Interpretation #6814

Published August 01, 2011

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Original Request

Code Version
2007
Code
BUILDING
Code Description
Building
Chapter
7
Section
708.1 (7)
Topic
Fire Partitions

Question

Is it the intent of section 708.1 (7) to allow 1hrs fire partition between different tenants occupancy groups within shopping center regardless of their classification?

Answer Published 08/01/2011 at 9:23 AM

No. Section 708.1 (7) only addresses TENANT separation.
Tenant separation is 1-hr min. However, keep in mind that
Occupany separation is addressed by T508.3.3 so when the
issue is occupancy separation use T508.3.3.

Commentary

None.