Height and area requirements
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Facilities for storage of motor vehicles in any multiple dwelling may be of unlimited height and area except that the total area of all stories including any extensions beyond the perimeter of the multiple dwelling shall not exceed that required for one vehicle for each apartment or suite of rooms with at least 200 square feet of floor area allowed for each vehicle.
TABLE 1
Height and Area Requirements of Motor Vehicle Storage Facilities in a Building Upon the Premises of a Multiple Dwelling
| Maximum height1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of construction | Minimum fire resistance of floors in hours | in stories | in feet | Maximum area per floor in square feet |
| Fireproof | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
| Fireproof | 2 | 6 | 75 | 20,000 |
| Protected noncombustible | 1½ | 5 | 65 | 12,000 |
| Protected noncombustible | ¾ | 4 | 50 | 9,500 |
| Heavy timber (mill) | ¾ | 4 | 50 | 9,500 |
| Ordinary | ¾ | 2 | 30 | 6,500 |
| Unprotected noncombustible | — | 2 | 30 | 6,500 |
| Wood frame | ¾ | 1 | 20 | 5,000 |
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Where a motor vehicle storage facility is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system the figures in the height columns may be increased by one story and 12 feet respectively.