AMENDMENTS TO THE BOCA NATIONAL BUILDING CODE/1996

CHAPTER 3 - USE OR OCCUPANCY

(Amd) 305.1.1 Day care facilities: A day care facility which provides care for more than six persons more than 2 1/2 years of age for less than 24 hours per day shall be classified as Use Group E.

(Amd) 308.3.1 Child care facility: A child care facility which accommodates more than six children 2 1/2 years of age or less for any length of time shall be classified as Use Group I-2.

(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.

(Add) Hotel: Any building containing six or more guest rooms, intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests.

(Add) Residential board and care facilities: A building or part thereof used to provide lodging, boarding and personal care service for four or more residents unrelated by blood or marriage to its owners or operators.

(Amd) 310.5.1 Child care facilities: As defined in subsection (a)(3) of section 19a-77, C.G.S., a child care facility which accommodates six or fewer children of any age shall be classified as Use Group R-3. During the regular school year, a maximum of three additional children who are in school full time, including the provider’s own children, shall be permitted, except that if the provider has more than three children who are in school full time, all of the provider’s children shall be permitted.

(Amd) 310.6 Use Group R-4 structures: This use group shall include all detached one- or two-family dwellings, as defined in the BOCA National Building Code/1996 portion of the State Building Code and one-family townhouses, as defined in the one- and two-family dwelling code listed in Chapter 35, not more than two stories and 35 feet in height, plus habitable attic, 4,800 square feet per floor, and the accessory structures as indicated in the one- and two-family dwelling code listed in Chapter 35. All such structures shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the one- and two-family dwelling code listed in Chapter 35 unless the applicant chooses at the time of permit application to follow the requirements of this code applicable to Use Group R-3. Once the R-3 or R-4 Use Group has been determined, the applicable portions of the code governing such use group shall be followed in their entirety.

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