"The second the owner receives payment at the address, it is a B occupancy, plain and simple."
Matthew, not so plain and simple. Depending on the code in place you may be allowed a home business of this nature and that is not dependent only on the 2009 IBC. Your own community probably has zoning codes that allow certain home businesses that do not change the occupancy from R to B or E or I, etc., such as nail salons, daycare to a certain number of children, assisted living to a certain number of persons, etc. And if the occupancy doesn't change then the requirements for sprinklering don't change unless the community has also amended that. That is convoluted and confusing, rather than plain and simple, but still the case. Remember that government in the US is a bottom up structure and consensus code writing is a bottom up endeavor and that the two (model codes and legislative bodies) can complement each other and also can clash. The reconciliation of all encompassing model codes and local particulars become the law/ordinance. Easier to grasp in mini/maxi states than in home rule states but the difference is just at what level of legislature the buck stops and when it comes to buildings it's never a national thing except for Federal properties, and they sometimes defer to the local regs. The law is never plain and simple. On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Matthew J. Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > He didn't, the Owner did. That was my point. Never mind that the fuel load > doesn't increase. The second the owner receives payment at the address, it is > a B occupancy, plain and simple. The sprinkler contractor at this point > should back up and get direction. > > Matt > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: tom poisal <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:24:55 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: 13D Question > > It's still a single family dwelling why are YOU upgrading the occupancy? > Thomas Poisal, CET > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Tom Duross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Got a SFD 13D system I designed and almost ready for installation. >> The Owner, a psyche has decided to move his practice home and make the >> Basement his Office. >> I'm a little concerned about the big open waiting area he wants to make, 5 >> heads to cover. >> It was all cut up before, no more than 2 heads per room, finished. >> It's clearly out of 13D criteria and I can't support even 4 heads, I tried, >> even with minimum spacing. Plus, the service is already in so I can't ask >> to have it increased. I did tell him tamper switches were required and >> some >> real sort of fire alarm (we were just putting in a bell and interconnecting >> the smokes plus his security system to the flow switch). I've told him we >> have a problem so he wants to do it later. >> >> I need to write him a letter to posture and protect myself because we're >> going forward with the family room, in-law bedroom and toilet, and storage >> rooms as drawn. Anybody done this? >> >> Thanks Campers! >> >> Tom >> Go Red Sox!! >> (opening night with the spankees and no beer served at fenway) >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> >> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] >> >> To Unsubscribe, send an email >> to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> >> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
