NONRESIDENTIAL FUNCTION AREAS
are building types in which a minimum of 90 percent of the building floor area functions as one of the following, which do not qualify as any other Building Occupancy Types more specifically defined in Section 100.1, and which do not have a combined total of more than 10 percent of the area functioning of any Nonresidential Function Areas specifically defined in Section 100.1:
Aisle Way is the passage or walkway between storage racks permanently anchored to the floor in a Commercial or Industrial Storage Building, where the racks are used to store materials such as goods and merchandise.
Atrium is a large-volume indoor space created by openings between two or more stories but is not used for an enclosed stairway, elevator hoistway, escalator opening, or utility shaft for plumbing, electrical, air-conditioning or other equipment.
Audience Seating Area is a room or area with fixed seats for public meetings or gatherings.
Auditorium Area is a room or area with a stage and fixed seats used for public meetings or gatherings.
Auto Repair / Maintenance Area is an area used to repair or maintain automotive equipment and/or vehicles.
Beauty Salon Area is a room or area in which the primary activity is manicures, pedicures, facials, or the cutting or styling of hair.
Civic Meeting Place Area is a space in a government building designed or used for public debate, discussion, or public meetings of governmental bodies.
Classroom, Lecture, Training, Vocational Area is a room or area where an audience or class receives instruction.
Commercial and Industrial Storage Areas includes the following:
Warehouse is a room or areas used for storing of items such as goods, merchandise and materials.
Shipping & Handling is a room or areas used for packing, wrapping, labelling and shipping out goods, merchandise and materials.
Commercial and Industrial Storage Area (refrigerated) is a room or area used for storing items where mechanical refrigeration is used to maintain the space temperature at 55° F or less.
Convention, Conference, Multipurpose and Meeting Area are rooms or areas that are designed or used for meetings, conventions or events, and that have neither fixed seating nor fixed staging.
Copy Room is a room or area used for copying, scanning, or binding documents.
Corridor Area is a passageway or route into which compartments or rooms open.
Dining Areas include the following:
Bar/Lounge and Fine Dining: Bar/Lounge is a room or area with wait staff serve patrons with liquor, cocktails, wine and beer in a relaxed atmosphere, usually with tables and chairs.
Fine Dining is a room or area with wait staff serve patrons with meals in an elegant and formal atmosphere.
Cafeteria/Fast Food is a room or area where customers pick up their food at a counter and there is little or no wait staff or table service.
Family Dining is a room or area with wait staff serve patrons with meals in a causal atmosphere.
Electrical/Mechanical/Telephone Room is a room in which the building's electrical switchbox or control panels, telephone switchbox, and/or HVAC controls or equipment is located.
Exercise/Fitness Center and Gymnasium Area is a room or area equipped for gymnastics, exercise equipment, or indoor athletic activities.
Financial Transaction Area is a room or area used by an institution which collects funds from the public and places them in financial assets, such as deposits, loans and bonds, and includes tellers, work stations, and customers' waiting areas; to complete financial transactions. Financial transaction areas do not include private offices, hallways, restrooms, or other support areas.
General Commercial and Industrial Work Area is a room or area in which an art, craft, assembly or manufacturing operation is performed. Lighting installed in these areas is classified as follows:
High bay Where the luminaires are 25 feet or more above the floor.
Low bay Where the luminaires are less than 25 feet above the floor.
Precision Where visual tasks of small size or fine detail such as electronics assembly, fine woodworking, metal lathe operation, fine hand painting and finishing, egg processing operations, or tasks of similar visual difficulty are performed.
Healthcare Facilities may have a room or area as follows:
Exam/Treatment Room is a room or area that does not provide overnight patient care and that is used to provide physical and mental care through medical, dental, or psychological examination and treatment, including laboratories and treatment spaces.
Imaging Room is a diagnostic room and area for application and review of results from imaging technologies including x-ray, ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Medical Supply Room is a room or area used for storing medical supplies.
Nursery is a room or area for providing medical care for newly born infants.
Nurse’s Station is a room or area where health care staff work when not directly interacting with patients.
Operating Room is a room or area where surgical operations are carried out in a sterile environment. This category also applies to veterinary operating rooms.
Patient Room is a room or area that occupied by one or more patients during a stay in a healthcare facility or hospital.
Physical Therapy Room is a room or area for providing physical therapy treatment.
Recovery Room is a room or area which is equipped with apparatus for meeting postoperative emergencies and in which surgical patients are kept during the immediate postoperative period for care and recovery from anesthesia.
is a hotel room or area such as a hotel ballroom, meeting room, exhibit hall or conference room, together with pre-function areas and other spaces ancillary to its function.
Kitchen/Food Preparation Area is a room or area with cooking facilities or where food is prepared.
Laundry Area is a room or area primarily designed or used for laundering activities.
Library Area is a room or area primarily designed or used as a repository for literary materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets and prints, kept for reading or reference.
Reading Area is a room or area in a library containing tables, chairs, or desks for patrons to use for the purpose of reading books and other reference documents. Library reading areas include reading, circulation, and checkout areas. Reading areas do not include private offices, meeting, photocopy, or other rooms not used specifically for reading by library patrons.
Stack Area is a room or area in a library with grouping of shelving sections. Stack aisles include pedestrian paths located in stack areas.
Main Entry Lobby is the contiguous area in buildings including hotel/motel that is directly located by the main entrance of the building through which persons must pass, including any ancillary reception, waiting and seating areas.
Locker Room is a room or area for changing clothing, sometimes equipped with lockers.
Lounge/Breakroom or Waiting Area is a room or area in which people sit, wait and relax.
Mall is a roofed or covered common pedestrian area within a mall building that serves as access for two or more tenants.
Multipurpose Room is a room which can be used for multipurpose activities such as meetings, instructional activities and social gatherings. Multipurpose rooms are typically found in offices, schools, convention centers, and assisted living facilities.
Museum Areas include the following:
Exhibit/Display is a room or area in a museum that has for its primary purpose exhibitions, having neither fixed seating nor fixed staging. An exhibit does not include a gallery or other place where art is for sale. An exhibit does not include a lobby, conference room, or other occupancies where the primary function is not exhibitions.
Restoration Room is a room or area in which the primary function is the care of works of artistic, historical, or scientific value. A restoration does not include a gallery or other place where art is for sale. A restoration does not include a lobby, conference room, or other occupancies where the primary function is not the care or exhibit of works of artistic, historical, or scientific value.
Office Area is a room, area in a building of CBC Group B Occupancy in which business, clerical or professional activities are conducted.
Parking Garage Areas include the following:
Parking Zone in a Parking Garage is used for the purpose of parking and maneuvering of vehicles on a single floor. Parking areas include sloping floors of a parking garage. Parking areas do not include Daylight Transition Zones, Dedicated Ramps, or the roof of a Parking Garage, which may be present in a Parking Garage.
Daylight Adaptation Zone in a Parking Garage is the interior path of travel for vehicles to enter a parking garage as needed to transition from exterior daylight levels to interior light levels. Daylight Transition Zones only include the path of vehicular travel and do not include adjacent Parking Areas.
Dedicated Ramps in Parking Garages are driveways specifically for the purpose of moving vehicles between floors of a parking garage and which have no adjacent parking. Dedicated ramps do not include sloping floors of a parking structure, which are considered Parking Areas.
Pharmacy Area is a room or area where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold, usually in a retail store.
Religious Worship Area is a room or area in which the primary function is for an assembly of people to worship. Religious worship does not include classrooms, offices, or other areas in which the primary function is not for an assembly of people to worship.
Restroom is a room providing personal facilities such as toilets and washbasins.
Retail Sales Areas include the following:
Grocery Sales is a room or area that has as its primary purpose about the sale of foodstuffs requiring additional preparation prior to consumption.
Retail Merchandise Sales is a room or area in which the primary activity is the sale of merchandise.
Fitting Room is a room or area that the retail customers try out clothing before purchasing.
Server Room is a room smaller than 500 square feet, within a larger building, in which networking equipment and Information Technology (IT) server equipment is housed, and a minimum of five IT severs are installed in frame racks.
Server Aisle is an aisle of racks of Information Technology (IT) server equipment in a Server Room. While networking equipment may also be housed on these racks, it is largely a room to manage server equipment.
Playing Area for Sports Arena is an area where sports are played in front an audience.
Scientific Laboratory Area is a room or area where research, experiments, and measurement in medical and physical sciences are performed requiring examination of fine details. The area may include workbenches, countertops, scientific instruments, and associated floor spaces. Scientific laboratory does not refer to film, computer, and other laboratories where scientific experiments are not performed.
Stairs is a series of steps providing passage for persons from one level of a building to another, including escalators.
Stairwell is a vertical shaft in which stairs are located.
Support Area is a room or area used as a passageway, utility room, storage space, or other type of space associated with or secondary to the function of an occupancy that is listed in these regulations.
Tenant Lease Area is a room or area in a building intended for lease for which a specific tenant is not identified at the time of building permit application.
Theater Areas include the following:
Motion Picture Theater is an assembly room or area with rows of seats for the showing of motion pictures.
Performance Theater is an assembly room or area with rows of seats for the viewing of dramatic performances, lectures, musical events and similar live performances.
Transportation Function Areas include the following:
Baggage Area is a room or area in a transportation facility such as an airport where the travelers reclaim their baggage.
Ticketing Area is a room or area in a transportation facility such as an airport or a train station where travelers purchase tickets, check in baggage, or inquire about travel information.
Videoconferencing Studio is a room or area with permanently installed videoconferencing cameras, audio equipment, and playback equipment for both audio-based and video-based two-way communication between local and remote sites.