N.Y.C. Admin. Code § BC 306: Section BC 306: Factory Group F

306.1 Factory Industrial Group F.

Factory Industrial Group F occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair, cleaning, laundering or processing operations that are not classified as a Group H hazardous occupancy. Factory Industrial Group F occupancy also includes certain mechanical and/or electrical equipment rooms in accordance with Section 306.3.

306.2 Moderate-hazard factory industrial, Group F-1.

Factory industrial uses that are not classified as Factory Industrial F-2 Low Hazard shall be classified as F-1 Moderate Hazard and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

Aircraft (manufacturing, not to include repair)

Aircraft repairs

Automobiles and other motor vehicles, manufacturing

Automobiles and other motor vehicles, repairs

Bakeries

Beverages; over 16-percent alcohol content

Boats

Boat repairs

Brooms or brushes

Canvas or similar fabric

Carpets and rugs

Carpets and rugs, cleaning, using or storing solvents having a flash point between 100°F (38°C) and 138.2°F (59°C) (Tag closed cup)

Clothing

Disinfectants

Dry cleaning and dyeing using or storing solvents having a flash point between 100°F (38°C) and 138.2°F (59°C) (Tag closed cup)

Electric generation plants

Electrical substations

Engines (including rebuilding)

Food processing, except meat slaughtering or preparation of fish for packing

Food processing establishments and commercial kitchens not adjoining a restaurant, cafeteria or similar dining facilities

Furniture

Hemp products

Jute products

Laboratories; for production (moderate-hazard), that may involve the synthesis or storage of materials that constitute a physical or health hazard in quantities below those found in Tables 307.1(1) and 307.1(2)

Leather products

Metals; finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning, rustproofing, heat treatment, or similar processes

Millwork (sash and door)

Motion pictures filming (without spectators)

Musical instruments

Optical goods

Paper mills or products

Photographic film

Plastic products

Printing or publishing

Recreational vehicles

Refuse incineration

Shoes

Soaps and detergents

Textiles

Tobacco

Trailers

Upholstering

Wood; distillation

Woodworking (cabinet) using no more than 2 quarts (1.9 L) per day or storing no more than 20 gallons (75.7 L) of paint, varnish, lacquer or shellac

306.3 Low-hazard factory industrial, Group F-2.

Factory industrial uses that involve the cleaning, laundering, fabrication or manufacturing of noncombustible materials that during finishing, packing or processing do not involve a significant fire hazard shall be classified as F-2 occupancies and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

Appliances

Athletic equipment

Automobile laundries

Automobile wrecking establishments

Beverages; up to and including 16-percent alcohol content; bottling works

Beverages; non-alcoholic

Bicycles

Brick and masonry

Business machines

Cameras and photo equipment

Carpets and rugs, cleaning, using or storing solvents having a flash point above 138.2°F (59°C) (Tag closed cup)

Ceramic products

Commercial kitchens adjoining restaurants, cafeterias (including those classified in Group A-3), or similar dining facilities

Construction and agricultural machinery

Dry cleaning and dyeing using or storing solvents having a flash point above 138.2°F (59°C) (Tag closed cup)

Electronics

Food processing; meat slaughtering or preparation of fish for packing

Foundries

Glass products

Gypsum

Ice

Laboratories; for production (low-hazard), that may involve the synthesis or storage of materials that constitute a physical or health hazard in quantities below those found in Tables 307.1(1) and 307.1(2)

Laundries

Machinery

Mechanical and/or electrical equipment rooms that are neither identified as incidental uses in Table 509 nor classified as the occupancy within which they are located per section 508.1

Metal products (fabrication and assembly), not including flammable metals and alloys listed in Section 307

Plastic products; non-flammable

Printing; incidental to primary use, area not exceeding 2,000 square feet (185.8 m

2

)

Television filming (without spectators)

306.4 Location restrictions.

Locations of spaces classified in Factory Group F may be restricted within a building containing a Group R occupancy pursuant to Section 510.8.