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Sec. 4: Section 29-292-9d of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies is amended as follows:

Chapter Seventeen, Section 17-3.2.2, of the Connecticut State Fire Safety Code is amended to read:

(Amd) 17-3.2.2 Hazardous Areas. Any hazardous area shall be protected in accordance with Section 6-4. The areas described in Table 17-3.2.2 shall be protected as indicated. Where sprinkler protection without [fire rated} FIRE-RATED separation is used, areas shall be separated from other spaces by partitions complying with Section 6-3.2 with doors complying with Section 6-3.4.

Table 17-3.2.2 Hazardous Area Protection

Hazardous Area Description	Separation/Protection
Boiler and fuel-fired heater rooms	1-hr or sprinklers
Employee locker rooms	1-hr or sprinklers
Gift or retail shops more than 100 sq ft (9.3 sq m)	1-hr or sprinklers
Bulk laundries	1-hr or sprinklers
Guest laundries outside of guest rooms or guest suites	1-hr [and] OR sprinklers
Maintenance shops	1-hr or sprinklers
Rooms or spaces used for storage of combustible supplies and equipment in quantities deemed hazardous by the authority having jurisdiction¹	1-hr or sprinklers
Trash rooms	1-hr or sprinklers

¹Where storage areas not exceeding 24 sq ft (2.2 sq m) are directly accessible from the guest room or guest suite, no separation or protection shall be required.

Exception: Residential-type heating appliances such as domestic hot water heaters, domestic furnaces, or domestic boilers may be unenclosed when located within an individual guest room or suite serving only that room or suite that is separated from all adjacent rooms or suites by construction having at least a ½-hr fire resistance rating.

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