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APPENDIX B3 (DENVER)
DENVER BUILDING CODE AMENDMENT
Code Sections/Tables/Figures Proposed for Revision:
DBC-IRC Section R101.2 Scope and IEBC Section 1011.2.1 Fire sprinkler systems.
I.
Modify DBC-IRC Section R101.2 as follows:
Exceptions:
1. The following shall be permitted to be constructed in accordance with this code: where provided with a residential
fire sprinkler system complying with Section P2904:
1.1. Live/work units located in townhouses and complying with the requirements of Section 419 of the International
Building Code where provided with a residential fire sprinkler system complying with International Building
Code Section 903.3.1.2 NFPA 13R sprinkler system.
2.
Owner-occupied lodging houses with five or fewer guestrooms shall be permitted to be constructed in
accordance with the International Residential Code for One- and Two-family Dwellings where equipped with a
fire sprinkler system in accordance with IFC Section 903.3.1.2. (NFPA 13R).
1.2. A care facility with five or fewer persons receiving custodial care within a dwelling unit where provided with
a residential fire sprinkler system complying with International Building Code Section 903.3.1.3 NFPA 13D
sprinkler system.
1.3. A care facility with five or fewer persons receiving medical care within a dwelling unit where provided with
a residential fire sprinkler system complying with International Building Code Section 903.3.1.3 NFPA 13D
sprinkler system.
1.4. 5. A care facility for five or fewer persons receiving care that are within a single-family dwelling where provided
with a residential fire sprinkler system complying with International Building Code Section 903.3.1.3 NFPA 13D
sprinkler system.
2. The following shall be permitted to be constructed in accordance with this code without a fire sprinkler system:
1. Lodging houses with five or fewer guestrooms and 10 or fewer total occupants.
2. Detached one-family dwellings converted to a congregate living facility or a boarding house (transient or
nontransient) with 10 or fewer occupants.
3. The following shall be permitted to be constructed in accordance with this code without a fire sprinkler system.
Denver Revised Municipal Code Article II Chapter 33 licensed, short term rental residences.
4. A detached one-family dwelling occupied as a congregate living facility with 6 to 10 occupants shall obtain a
Certificate of Occupancy as a Group R-3 congregate living facility.
5. The provisions of Section 3112 of the Denver Amendments to the International Building Code shall apply to
the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use, and occupancy of
Manufactured Homes.
II. Modify IEBC Section 1011.2. Change of Occupancy
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