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. ." C. Gross Leasable Area is the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use. The area of tenant occu- pancy is measure from the center lines of joint partitions to the outside of the tenant walls. All tenant areas, including areas used for storage, shall be included in calculating gross leasable area. D. Mall is a roofed or covered common pedestrian area within a covered mall building which serves as access for two or more tenants and may have three levels that are open to each other. E. Occupant Load is the total number of persons that may occupy a building or portion thereof at anyone time. 15.44.030 Types of Construction and Required Yards for Unlimited Area A. One and two-level malls may be of any type of construc- tion permitted by this code. Three-level malls shall be at least Type II One-hour construction as specified by the Uniform Building Code. B. Covered mall buildings, including anchor stores, shall be surrounded by yards not less than 60 feet in width when the provisions for unlimited area in Section 506(b) of the Uniform Building Code are applied. 15.44.040 Special Provisions A. The covered mall building shall be provided with an automatic sprinkler system conforming to the provisions of D.B.C. Standard No. :38-1. In addition to these standards, the automatic sprinkler system shall comply with the following: 1. All automatic sprinkler system control valves shall be electrically supervised by an approved central, proprietary or remote station or a local alarm service which will give an audible signal at a constantly attended location. 2. The automatic sprinkler system shall be complete and operative throughout all occupied space in the covered mall building prior to occupancy of any of the tenant spaces. The level of protection provided for unoccupied tenant space shall be subject to the approval of the building official and fire department. The respective increases for area and height for covered mall buildings, including anchor stores, specified in Section 506 and 507 of the Uniform Building Code shall be permitted. B. There shall be a standpipe outlet connected to a supply capable of delivering 250 gallons per minute at each of the following locations for fire department use: 1. Within the mall at the entrance to an exit passage or exit corridor. 2. At each floor level landing within enclosed stairways opening directly onto the mall; and adjacent to principal exterior entrances to the mall. 3. Standpipes shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 38 of the Uniform Building Code, with the following exceptions: (a) Risers and laterals of dry stand- pipe systems not located within an enclosed stairway need not be protected by a degree of fire resistance equal to that required for vertical enclosures in the covered mall building. -2--