Room Use Codes & Definitions

Media Production (530). Architectural and engineering drafting rooms serving the physicalplant operation are classified as Office (310). Blueprint storage rooms are classified as OfficeService (315). Small, incidental equipment repair, assembly or cleaning rooms that directlyserve an adjacent or nearby primary activity room should be classified according to theappropriate corresponding service code. This category also does not include areas used for therepair and maintenance of institution owned vehicles (see 745) or rooms directly serving mediaproduction or distribution areas (see 535). Also excludes costume and scene "shops" servingtheater areas (see 615). Greenhouses used for campus physical maintenance or improvementsshould be coded 580.725 Shop ServiceDefinition: A room that directly serves a shop facility as an extension of the activities in thatfacility.Description: Includes tool storage rooms, materials storage rooms, and similar equipment ormaterial supply or storage rooms. Locker, shower, first aid, and similar nonpublic areas thatserve the shop facility should be included.Limitations: Does not include service areas for class laboratories (see 215) or research/nonclasslaboratories (see 255). Also does not include vehicular repair facilities(garages) classified as Vehicle Storage Service (745). Blueprint storage rooms should beclassified as Office Service (315). Rooms directly serving media production or distributionfacilities are coded 535. Sit-down lunch or vending rooms that serve a shop facility areclassified Food Facility (630).730 Central StorageDefinition: A room or building that is used to store equipment or materials and that servesmultiple room use categories, organizational units, or buildings.Description: The concept of central or general is key to applying this code correctly. The vastmajority of storage rooms on a campus are service rooms (e.g., 115, 215, 355, 615, etc.) thatdirectly support a primary activity room or room group; for example, a paper storage room(see 315) can serve several offices (see 310) in an area. Service storage rooms are somewhatclose to the areas they serve and are used more than occasionally. Central storage areasinclude areas commonly called warehouses, surplus storage, central campus supply or storageand inactive storage. A storage room incidentally used to store janitorial supplies wouldremain in this category. It also includes storage rooms in a building or building area that servemultiple room use categories and which are used for general or surplus (e.g., furniture, equipment)collection or storage. The 730 code can usually be used for all storage areas that do notqualify as service rooms.Limitations: Does not include a storage room directly serving a primary room use category orgroup of such rooms (i.e., a room that is clearly a service room). Also, this category does not72 CHAPTER 5