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D. The above requirements shall not apply to detached single- or two-family
dwellings.
SECTION 10.2.7.5
ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A. Elevator installations shall be in accordance with the PSME Code.
B. All new elevators shall conform to the firefighters’ emergency operations
requirements of ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,
except buildings of less than 5-storeys in height.
C. Elevators shall be subject to periodic inspections and tests by building
management, without prejudice to the power or authority of the BFP to
conduct inspections. All elevators equipped with firefighters’ emergency
operation in accordance with paragraph (2) hereof shall be subject to a
monthly operation with a written record of the findings made and kept by
the building management. Such record shall be included in the
submission of FALAR 3.
SECTION 10.2.7.6
INSTALLATION CLEARANCE
All equipment/utilities/facilities mentioned in Section 10.2.7.1 to 10.2.7.5 of this IRR
shall not be installed without first securing an installation clearance from the
C/MFM having jurisdiction. This installation clearance shall be a pre-requisite for
the issuance of permits required by law for these installations.
DIVISION 8. PLACES OF ASSEMBLY
SECTION 10.2.8.1
OCCUPANT LOAD
A. The occupant load permitted in any assembly building, structure, or
portion thereof shall be determined by dividing the net floor area or
space assigned to that use by the square meter per occupant as follows:
1. As assembly area of concentrated use without fixed seats such as an
auditorium, place of worship, dance floor, and lodge room: sixty-five
hundredths (0.65) square meter per person.
2. An assembly area of less concentrated use such as conference room,
dining room, drinking establishment, exhibit room, gymnasium, or
lounge: one and four-tenths (1.4) square meters per person.
3. Standing room or waiting space: twenty-eight hundredths (0.28)
square meter per person.
4. The occupant load of an area having fixed seats shall be determined
by the number of fixed seats installed. Required aisle space serving the
fixed seats shall not be used to increase the occupant load.
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