Panel opts to remove 'hall' from active‑space exclusion, keeping transparency requirements

Commissioners and staff discussed what the code should treat as "active space" and agreed to remove "hall" from the list of nonactive uses, allowing circulation areas to satisfy active‑space requirements when appropriate. The group reviewed the code's current definition: "any occupiable space designed and intended for human activities, such as living, working, commerce, sleeping, eating, or cooking as determined by the administrator," and noted the code already excludes restrooms, closets, storage and utility spaces.