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SECTION
310 RESIDENTIAL GROUP R
310.1 Residential Group R.
Residential Group R includes, among others, the use of a building
or structure, or a portion thereof, for sleeping purposes
when not classified as an Institutional Group I or when not
regulated by the International Residential Code in accordance
with Section 101.2. Residential occupancies
shall include the following:
R-l Residential occupancies
containing sleeping units where the occupants are primarily
transient in nature, including:
Boarding
houses (transient) Hotels (transient)
Motels (transient)
R-2
Residential occupancies containing sleeping units or more
than two dwelling units where the occupants are primarily
permanent in nature, including:
Apartment houses
Boarding
houses (not transient) Convents
Dormitories
Fraternities
and sororities Hotels (non transient) Monasteries
Motels
(non transient) Vacation timeshare properties
Congregate living facilities
with 16 or fewer occupants are permitted to comply with
the construction requirements for Group R-3.
R-3
Residential occupancies where the occupants are primarily
permanent in nature and not classified as Group R-l, R-2,
R-4 or I, including:
Buildings
that do not contain more than two dwelling I units.
Adult
facilities that provide accommodations for I five or fewer
persons of any age for less than 24 hours.
Child
care facilities that provide accommodations for five or
fewer persons of any age for less than 24 hours.
Congregate living facilities
with 16 or fewer persons.
Adult
and child care facilities that are within a single-family
home are permitted to comply with the International Residential
Code.
R-4
Residential occupancies shall include buildings arranged
for occupancy as residential care/assisted living facilities
including more than five but not more than 16 occupants,
excluding staff.
Group
R -4 occupancies shall meet the requirements for construction
as defined for Group R-3, except as otherwise provided for
in this code, or shall comply with the International Residential
Code.
310.2 Definitions. The
following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this
section and as used elsewhere in this code, have the meanings
shown herein.
BOARDING
HOUSE. A building arranged or used for lodging for compensation,
with or without meals, and not occupied as a single-family
unit.
CONGREGATE
LIVING FACILITIES. A building or part thereof that contains
sleeping units where residents share bathroom and/or kitchen
facilities.
DORMITORY.
A space in a building where group sleeping accommodations
are provided in one room, or in a series of closely associated
rooms, for persons not members of the same family group, under
joint occupancy and single management, as in college dormitories
or fraternity houses.
PERSONAL
CARE SERVICE. The care of residents who do not require
chronic or convalescent medical or nursing care. Personal
care involves responsibility for the safety of the resident
while inside the building.
RESIDENTIAL
CARE/ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. A building or part thereof
housing persons, on a 24-hour basis, who because of age, mental
disability or other reasons, live in a supervised residential
environment which provides personal care services. The occupants
are capable of responding to an emergency situation without
physical assistance from staff.
This
classification shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
residential
board and care facilities, assisted living facilities, halfway
houses, group homes, congregate care facilities, social rehabilitation
facilities, alcohol and drug abuse centers and convalescent
facilities.
TRANSIENT.
Occupancy of a dwelling unit or sleeping unit for not more
than 30 days.
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