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    Frontage Increase

    I'm working on a renovation project (2015 Michigan Building Code) of a tenant suite (Mercantile) in a strip mall. Construction type is IIB, single story. The suite is around 13,500 SF. The City said it will need to be suppressed because the maximum SF is 12,500 per table 506.2. The building is...
  2. LaNouba

    Mercantile Occupant Load / Showroom Warehouse

    Hello All 2018 IBC, Harris County TX I have an existing non-sprinklered warehouse (CMU construction) 8,000 SF that will be comprised of 2,400 SF of Office (Business) and 5,600 SF of Showroom (Mercantile) for glass & metal storefront systems (showcasing material & color options). It'll be a...
  3. eyan50495

    Single Exit from Basement (Commercial - M)

    Hi All So the Building Dept has reviewed our Life Safety drawings and determined that we need a second means of egress from a basement. This is a Mercantile Occ. with a floor plate of 10,000 SF. The basement in question has 2 stairs, picture a box with one on the midpoint of the left side and...
  4. N

    Multiple Occupancy "Zones" in a 2-unit "Seperated" Building

    Short: The building we are located in supports 2-units; 3125sq/ft each. The two units are separated with a wall extending to the roof and they each have their own main entrance and a rear emergency exit. My business is considered both A-3 and M. The building itself is considered "separated"...
    • Nikcountryan
    • Thread
    • assembly fire fire barrier fire barriers fire code mercantile multiple occupancy nonseperated occupancy seperated
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Fire Codes IBC / IRC
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    Wedding Equipment Rental Classification

    Looking at IBC 2015 here. I have a wedding/party rental tenant that is wanting to use the upper level of a 2 story building as display for their merchandise, so I'm calling this Mercantile (M), and the lower level of the building as storage and loading/unloading. Where I get confused, though...
  6. N

    Building code official allowing Restaurants to open w tempory merc licenses

    My town building code official is allowing new restaurants to open in spaces previously with merc use group and no change of use. These spaces have not previously been restaurants, have added cook lines, and seating. No occupancy load has been established by him and increased hazards with cook...
  7. M

    How would you classify the occupancy of a hobby store?

    I have a client who is trying to start a hobby/retail store for board games. It's a 1000 sf space. About 200 sf will be an office, storage room and 1 toilet (all existing). The remaining 800 sf will be retail display space for his products and then intermingled throughout he wants to have 4-5...
  8. J

    WINDOW DISPLAY PLATFORM REGULATION

    Does anyone know if the platform you typically see inside retail stores, where the mannequins are typically standing, are regulated? Wondering if the platform were, for example, 12 or 14" high, if this height would be regulated anywhere? The code mentions Merchandise Pad in it, but not much...
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