• Welcome to the new and improved Building Code Forum. We appreciate you being here and hope that you are getting the information that you need concerning all codes of the building trades. This is a free forum to the public due to the generosity of the Sawhorses, Corporate Supporters and Supporters who have upgraded their accounts. If you would like to have improved access to the forum please upgrade to Sawhorse by first logging in then clicking here: Upgrades

Multi-Purpose Room In Arena

Joe Dogone

Registered User
Joined
Apr 4, 2019
Messages
6
Location
ontario
This is for Ontario.
Does a Multipurpose Room in an Arena need to be classified as an A2 occupancy and thereby requiring a 1HR FRR Separation from the rest of the A3 Arena?
 
A little more than describing

Plan design and notations more than likely

Plus cost estimates
 
Major occupancy means the principal occupancy for which a building or part of a building is used or intended to be used, and is deemed to include the subsidiary occupancies that are an integral part of the principal occupancy. The major occupancyclassifications used in this Code are as follows:
 
Sorry folks. I was away at a conference last week.

It depends if the A2 is a subsidiary use to the A3. See the definition for major occupancy.

If you are looking at 3.2.2 building classification, You don't need to consider it if it is not more than 10% of the area of the Floor Area where it is located. See 3.2.2.8.

However, if the area will be used by a different party, then it would need the separation.

If they are running a hockey game in the arena and someone else is having meetings in the multi-use space, they should be considered as two different suites and have the separation.
 
Top