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characterized by a relatively low density of employee population
with much of the area occupied by machinery or equipment.
c. High Hazard Industrial Occupancy. Includes industrial occupancies
that use high hazard materials or processes or house high hazard
contents.
d. Open Industrial Structures. - Includes operations conducted in the
open air as distinguished from enclosure with buildings, such as
those often found in oil refining and chemical processing plants
where equipment is in the open platforms used for necessary
access, sometimes with roofs or canopies to provide some shelter,
but no walls.
2. Occupant Load
a. The occupant load of industrial occupancies for which exits are to
be provided shall be one (1) person per nine and three-tenths
square meters (9.3 m 2 ) gross floor area, provided that in Special
Purpose Industrial Occupancy and for Open Industrial Structures,
the occupant load shall be the maximum number of persons to
occupy the area under any probable conditions, and further
provided that in existing industrial occupancies, the Chief, BFP or his
duly authorized representative may waive requirements for
additional exits if the existing exits are adequate for the maximum
number of persons actually employed.
b. Every auditorium, restaurant, office, garage and medical facility in
connection with industrial occupancies shall have exits in
accordance with the other applicable Sections of this IRR.
c. Exit requirements for specific occupancies shall comply with this
Division.
SECTION 10.2.15.2
EXIT DETAILS
A. General
Each required exit shall be in accordance with the applicable Sections of
Division 4 of this Chapter, with access thereto and ways of travel
therefrom in accordance with Section 10.2.5.2 of this IRR.
B. Types of Exits
1. Exits shall be restricted to the following permissible types:
a. Doors
b. Stairs, or smokeproof enclosures
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