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407.9 Secured yards.
Grounds are permitted to be fenced and gates therein are permitted to be equipped with locks, provided that safe dispersal areas having 30 net square feet (2.8 m
2
) for bed and stretcher care recipients and 6 net square feet (0.56 m
2
) for ambulatory care recipients and other occupants are located between the building and the fence. Such provided safe dispersal areas shall be located not less than 50 feet (15 240 mm) from the building they serve.
407.10 Electrical systems.
In Group I-2 occupancies, the essential electrical system for electrical components, equipment and systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of NFPA 99 and Chapter 27 of this code.
408.1 General.
Occupancies in Group I-3 shall comply with the provisions of Sections 408.1 through 408.11 and other applicable provisions of this code (see Section 308.5).
408.1.1 Definitions specific to this section.
The following terms shall, for the purposes of this section, have the meanings shown herein:
CELL. A room within a housing unit in a detention or correctional facility used to confine incarcerated individuals or prisoners.
CELL TIER. Levels of cells vertically stacked above one another within a housing unit.
HOUSING UNIT. A dormitory or a group of cells with a common dayroom in Group I-3.
SALLYPORT. A security vestibule with two or more doors or gates where the intended purpose is to prevent continuous and unobstructed passage by allowing the release of only one door or gate at a time.
(Am. 2022 N.Y. Laws Ch. 486, 8/8/2022, eff. 11/7/2022)
408.2 Other occupancies.
Buildings or portions of buildings in Group I-3 occupancies where security operations necessitate the locking of required means of egress shall be permitted to be classified as a different occupancy. Occupancies classified as other than Group I-3 shall meet the applicable requirements of this code for that occupancy where provisions are made for the release of occupants at all times.
Means of egress from detention and correctional occupancies that traverse other use areas shall, as a minimum, conform to requirements for detention and correctional occupancies.
Exception: It is permissible to exit through a horizontal exit into other contiguous occupancies that do not conform to detention and correctional occupancy egress provisions but that do comply with requirements set forth in the appropriate occupancy, as long as the occupancy is not a Group H use.
408.3 Means of egress.
Except as modified or as provided for in this section, the means of egress provisions of Chapter 10 shall apply.
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