Building Group Definitions

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1 1. Accessory Structure Group A, B, C, D, E or Agricultural An Accessory Structure is a structure or building that is normally incidental, subordinate, secondary or ancillary to the main use, structure or building and is exclusively devoted to that main use, structure or building and located on the same property. Accessory Structures may include but are not limited to the following: storage building, warehouse, garage, pool, shed, mechanical building, workshop, gazebo. 2. Agricultural Use Farm Building Farm building means a building or part thereof which does not contain a residential occupancy, and which is associated with, and located on, land devoted to the practice of farming, and used essentially for the housing of equipment or livestock, or the production, storage or processing of agricultural and horticultural produce or feeds. a) Low Human Occupancy (as it applies to farm buildings) means an occupancy having an occupant load of not more than one person per 40 m2 (431 ft2) of floor area during normal use. b) Occupant Load means the number of persons for which a building or part thereof is designed. Examples of farm buildings as defined in Article include but are not limited to: produce, storage and packing facilities, livestock and poultry housing, milking centres, manure storage facilities, grain bins, silos, feed preparation centres, farm workshops, greenhouses, farm retail centres, and horse riding, exercise and training facilities. Farm buildings may be classed as low or high human occupancy depending on the occupant load Ext 2017 Building Department Page 1 of 6

2 Examples of farm buildings likely to be classed as low human occupancy as defined in Article of the National Farm Building code of Canada 1995, are livestock and poultry housing, manure and machinery storage facilities and horse exercise and training facilities where no bleachers or view area are provided. Examples of farm buildings likely to be classed as other than low human occupancy include farm retail centres for feeds, horticultural and livestock produce, auction barns and show areas where bleachers or other public facilities are provided. Farm work centres where the numbers of workers frequently exceeds the limit for low human occupancy will also be in this category. It is possible to have areas of both high and low human occupancy in the same building, provided that the structural safety and fire separation requirements for high human occupancy are met in the part thus designated. 3. Assembly Building Group A A building that is defined as Assembly means the occupancy or the use of a (Group A) building, or part thereof, is for a gathering of persons for civic, political, travel, religious, social, educational, recreational or like purpose, or for the consumption of food or drink. Examples of (Group A, Divisions 1-4) Assembly buildings include but are not limited to the following: Amusement park structures (not classified elsewhere), Arenas, Art galleries, Auditoria, Bleachers, Bowling Alleys, Child care facilities, Churches and similar places of worship, Clubs (non-residential), Community halls, Courtrooms, Dance halls, Exhibition halls (other than classified in Group E), Grandstands, Gymnasia, Lecture halls, Libraries, Licensed beverage establishments, Motion picture theatres, Museums, Opera houses, Passenger stations and depots, Recreational piers, Restaurants, Reviewing stands, Rinks, Schools and Colleges (non-residential), Stadia, Swimming pools (indoor), Television studios admitting an audience, Theatres (including experimental theatres), Undertaking premises. Ext 2017 Building Department Page 2 of 6

3 4. Business & Personal Services Group D Business and Personal Services Occupancy means the occupancy or use of a (Group D) building or part thereof, for the transaction of business or the rendering or receiving of professional or personal services. Banks, Barber and Hairdressing Shops, Beauty Parlors, Dental Offices, Dry Cleaning Establishments (Self-Service, not using flammable or explosive solvents or cleaners), Laundries (Self-Service), Medical Offices, Offices, Police Stations - without detention quarters, Radio Stations, Small Tool and Appliance Rental and Service establishments. 5. Care or Detention Group B Care and Detention Occupancy means the occupancy or use of a (Group B, Division 1-building or part thereof by persons who: a) receive supervisory care (Division 1). b) receive special care and treatment (Division 2), or c) are dependent on others to release security devices to permit egress (Division 3), A. Detention Occupancy (Group B, Division 1) means an occupancy in which persons are under restraint or are incapable of self preservation because of security measures not under their control. Jails, Penitentiaries, Police stations with detention quarters, Prisons, Psychiatric hospitals with detention quarters, Reformatories with detention quarters. B. Care and Treatment Occupancy (Group B, Division 2) means an occupancy in which persons receive special care and treatment. Facilities for developmentally handicapped residents, Homes for the aged, Ext 2017 Building Department Page 3 of 6

4 Hospitals, Infirmaries, Long term care, Nursing homes, Psychiatric hospitals without detention quarters, Sanatoria without detention quarters. C. Care Occupancy (Group B, Division 3) means an occupancy in which persons receive special or supervisory care because of cognitive or physical limitations, but does not include a dwelling unit. Children s custodial homes, Convalescent homes, Group homes for developmentally handicapped residents, Residential care facilities. NOTE: Group B, Division 3 Occupancies are permitted to be classified as Group C major occupancies provided: a) the occupants live as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit with sleeping accommodation for not more than ten persons, and b) not more than two occupants require assistance in evacuation in case of an emergency. 6. Demolition: Demolition is to remove a building or any material part thereof. 7. Designated Structures: (a) a retaining wall exceeding mm in exposed height adjacent to, (i) Public property, (ii) Access to a building, or (iii) Private property to which the public is admitted, Ext 2017 Building Department Page 4 of 6

5 (b) a pedestrian bridge appurtenant to a building, (c) a crane runway, (d) an exterior storage tank and its supporting structure that is not regulated by the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000, (e) signs regulated by Section 3.15 of Division B that are not structurally supported by a building, (f) a solar collector that is mounted on a building and has a face area equal to or greater than 5 m 2, (g) a structure that supports a wind turbine generator having a rated output of more than 3 kw, (h) a dish antenna that is mounted on a building and has a face area equal to or greater than 5 m 2, (i) a communication tower exceeding 16.6 m above ground level, (j) an outdoor pool that has a water depth greater than 3.5 m at any point, (k) a public pool, and (l) a public spa. 8. Residential Building Residential Occupancy means the occupancy or use of a (Group C) building or part thereof by persons for whom sleeping accommodation is provided but who are not harboured or detained to receive medical care or treatment or are not involuntarily detained. Apartments, Boarding houses, Camps for housing workers, Clubs (residential), Colleges (residential), Convents, Dormitories, Group homes, Halfway houses (drug Ext 2017 Building Department Page 5 of 6

6 and alcohol treatment), Hostels, Hotels, Houses, Lodging houses, Monasteries, Motels, Open and semi-secure detention for youth, Recreational camps, Rooming houses, Schools (residential), Shelters for homeless, Shelters for women. 9. Industrial Building: Industrial Occupancy means the occupancy or use of a (Group F, Divisions 1-3) building or part thereof for the assembling, fabricating, manufacturing, processing, repairing or storing of goods and materials. (Division 1): Bulk plants for flammable liquids, Bulk storage warehouses for hazardous substances, Cereal mills, Chemical manufacturing or processing plants, Distilleries, Dry cleaning plants using flammable or explosive solvents or cleaners, Feed mills, Flour mills, Grain elevators, Lacquer factories, Paint, varnish and pyroxylin product factories, Rubber processing plants, Spray painting operations. (Division 2): Aircraft hangars, Cold storage plants, Dry cleaning establishments not using flammable or explosive solvents or cleaners, Electrical substations, Freight depots, Helicopter landing areas on roofs, Laboratories, Laundries (except selfservice see Group D), Planing mills, Printing plants, Repair garages, Self-service storage buildings, Service stations, Storage rooms, Television studios not admitting a viewing audience, Tire storage, Warehouses, Woodworking factories. (Division 3): Creameries, Laboratories, Power plants, Storage garages (including open air parking garages), Storage rooms, Warehouses. 10. Mercantile Building: Mercantile Occupancy means the occupancy or use of a (Group E) building or part thereof for the displaying or selling of retail goods, wares or merchandise. Department stores, Exhibition halls, Markets, Restaurants with an occupant load not more than 30 persons consuming food and drink, Shops, Stores, Supermarkets. Ext 2017 Building Department Page 6 of 6