In a mercantile store with a storage room not used by the public, what is the occupant load of the storage area?

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In a mercantile store with a storage room not used by the public, what is the occupant load of the storage area?

Occupant load is found by applying the space’s occupancy load factor to its floor area. For storage areas not used by the public in a mercantile setting, you use the storage factor, not the customer factor. The standard storage factor is 300 square feet per person. So a 1,200-square-foot storage room yields an occupant load of 1,200 ÷ 300 = 4 people. This 4-person load is what influences egress and life-safety calculations for that space.

Occupant load is found by applying the space’s occupancy load factor to its floor area. For storage areas not used by the public in a mercantile setting, you use the storage factor, not the customer factor. The standard storage factor is 300 square feet per person. So a 1,200-square-foot storage room yields an occupant load of 1,200 ÷ 300 = 4 people. This 4-person load is what influences egress and life-safety calculations for that space.

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