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Building Confidence, Building Community.
AMENDMENT
Code Sections/Tables/Figures Proposed for Revision:
Modify IBC Section 310.4 Residential Group R-3 and subsection 310.4.1.
Modify Section 310.4 and 310.4.1 as follows:
310.4 Residential Group R-3.
Residential Group R-3 occupancies where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature and not classified as Group
R-1, R-2, R-4 or I, including:
Buildings that do not contain more than two dwelling units
Care facilities that provide accommodations for five or fewer persons receiving care
Congregate living facilities (nontransient) with 16 or fewer occupants
Boarding houses (nontransient)
Convents
Dormitories
Fraternities and sororities
Monasteries
Congregate living facilities (transient or nontransient) with 10 or fewer occupants are that are within a single-family
dwelling shall be permitted to comply with the International Residential Code.
Boarding houses (transient or nontransient)
Lodging houses (transient or nontransient) with five or fewer guest rooms and 10 or fewer occupants shall be permitted
to comply with the International Residential Code.
310.4.1 Care facilities within a dwelling.
Care facilities for five or fewer persons receiving care that are within a single-family dwelling are permitted to comply
with the International Residential Code provided an automatic sprinkler system is installed in accordance with Section
903.3.1.3. or Section P2904 of the International Residential Code.
Supporting Information:
This proposal is a to provide IBC correlation with a proposal which is being considered by the Denver’s IRC committee:
92 DBC IRC R101.2and IEBC1011.2.1 Short term rental and group living fire sprinkler requirements.
Impact:
The added language increases the range of residential uses defined in the IBC allowed to be constructed in accordance
with the provisions of the International Residential Code. The proposed amendment is less restrictive than the IRC, IBC,
and IEBC provisions for select congregate living facilities and for all lodging houses with fewer than five guestrooms
and 10 or fewer occupants.
The amendment reduces the cost to use/covert a primary residence into use as a short-term-rental guest housing.
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