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0 <br />SolarMount Unirac Code-Compliant Insta#ation Manual 11|UNIRAC <br />Table 6. Occupancy Category Importance Factor <br />Category Catego,y Deskription <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 />Non-Hurricane Prone Regions <br />and Hurricane Prone Regions Hurricane Prone Ra <br />with 80*Wind Spee€tv =gions wid, Basic Wind <br />Bujkling 1-,pe Examples 85-100 mph,and Masko Speed V > 100mph <br />• Agricultural facilities 0.87 0.77 <br />• Certain Temporary facilities <br />· Minor Storage facilities <br />\ <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 />o Water and Sewage Treatment Facilities <br />• Telecommunication Centers <br />Buildings that manufacture or house <br />hazardous 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: /8C 2009, Table / 604.5, Occupancy Cotegory of Buildings and other structures, p. 28/, ASCE/SE# 7-05, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other <br />Structures, Table 6-1, p. 77