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d. Occupancy of any room or space for assembly purposes by less
than fifty (50) persons in a building of other occupancy and
incidental to such other occupancy shall be classified as part of the
other occupancy and subject to the provisions applicable thereto.
2. Educational
a. Educational occupancies include all buildings or portions thereof
used for the gathering of group of six (6) or more persons for
purposes of instruction.
b. Educational occupancies include: Schools; Universities; Colleges;
Academies; Nursery schools; Kindergartens; and Child Day Care
facilities.
c. Other occupancies associated with educational institutions shall be
in accordance with the appropriate parts of this Chapter, except
licensed day care facilities of any capacity.
d. In case where instruction is incidental to some other occupancy,
the Section of the Chapter governing such other occupancy shall
apply.
3. Health Care
a. Health care facilities are those used for purposes of medical or
other treatment or care of persons where such occupants are
mostly incapable of self preservation because of age, physical or
mental disability, or because of security measures not under the
occupants’ control.
b. Health care facilities include: hospitals; nursing homes; birth centers;
and residential custodial care centers such as nurseries, homes for
the aged and the like.
4. Detention and Correctional
a. Detention and correctional buildings are those used to house one
or more persons under varied degrees of restraint or security where
such occupants are mostly incapable of self-preservation because
of security measures not under the occupants’ control.
b. Detention and correctional occupancies shall include those used
for purposes such as correctional institutions, detention facilities,
community residential centers, training schools, work camps, and
substance abuse centers where occupants are confined or housed
under some degree of restraint or security.
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