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SolarMount Unirac Code-Compliant InstaUation Manual :FUNI RAC <br />Table 6. Occupancy Category Importance Factor <br />Category Category Desicription <br />1 Buildings and other <br />structures that <br />represent a low <br />hazard to human life <br />in the event of failure, <br />including, but limited to: <br />All buildings and other <br />11 structures except those <br />listed in Occupancy <br />Categories 1,111, and IV. <br />Buildings and other <br />structures that <br />111 represent a substantial <br />hazard to human life in <br />the event of a failure, <br />including, but not limited <br />to: <br />Buildings and other <br />structures designated <br />IV as essential facilities, <br />including, but not limited <br />to: <br />NorHurricane Prone Regions <br />and Hurricane Prone Regions Hurricane Prone Re- <br />with Basic Wind Speed, V =gions with Basic Wind <br />Building Type Examples 85-1 00 mph, andA/aska Speed,V > /00mph <br />• Agricultural facilities 0.87 0.77 <br />• Certain Temporary facilities <br />• Minor Storage facilities <br />1 1 <br />• Buildings where more than 300 people congregate <br />Schools with a capacity more than 250 1.15 1.15 <br />• Day Cares with a capacity more than 150 <br />• Buildings for colleges with a capacity more than 500 <br />• Health Care facilities with a capacity more than 50 or <br />more resident patients <br />• Jails and Detention Facilities <br />• Power Generating Stations <br />• Water and Sewage Treatment Facilities <br />• Telecommunication Centers <br />• Buildings that manufacture or house <br />hanrdous materials <br />• Hospitals and other health care facilities having 1.15 1.15 <br />surgery or emergency treatment <br />• Fire, rescue, ambulance and police stations <br />• Designated earthquake, hurricane, or other <br />emergency shelters <br />Designated emergency preparedness communication, <br />and operation centers <br />• Power generating stations and other public utility <br />facilities required in an emergency <br />• Ancillary structures required for operation of <br />Occupancy Category IV structures <br />• Aviation control towers, air traffic control centers, and <br />emergency aircraft hangars <br />• Water storage facilities and pump structures required <br />to maintain water pressure for fire suppression <br />• Buildings and other structures having critical national <br />defense functions <br />Source: /BC 2009, Table / 604.5, Occupancy Category of Buildings and other structures, p. 28/; ASCE/SE/ 7-05, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other <br />Structures,Tab/e 6-/, p. 77 <br />0 <br />Page <br />9