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    Homeless Shelter Occupancy

    Hello - Would a homeless shelter be considered R-1 occupancy classification (using 2015 IBC)? I have a project to renovate an existing commercial building into a homeless shelter. I'm running into a problem with the plumbing code since the Chapter 4 requires fixtures per sleeping unit for R-1...
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