitted to be a maximum builder d walls separating dwelling or sleeping • is from 50 percent of the area of each live/work unit, oth- occupancies contiguous to them in the same bui 70 2012 NORTH CAROLINA BUILDING CODE