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i. Boiler and heater rooms
ii. Laundries
iii. Repair shops
iv. Rooms or spaces used storage of combustible supplies and
equipment in quantified deemed hazardous by the
City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction.
D. Building Service Equipment
1. Air-Conditioning and Ventilation
a. Every air conditioning installation shall comply with Division 7 of this
Chapter.
b. No transom/windowpane shall be installed in partition of sleeping
rooms in new buildings. In existing buildings transoms shall be fixed
in the closed position and shall be covered or otherwise protected
to provide a fire-resistance rating at least equivalent to that of the
wall in which they are installed.
2. All other building services equipment installed or used in hotels and
dormitories shall comply with Division 7 of this Chapter.
SECTION 10.2.12.4
APARTMENT BUILDINGS
A. General Requirements
1. Any apartment building which complied with all of the preceding
requirements of this Section for hotels may be considered as a hotel
and as such, the following requirements for apartment buildings will
not be applicable.
2. Every individual unit covered by this Section shall at least comply with
the minimum provisions of Section 10.2.12.6 of this IRR entitled Single
and Two-Family Dwellings.
B. Exit Details
1. General Types and Capacities of Exits
a. Exits of the same arrangement, types and capacities, as required
by Section 10.2.12.3 of this IRR shall be provided.
b. Street floor exits shall be sufficient for the occupant load of the
street floor plus the required capacity of stairs and ramps
discharging onto the street floor.
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