If the moment connections are part of the gravity only framing system (i.e. cantilever beams supporting cladding), then you could probably design them as non-seismic. However, I would think you would want to provide some detailing to ensure that they do not significantly participate in the lateral force resisting system. In particular, I'm thinking of providing a back span beam to support the cantilever beam. In this way, you are not really relying on the lateral resistance of the column to resist these gravity loads.
It's tricky though, there's some deflection compatibility questions going on. If your gravity system has significant lateral stiffness to pull load out of your lateral frames then I don't see how you can get around detailing it as non-seismic.