(Amd) 310.2 Definitions: The following words or terms shall, for the purposes of this section and as used elsewhere in this code, have the meanings shown herein.

Dwellings

(Add) Bed and breakfast establishment: A building that does not qualify as a one- or two-family dwelling unit in accordance with Section 310.5 and which contains only: The owner’s dwelling unit and guest rooms without permanent provisions for cooking, with a total building occupant load of not more than 16 persons (see Section 310.3.1).

(Add) Guest room: A space in a Use Group R-1 structure providing sleeping accommodations in one room, or in a series of closely associated rooms.

(Del) Residential board and care facilities. Delete without substitution.

(Add) 310.3.1 Use Group R-1 bed and breakfast establishments: A building that the owner occupies or that is adjacent to a building that the owner occupies as his/her primary place of residence, has a total building occupant load of not more than 16 persons including the owner-occupants, and has no provisions for cooking or warming food in the guest rooms. A Use Group R-1 bed and breakfast establishment shall not be permitted within a mixed use building. A fire evacuation plan shall be prominently posted on the inside of each guest room door.

(Add) 310.3.1.1 Kitchens in Use Group R-1 bed and breakfast establishments: Kitchens in Use Group R-1 bed and breakfast establishments shall be separated by ½-hour rated fire separation assemblies.

Exceptions:

1. Fire separation assemblies shall not be required when the kitchen is protected by a limited area sprinkler system.
   
   
2. Fire separation assemblies shall not be required when the kitchen is equipped with a listed residential range top extinguisher unit or an approved commercial kitchen hood with a listed, approved automatic fire suppression system.
   
   
3. The structural members supporting the rated assemblies shall not be required to be fireresistance rated.
   

(Amd) 310.5 Use Group R-3 structures: This use group shall include all buildings arranged for occupancy as one- or two-family dwelling units, including not more than six lodgers or boarders per family and multiple single-family dwellings where each unit has an independent means of egress and is separated by a 2-hour fire separation assembly (see Section 709.0).

Exceptions: