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The project clause applies a 15 SF/occupant 'concentrated-use' factor to the 480 SF waiting area, treating it as a concentrated business use space. However, the jurisdiction's amended Section 1004.8 defines concentrated business use areas specifically as telephone call centers, trading floors, data centers, and similar high-density business spaces, and mandates that such areas be calculated at one occupant per 50 SF of net floor area (not 15 SF/occupant). A waiting area does not fit the defined category of concentrated business use, and even if it did, the required factor per this amendment is 50 SF/occupant, not 15 SF/occupant. This results in a significant discrepancy in the occupant load calculation methodology and resulting occupant count.

Prompt sent to model

Project clause '1':
1. Occupant load calculation: business area (offices, waiting, sterilization), 3,400 SF gross, using the 100 SF/occupant business factor and a 15 SF/occupant concentrated-use factor for the 480 SF waiting area, plus 1,900 SF of treatment/clinical support at 100
SF/occupant. The calculated occupant load for this floor totals 85 persons. Two means of egress are provided; common path of travel and exit access travel distance are intended to comply with the applicable means-of-egress provisions for a Group B occupancy.

Candidate jurisdiction code clauses (local amendments - only these may be cited):
[id: 6564fd6c-4e2f-4457-b68d-ec2a23ef7f93] 1004.10.2: 1004.10.2 Cumulative occupant load.
The cumulative occupant load for the Group B, F or M occupancy shall be determined in accordance with Se

[id: beb5f4d6-f805-4ec7-b719-5aad4e6d7ea9] 15: 15.   Revise Section 1004.8 to read:
"1004.8 Concentrated business use areas.
The occupant load factor for concentrated business use shall be applied to telephone call centers, trading floors, data
centers and similar business use areas with a higher density of occupants than would normally be expected in a typic
occupancy environment. The occupant load for concentrated business use areas shall be the actual occupant load, bu
one occupant per 50 square feet (4.65 m2) of net floor area."

[id: 9178c87a-8d82-4ce1-932a-16f4c478fd13] 750: 750 square feet (69.7 m 2 ), where the aggregate gross floor area of such rooms or spaces within the s
does not exceed 10 percent of the gross floor area of the suite or story, the occupant load shall be det
applying the occupant load factor in Table 1004.5 that is applicable to the predominant function of ad
within the same suite and same story which are not used for assembly-type functions.

[id: 23ce137e-6ecf-4687-a864-4c545b607010] 1004.10.1: 1004.10.1 Occupant load for egress from the room or area.
Means of egress directly from a room or area used in full for assembly-type functions shall be designed for th
load determined in accordance with Section 1004.3 and Sections 1004.5 through 1004.8.

[id: caa95642-0def-460a-b2a5-c191e16e42bb] 14: 14.   Revise Section 1004.7 to read:
"1004.7 Outdoor areas.
Where occupants are provided access to yards, patios, decks, exterior balconies, occupiable rooftops, courts and sim
areas, the outdoor areas shall be provided with means of egress as required by this chapter. The occupant load of suc
areas shall be calculated in accordance with the anticipated use. Where the path of egress travel from the outdoor are
through the building, means of egress requirements for the building shall be based on the sum of the occupant loads 
plus the outdoor areas.
Exceptions:

These candidates are local amendments to the national model building code (e.g. IBC), not the full code. You may draw on your own general knowledge of standard model-code provisions to judge whether the project clause is consistent with normal practice, but any conflict you report must be grounded in - and cite - one of the local amendment clauses shown above, since those are the only things a human reviewer can independently verify against this jurisdiction's actual adopted text.

Does the project clause conflict with or fail to meet any of these code requirements? Call report_conflicts with your findings, or an empty conflicts list if there's no real conflict.

Raw model response

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