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 New Rochelle
 Code of Ordinances
 Part II. General Legislation
 Chapter 279. Sprinkler Systems

  § 279-3. New buildings required to have sprinkler system.  

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  • All classifications of buildings listed below which are constructed after the effective date of this chapter shall be required to have approved sprinkler systems installed and operational.
    A. 
    Multiple dwellings, for the purpose of this code, shall be classified in respect to the permanent or transient character of their occupancy groups and to the number and physical condition of the occupants. The classification shall be in accordance with the following groups:
    (1) 
    Group B1, permanent occupancy:
    (a) 
    Buildings containing one or two dwelling units, with more than four occupants residing with a family in either one of such dwelling units.
    (b) 
    Buildings containing three or more dwelling units.
    (c) 
    Apartment houses and apartment hotels.
    (d) 
    Garden apartments.
    (e) 
    Community residences.
    (2) 
    Group B2, transient occupancy:
    (a) 
    Hotels.
    (b) 
    Lodging houses.
    (c) 
    Buildings with sleeping accommodations for more than five persons used or occupied as a club, dormitory, fraternity or sorority house or similar use.
    (d) 
    Motels.
    (3) 
    Group B3, senior citizens: persons primarily 62 years or more who are in good physical condition and do not require physical assistance.
    (4) 
    Group B4, adult residential care facility: buildings for infirm adults who require personal care, supervision and services.
    (5) 
    A building containing not more than two dwelling units within walls conforming to the requirements of Section 738.8(b) and (c) of this code shall be regulated as a one- or two-family dwelling.
    Editor's Note: "This code" refers to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. See § 279-14, Administration.
    B. 
    General building construction. General building construction, for the purpose of this code, shall be classified in groups in respect to the occupancy or use. The classification shall be in accordance with the following groups:
    (1) 
    Group C1, business: buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the transaction of administrative, business, civic or professional service and where the handling of goods, wares or merchandise, in limited quantities, is incidental to the primary occupancy or use. Newsstands, lunch counters, barbershops, beauty parlors and similar service facilities are considered as incidental occupancies or uses.
    (2) 
    Group C2, mercantile: buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the display and sale to the public of goods, wares or merchandise.
    (3) 
    Group C3, industrial: buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the manufacture or processing of products of all kinds, including operations such as making, altering, assembling, bottling, canning, finishing, handling, mixing, packaging, repairing, cleaning, laundering and similar operations.
    (4) 
    Group C4, storage: buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the storage of, or shelter for, goods, merchandise, products, vehicles or animals.
    (5) 
    Group C5, assembly: buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the assembly for amusement, athletic, civic, dining, educational, entertainment, patriotic, political, recreational, religious, social, sports or similar purposes, subclassified as follows:
    (a) 
    Group C5.1: for not more than 300 persons.
    (b) 
    Group C5.2: for more than 300 but not more than 1,000 persons.
    (c) 
    Group C5.3: for more than 1,000 persons.
    (d) 
    Group C5.4: churches, synagogues, mosques and similar places of worship.
    (e) 
    Group C5.5: schools, colleges and similar places of education.
    (6) 
    Group C6, institutional: buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is for persons domiciled or detained under supervision, subclassified as follows:
    (a) 
    Group C6.1: for persons whose movements are not limited and who have a normal sense of perception.
    (b) 
    Group C6.2: for persons whose movements are limited because of illness or physical or mental handicap, including community residences as defined in Section 606.3 of this code.
    Editor's Note: "This code" refers to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. See § 279-14, Administration.
    (c) 
    Group C6.3: for persons detained or confined in a mental hospital or for correctional or penal purposes.
    (7) 
    Group C7, miscellaneous: nonresidential buildings or structures in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is not included in Groups C1 to C6, inclusive.