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3.16.1.2 — General

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(1) A shelf and rack storage system shall not be designed for production, manufacturing, assembling, disassembling or ancillary administrative functions.

(2) A shelf and rack storage system may be designed for the storage, accessing, retrieval, packing and distribution of commodities.

(3) A high hazard industrial occupancy shall not contain a shelf and rack storage system.

(4) Except as required by Sentence 3.16.3.2. (3), a shelf and rack storage system shall not exceed 24 m in height.

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industrial occupancy

means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the assembling, fabricating, manufacturing, processing, repairing or storing of goods or materials.

occupancy

means the use or intended use of a building or part of a building for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.

shelf and rack storage system

means a self-contained structural system within a building, having one or more elevated platforms or walkway levels for personnel access that may also support conveyors and other material handling, storage and distribution equipment. Significant drinking water threat has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Clean Water Act, 2006.

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