Occupancy group B-1.
NYC Admin. Code § 27-246
in effect§ 27-246 Occupancy group B-1.
Shall include buildings and spaces used for storing any flammable or combustible materials that is likely to permit the development and propagation of fire with moderate rapidity.
TABLE 3-2
Typical Occupancies For Occupancy Classification*
Occupancy Group Designation Representative Occupancies
High Hazard A Paint shop and storerooms; industrial smoke houses; grain elevators; tanneries with enamelling or japanning; distilleries; sugar, starch, cereal, feed, flour, and grist mills; any space containing distribution piping at pressure levels above fifteen psig
Storage B-1 Warehouses; storerooms; freight depots; stables; coal pockets; group 1 public garages**
B-2 Warehouses; storerooms; private garages; green houses; group 2 public garages**
Mercantile C Retail stores; shops; sales rooms; markets
Industrial D-1 Baking plants; breweries; automotive repair shops; foundries; heliports; scenery shops
D-2 Mechanical and electrical equipment rooms; power plants, and boiler and furnace rooms, except those containing gas distribution piping at pressure levels above fifteen psig; commercial laundries; vocational training shops; laboratories; nonresidential kitchens
Business E Office buildings; banks; civic administration buildings; radio and television stations not classified as places of assembly or as equipment rooms; telephone exchanges; and beauty shops; automotive service stations; neighborhood family care centers; medical offices or group medical centers
F-1b Churches; lecture halls; court rooms; convention halls; concert halls; sports arenas; planetariums, motion picture theaters
F-2 Grandstands; bleachers; stadiums; drive-in theaters; amusement attractions and devices; bandstands; skating rinks
F-3 Exhibition halls; galleries; gymnasiums, museums; passenger terminals; bowling alleys; billiard parlors; skating rinks
F-4 Restaurants; night clubs; cabarets; dance halls; ballrooms; banquet rooms; cafeterias; snack bars; taverns; coffee houses
Educational G Schools; academies; universities; libraries
Institutional H-1 Jails; prisons; reformatories; mental institutions
H-2 Hospitals; sanitariums; clinics; nursing homes; orphanages; homes for the aged; day nurseries
Residential J-1 Hotels; motels; lodging houses; rooming houses
J-2 Apartment houses; apartment hotels; school dormitory buildings
J-3 One-family and two-family dwellings; rectories; convents
Miscellaneous K Sheds; fences; signs
* This list of occupancies is representative only and is not complete. See reference standard RS 3-3 for additional listings.
** See article ten of subchapter seven of this chapter.
(a) Typical material contents: bags (cloth, burlap, and paper); bamboo and rattan; baskets; belting (canvas and leather); books and paper in rolls or packs; buttons, including cloth-covered, pearl, or bone; boots and shoes; cardboard and cardboard boxes; wearing apparel; cordage; furniture; furs; glue, mucilage, paste, and size; horn and combs other than celluloid; leather enamelling or japanning; linoleum; livestock; lumber; photo-engraving supplies; silk; soap; sugar; tobacco; cigars, cigarettes, and snuff; upholstery and mattresses; wax candles.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-48703Fetched: 10/24/2026