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1. For the application of the life safety requirements of this Division, the
resident user category shall be divided into the following five groups.
a. Use Condition I — Free Egress. Free movement is allowed from
sleeping areas and other spaces where access or occupancy is
permitted to the exterior via means of egress that meet the
requirements of this IRR.
b. Use Condition II — Zoned Egress. Free movement is allowed from
sleeping areas and any other occupied smoke compartment to
one or more other smoke compartments.
c. Use Condition III — Zoned Impeded Egress. Free movement is
allowed within individual smoke compartments, such as within a
residential unit comprised of individual sleeping rooms and a group
activity space, with egress impeded by remote-controlled release
of means of egress from such a smoke compartment to another
smoke compartment.
d. Use Condition IV — Impeded Egress. Free movement is restricted
from an occupied space. Remote-controlled release is provided to
allow movement from all sleeping rooms, activity spaces, and other
occupied areas within the smoke compartment to another smoke
compartment.
e. Use Condition V — Contained. Free movement is restricted from an
occupied space. Staff-controlled manual release at each door is
provided to allow movement from all sleeping rooms, activity
spaces, and other occupied areas within the smoke compartment
to another smoke compartment.
2. To be classified as Use Condition III or Use Condition IV, the
arrangement, accessibility, and security of the release mechanism(s)
used for emergency egress shall be such that the minimum available
staff, at any time, can promptly release the locks.
3. Areas housing occupancies corresponding to Use Condition I shall
conform to the requirements of residential occupancies under this
Chapter.
Exception: Use Condition I facilities shall be permitted to conform to
the requirements of this Division for Use Condition II facilities, provided
that said facilities is provided with a 24-hour on-duty staff.
C. Occupant Load
The occupant load for which means of egress shall be provided for any
floor shall be the maximum number of persons intended to occupy that
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