WAC 51-50-0310   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-1 Residential occupancies containing sleeping units where the occupants are primarily transient in nature, including:

     Boarding houses (transient)

     Hotels (transient)

     Motels (transient)

     Congregate living facilities (transient) with 10 or fewer occupants are permitted to comply with the construction requirements for Group R-3.


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)

     Boarding homes as licensed by Washington state under chapter 388-78A WAC

     Convents

     Dormitories

     Fraternities and sororities

     Hotels (nontransient)

     Live/work units

     Monasteries

     Motels (nontransient)

     Residential treatment facilities as licensed by Washington state under chapter 246-337 WAC

     Vacation timeshare properties

     Congregate living facilities with sixteen 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-1, R-2, R-4 or I, including: Buildings that do not contain more than two dwelling units. Adult care facilities that provide accommodations for 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 sixteen or fewer persons. Adult care within a single-family home, adult family homes and family child day care homes are permitted to comply with the International Residential Code.


     Foster family care homes licensed by Washington state are permitted to comply with the International Residential Code, as an accessory use to a dwelling, for six or fewer children including those of the resident family.


     R-4 classification is not adopted. Any reference in this code to R-4 does not apply.



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.


ADULT FAMILY HOME. A dwelling, licensed by Washington state, in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room and board to more than one but not more than six adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services.


BOARDING HOUSE. A building arranged or used for lodging for compensation, with or without meals, and not occupied as a single family unit.


CHILD DAY CARE. For the purposes of these regulations, is the care of children during any period of a 24-hour day.


CHILD DAY CARE HOME, FAMILY. A child day care facility, licensed by Washington state, located in the dwelling of the person or persons under whose direct care and supervision the child is placed, for the care of twelve or fewer children, including children who reside at the home.


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 safety of the resident while inside the building.


RESIDENTIAL CARE/ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. This definition is not adopted.


TRANSIENT. Occupancy of a dwelling or sleeping unit for not more than 30 days.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27.031 and 19.27.074. 10-03-097, § 51-50-0310, filed 1/20/10, effective 7/1/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27.190, 19.27.020, and chapters 19.27 and 34.05 RCW. 08-01-110, § 51-50-0310, filed 12/18/07, effective 4/1/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27.074, 19.27.020, and chapters 70.92, 19.27, and 34.05 RCW. 07-01-091, § 51-50-0310, filed 12/19/06, effective 7/1/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27.031 and 19.27.074. 04-01-108, § 51-50-0310, filed 12/17/03, effective 7/1/04.]