SECTION 402 COVERED MALL BUILDINGS
402.1 Scope.
The provisions of this section shall apply to buildings or
structures defined herein as covered mall buildings not exceeding
three floor levels at any point nor more than three stories
above grade plane. Except as specifically required by this
section, covered mall buildings shall meet applicable provisions
of this code.
Exceptions:
1.Foyers and lobbies of Groups
B, R-l and R-2 are not required to comply with this section.
2. Buildings need not comply
with the provisions of this section when they totally comply
with other applicable provisions of this code.
402.2 Definitions.
The following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this
chapter and as used elsewhere in this code, have the meanings
shown herein.
ANCHOR BUILDING.
An exterior perimeter building of a group other than H having
direct access to a covered mall building but having required
means of egress independent of the mall.
COVERED MALL BUILDING.
A single building enclosing a number
of tenants and occupants such as retail stores, drinking and
dining establishments, entertainment and amusement facilities,
passenger transportation terminals, offices, and other similar
uses wherein two or more tenants have a main entrance into
one or more malls. For the purpose of this chapter, anchor
buildings shall not be considered as a part of the covered
mall building.
FOOD COURT.
A public seating area located in the mall that serves adjacent
food preparation tenant spaces.
GROSS LEASABLE AREA.
The total floor area designed for
tenant occupancy and exclusive use. The area of tenant occupancy
is measured from the centerlines of joint partitions to the
outside of the tenant walls. All tenant areas, including areas
used for storage, shall be included in calculating gross leasable
area.
MALL. A roofed or covered common
pedestrian area within a covered mall building that serves
as access for two or more tenants and not to exceed three
levels that are open to each other.
402.3 Lease plan.
Each covered mall building owner shall provide both the building
and fire departments with a lease plan showing the location
of each occupancy and its exits after the certificate of occupancy
has been issued. No modifications or changes in occupancy
or use shall be made from that shown on the lease plan without
prior approval of the building official.
402.4 Means of egress.
Each tenant space and the covered mall building shall be provided
with means of egress as required by this section and this
code. Where there is a conflict between the requirements of
this code and the requirements of this section, the requirements
of this section shall apply.
402.4.1 Determination
of occupant load. The occupant
load permitted in any individual tenant space in a covered
mall building shall be determined as required by this code.
Means of egress requirements for individual tenant spaces
shall be based on the occupant load thus determined.
402.4.1.1 Occupant
formula. In determining required
means of egress of the mall, the number of occupants for
whom means of egress are to be provided shall be based
on gross leasable area of the covered mall building (excluding
anchor buildings) and the occupant load factor as determined
by the following equation.
OLF= (0.00007) (GLA) + 25
(Equation 4-1) where:
OLF= The occupant load factor
(square feet per person).
GLA= The gross leasable area
(square feet).
402.4.1.2 OLF range.
The occupant load factor (OLF)
is not required to be less than 30 and shall not exceed
50.
402.4.1.3 Anchor
buildings. The occupant load
of anchor buildings opening into the mall shall not be
included in computing the total number of occupants for
the mall.
402.4.1.4 Food courts.
The occupant load of a food court shall be determined
in accordance with Section 1004.
For the purposes of determining the means of egress requirements
for the mall, the food court occupant load shall be added
to the occupant load of the covered mall building as calculated
above.
402.4.2 Number of
means of egress. Wherever the
distance of travel to the mall from any location within
a tenant space used by persons other than employees exceeds
75 feet (22 860 mm) or the tenant space has an occupant
load of 50 or more, not less than two means of egress shall
be provided.
402.4.3 Arrangements
of means of egress. Assembly occupancies
with an occupant load of 500 or more shall be so located
in the covered mall building that their entrance will be
immediately adjacent to a principal entrance to the mall
and shall have not less than one-half of their required
means of egress opening directly to the exterior of the
covered mall building.
402.4.3.1 Anchor
building means of egress. Required
means of egress for anchor buildings shall be provided
independently from the mall means of egress system. The
occupant load of anchor buildings opening into the mall
shall not be included in determining means of egress requirements
for the mall. The path of egress travel of malls shall
not exit through anchor buildings. Malls terminating
at an anchor building where no other means of egress has
been provided shall be considered as a dead-end mall.
402.4.4 Distance to
exits. Within each individual
tenant space in a covered mall building, the maximum distance
of travel from any point to an exit or entrance to the mall
shall not exceed 200 feet (60 960 mm). The maximum distance
of travel from any point within a mall to an exit shall
not exceed 200 feet (60 960 mm).
402.4.5 Access to
exits. Where more than one exit
is required, they shall be so arranged that it is possible
to travel in either direction from any point in a mall to
separate exits. The minimum width of an exit passageway
or corridor from a mall shall be 66 inches (1676 mm).
Exception:
Dead ends not exceeding a length equal to twice the width
of the mall measured at the narrowest location within the
dead-end portion of the mall.
402.4.5.1 Exit passageways.
Where exit passageways provide a secondary means of egress
from a tenant space, doorways to the exit passageway shall
be protected by 1-hour fire door assemblies that are self-
or automatic closing by smoke detection in accordance
with Section 715.4.7.3.
402.4.6 Service areas
fronting on exit passageways.
Mechanical rooms, electrical rooms, building service areas
and service elevators are permitted to open directly into
exit passageways, provided the exit passageway is separated
from such rooms with not less than 1-hour fire-resistance-rated
fire barriers and l-hour opening protectives.
402.5 Mall width.
For the purpose of providing required egress, malls are permitted
to be considered as corridors but need not comply with the
requirements of Section 1005.1 of
this code where the width of the mall is as specified in this
section.
402.5.1 Minimum width.
The minimum width of the mall shall be 20 feet (6096 mm).
The mall width shall be sufficient to accommodate the occupant
load served. There shall be a minimum of 10 feet (3048 mm)
clear exit width to a height of 8 feet (2438 mm) between
any projection of a tenant space bordering the mall and
the nearest kiosk, vending machine, bench, display opening,
food court or other obstruction to means of egress travel.
402.6 Types of construction.
The area of any covered mall building, including anchor buildings,
of Type I, II, III and IV construction, shall not be limited
provided the covered mall building and attached anchor buildings
and parking garages are surrounded on all sides by a permanent
open space of not less than 60 feet (18 288 mm) and the anchor
buildings do not exceed three stories in height. The allowable
height and area of anchor buildings greater than three stores
in height shall comply with Section 503,
as modified by Sections 504 and 506.
The construction type of open parking garages and enclosed
parking garages shall comply with Sections
406.3 and 406.4, respectively.
402.7 Fire-resistance-rated
separation. Fire-resistance-rated
separation is not required between tenant spaces and the mall.
Fire-resistance-rated separation is not required between a
food court and adjacent tenant spaces or the mall.
402.7.1 Attached garage.
An attached garage for the storage
of passenger vehicles having a capacity of not more than
nine persons and open parking garages shall be considered
as a separate building where it is separated from the covered
mall building by a fire barrier having a fire-resistance
rating of at least 2 hours.
Exception:
Where an open parking garage or enclosed parking garage is
separated from the covered mall building or anchor building
a distance greater than 10 feet (3048 mm), the provisions
of Table 602 shall apply. Pedestrian
walkways and tunnels which attach the open parking garage
or enclosed parking garage to the covered mall building or
anchor building shall be constructed in accordance with Section
3104.
402.7.2 Tenant separations.
Each tenant space shall be separated from other tenant spaces
by a fire partition complying with Section
708. A tenant separation wall is not required between
any tenant space and the mall.
402.7.3 Anchor building
separation. An anchor building
shall be separated from the covered mall building by fire
walls complying with Section 705.
Exception:
Anchor buildings of not more than three stories above grade
plane that have an occupancy classification the same as that
permitted for tenants of the covered mall building shall be
separated by 2-hour fire-resistive fire barriers complying
with Section 706.
402.7.3.1 Openings
between anchor building and mall.
Except for the separation between Group R-l sleeping units
and the mall, openings between anchor buildings of Type
lA, IE, IIA and lIB construction and the mall need not
be protected.
[F] 402.8 Automatic
sprinkler system. The covered mall
building and buildings connected shall be equipped throughout
with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section
903.3.1.1, which shall comply with the following:
1.The automatic sprinkler
system shall be complete and operative throughout occupied
space in the covered mall building prior to occupancy
of any of the tenant spaces. Unoccupied tenant spaces
shall be similarly protected unless provided with approved
alternate protection.
2.Sprinkler protection for
the mall shall be independent from that provided for tenant
spaces or anchors. Where tenant spaces are supplied by
the same system, they shall be independently controlled.
Exception:
An automatic sprinkler system shall not be required in spaces
or areas of open parking garages constructed in accordance
with Section 406.2.
402.8.1 Standpipe
system. The covered mall building
shall be equipped throughout with a standpipe system as
required by Section 905.3.3.
402.9 Smoke control.
A smoke control system shall be provided where required for
atriums in Section 404.
402.10 Kiosks.
Kiosks and similar structures (temporary or permanent) shall
meet the following requirements:
1.Combustible kiosks or other
structures shall not be located within the mall unless constructed
of any of the following materials:
1.1. Fire-retardant-treated
wood complying with Section 2303.2.
1.2. Foam plastics having
a maximum heat release rate not greater than 100kW (105
Btu/h) when tested in accordance with the exhibit booth
protocol in UL 1975.
1.3. Aluminum composite material
(ACM) having a flame spread index of not more than 25
and a smoke-developed index of not more than 450 when
tested as an assembly in the maximum thickness intended
for use in accordance with ASTME84.
2. Kiosks or similar structures
located within the mall shall be provided with approved
fire suppression and detection devices.
3.The minimum horizontal separation
between kiosks or groupings thereof and other structures
within the mall shall be 20 feet (6096 mm).
4. Each kiosk or similar
structure or groupings thereof shall have a maximum
area of 300 square feet (28 m2),
402.11 Children's playground
structures. Structures intended
as children's playgrounds that exceed 10 feet (3048 mm) in
height and 150 square feet (14 m'2) in area shall
comply with the following.
402.11.1 Materials.
Children's playground structures shall be constructed of
noncombustible materials or of combustible materials that
comply with the following:
1.Fire-retardant-treated
wood.
2. Light-transmitting
plastics complying with Section 2606.
3. Foam plastics (including
the pipe foam used in soft-contained play equipment structures)
having a maximum heat-release rate not greater than 100
kW when tested in accordance with UL 1975.
4.Aluminum composite material
(ACM) meeting the requirements of Class A interior finish
in accordance with Chapter 8 when tested as an assembly
in the maximum thickness intended for use.
5.Textiles and films complying
with the flame propagation performance criteria contained
in NFPA 701.
6.Plastic materials used
to construct rigid components of soft-contained play equipment
structures (such as tubes, windows, panels, junction boxes,
pipes, slides and decks) meeting the UL 94 V-2 classification
when tested in accordance with UL 94.
7.Ball pool balls, used in
soft -contained play equipment structures, having a maximum
heat release rate not greater than 100 kW when tested
in accordance with UL 1975. The minimum specimen test
size shall be 36 inches by 36 inches (914 mm by 914 mm)
by an average of 21 inches (533 mm) deep, and the balls
shall be held in a box constructed of galvanized steel
poultry netting wire mesh.
8.Foam plastics shall be
covered by a fabric, coating or film meeting the flame
propagation performance criteria of NFPA 701.
9.The floor covering placed
under the children's playground structure shall exhibit
a Class I interior floor finish classification, as described
in Section 804, when tested in accordance
with NFPA 253.
402.11.2 Fire protection.
Children's playground structures located within the mall
shall be provided with the same level of approved fire suppression
and detection devices required for kiosks and similar structures.
402.11.3 Separation.
Children's playground structures
shall have a minimum horizontal separation from other structures
within the mall of 20 feet (6090 mm).
402.11.4 Area limits.
Children's playground structures shall not exceed 300 square
feet (28 m2) in area, unless a special investigation
has demonstrated adequate fire safety.
402.12 Security grilles
and doors. Horizontal sliding or
vertical security grilles or doors that are a part of a required
means of egress shall conform to the following:
1.They shall remain in the
full open position during the period of occupancy by the
general public.
2.Doors or grilles shall not
be brought to the closed position when there are 10 or
more persons occupying spaces served by a single exit
or 50 or more persons occupying spaces served by more than
one exit.
3.The doors or grilles shall
be openable from within without the use of any special
knowledge or effort where the space is occupied.
4.Where two or more exits are
required, not more than one-half of the exits shall be permitted
to include either a horizontal sliding or vertical rolling
grille or door.
402.13 Standby power.
Covered mall buildings exceeding 50,000 square feet (4645
m2) shall be provided with standby power systems
that are capable of operating the emergency voice/alarm communication
system.
[F] 402.14 Emergency voice/alarm
communication system. Covered mall buildings exceeding
50,000 square feet (4645 m2) in total floor area
shall be provided with an emergency voice/alarm communication
system. Emergency voice/alarm communication systems serving
a mall, required or otherwise, shall be accessible to the
fire department. The system shall be provided in accordance
with Section 907.2.12.2.
402.15 Plastic signs.
Plastic signs affixed to the storefront of any tenant space
facing the mall shall be limited as specified in Sections
402.15.1 through 402.15.5.2.
402.15.1 Area.
Plastic signs shall not exceed 20 percent of the wall area
facing the mall.
402.15.2 Height and
width. Plastic signs shall not
exceed a height of 36 inches (914 mm), except if the sign
is vertical, the height shall not exceed 96 inches (2438
mm) and the width shall not exceed 36 inches (914 mm).
402.15.3 Location.
Plastic signs shall be located
a minimum distance of 18 inches (457 mm) from adjacent
tenants.
402.15.4 Plastics
other than foam plastics. Plastics
other than foam plastics used in signs shall be light-transmitting
plastics complying with Section 2606.4
or shall have a self-ignition temperature of 650°F (343°C)
or greater when tested in accordance with ASTM D 1929, and
a flame spread index not greater than 75 and smoke-developed
index not greater than 450 when tested in the manner intended
for use in accordance with ASTM E 84 or meet the acceptance
criteria of Section 803.2.1 when
tested in accordance with NFPA 286.
402.15.4.1 Encasement.
Edges and backs of plastic signs in the mall shall be
fully encased in metal.
402.15.5 Foam plastics.
Foam plastics used in signs shall have flame-retardant characteristics
such that the sign has a maximum heat-release rate of 150
kilowatts when tested in accordance with UL 1975 and the
foam plastics shall have the physical characteristics specified
in this section. Foam plastics used in signs installed in
accordance with Section 402.14 shall not be required to
comply with the flame spread and smoke-developed indexes
specified in Section 2603.3.
402.15.5.1 Density.
The minimum density of foam plastics used in signs shall
not be less than 20 pounds per cubic foot (pcf) (320 kg/m').
402.15.5.2 Thickness.
The thickness of foam plastic signs shall not be greater
than 1/2 inch (12.7 mm).
[F] 402.16 Fire department
access to equipment. Rooms or areas
containing controls for air-conditioning systems, automatic
fire-extinguishing systems or other detection, suppression
or control elements shall be identified for use by the fire
department.
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