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SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY with'/4\nch (6.35 mm) insulating mill board or other equivale'lat insulation. [F] 417. Fire protection. Drying rooms de igned for high -bazar materials and processes, including re cial occu- pancies as p vided for in Chapter 4, shall be p tected by an approved auto atic fire- extinguishing system mplying with the provisions Chapter 9. SECTION 418 [F] 418.1 Building fe tures. Manufa uring of organic coat- ings shall be done onl in buildings hat do not have pits or basements. [F] 418.2 Location. Orga is co/ting manufacturing opera- tions and operations incideN connected therewith shall not be located in buildings ther occupancies. [F] 418.3 Process mills. Mting with close clearances and that process flammable t - sensitive materials, such as nitrocellulose, shall be n a detached building or noncombustible structure [F] 418.4 Tank storage torage area for flammable and com- bustible liquid tanks i ide of structur s shall be located at or above grade and shal a separated from he processing area by not less than 2 -ho fire barriers cons acted in accordance with Section 707 or horizontal assemb 'es constructed in accordance with ection 712, or both. [F] 418.5 Nitr ellulose storage. Nitrocellu se storage shall be located on detached pad or in a separate str ture or a room enclosed wit no less than 2 -hour fire barriers onstructed in accordance with Section 707 or horizontal ass blues con- structed i accordance with Section 712, or both. [F] 418. Finished products. Storage rooms for finis ed prod- ucts th t are flammable or combustible liquids shall a sepa- rated rom the processing area by not less than 2 -h ur fire Barr ers constructed in accordance with Section 707 or ori- zo al assemblies constructed in accordance with Section 12, 419.1 General. A live /work unit is a dwelling unit or sleeping unit in which a significant portion of the space includes a non- residential use that is operated by the tenant and shall comply with Sections 419.1 through 419.8. Exception: Dwelling or sleeping units that include an office that is less than 10 percent of the area of the dwell- ing unit shall not be classified as a live/work unit. 419.1.1 Limitations. The following shall apply to all Eve/work areas: 1. The live /work unit is permitted to be a maximum of 3,000 square feet (279 mz); 2. The nonresidential area is permitted to be a maximum 50 percent of the area of each live /work unit; 3. The nonresidential area function shall be limited to the first or main floor only of the live /work unit; and 4. A maximum of five nonresidential workers or employees are allowed to occupy the nonresidential area at any one time. 419.2 Occupancies. Live /work units shall be classified as a 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. High - hazard and storage occupancies shall not be permitted in a live /work unit. The aggregate area of storage in the nonresi- dential portion of the live /work unit shall be limited to 10 per- cent of the space dedicated to nonresidential activities. 419.3 Means of egress. Except as modified by this section, the provisions for Group R -2 occupancies in Chapter 10 shall apply to the entire live /work unit. 419.3.1 Egress capacity. The egress capacity for each ele- ment of the live /work unit shall be based on the occupant load for the function served in accordance with Table 1004.1.1. 419.3.2 Sliding doors. Where doors in a means of egress are of the horizontal - sliding type, the force to slide the door to its fully open position shall not exceed 50 pounds (220 N) with a perpendicular force against the door of 50 pounds (220 N). 419.3.3 Spiral stairways. Spiral stairways that conform to the requirements of Section 1009.9 shall be permitted. 419.3.4 Locks. Egress doors shall be permitted to be locked in accordance with Item 4 of Section 1008.1.9.3. 419.4 Vertical openings. Floor openings between floor levels of a live /work unit are permitted without enclosure. 419.5 Fire protection. The live /work unit shall be provided with a monitored fire alarm system where required by Section 907.2.9 and an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.2.8. 419.6 Structural. Floor loading for the areas within a live /work unit shall be designed to conform to Table 1607.1 based on the function within the space. 419.7 Accessibility. Accessibility shall be designed in accor- dance with Chapter 11. 419.8 Ventilation. The applicable requirements of the Interna- tional Mechanical Code shall apply to each area within the live /work unit for the function within that space. SECTION 420 IPS 1 -1, R -1, R- 420.1 General. Occu cues in G ps I -1, R -1, R -2 and R -3 shall comply with the prove ' of this section and other appli- cable provisions of this c e. 420.2 Separation Is. Walls separatin elling units in the same buildi , walls separating sleeping un' in the same same d walls separating dwelling or sleeping is from oth occupancies contiguous to them in the same but 70 2012 NORTH CAROLINA BUILDING CODE