B-1.1, r. 3 - Safety Code

Section 340 Disposition versions

2014-07-12

340. Any building, other than a private seniors’ residence, for which the sole occupancy is one of the occupancies in the National Building Code listed below is exempted from the application of this Chapter:

(1)  an assembly occupancy not covered by paragraph 6 that accommodates no more than 9 persons;

(2)  a health care or detention occupancy that constitutes

(a)  a prison;

(b)  a supervised education centre with or without detention facilities used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons; or

(c)  a convalescence home, a care occupancy or assistance occupancy or a rehabilitation centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(3)  a residential occupancy that constitutes

(a)  a rooming house or an outfitter offering no lodgings when the building has no more than 9 rooms;

(b)  a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a bed and breakfast service in which no more than 5 bedrooms are available;

(c)  a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a school accommodating no more than 15 students at any one time;

(d)  a monastery, a convent or novices’ quarters owned by a religious corporation incorporated under a special Act of Québec or the Religious Corporations Act (chapter C-71), where that building or part of the building divided by a firewall is occupied by no more than 30 persons and where the building height does not exceed 3 storeys;

(e)  a shelter used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(f)  a building used as a dwelling unit that

i.  has a building height of no more than 2 storeys; or

ii.  has no more than 8 dwelling units;

(4)  a business and personal services occupancy having a building height of no more than 2 storeys;

(5)  a mercantile occupancy having a total floor area of no more than 300 m2;

(6)  a childcare centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(7)  a subway station;

(8)  an agricultural building;

(9)  an industrial occupancy;

(10)  a building left vacant for the purposes of construction, demolition or renovation work.

Despite the exemption provided for in the first paragraph and in section 341, the requirements respecting a water cooling tower facility provided for in Division VII apply to every water cooling tower facility.

O.C. 1263-2012, s. 1; O.C. 232-2013, s. 1; O.C. 454-2014, s. 2.

2013-05-12

340. Any building, other than a private seniors’ residence, for which the sole occupancy is one of the occupancies in the National Building Code listed below is exempted from the application of this Chapter:

(1)  an assembly occupancy not covered by paragraph 6 that accommodates no more than 9 persons;

(2)  a health care or detention occupancy that constitutes

(a)  a prison;

(b)  a supervised education centre with or without detention facilities used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons; or

(c)  a convalescence home, a care occupancy or assistance occupancy or a rehabilitation centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(3)  a residential occupancy that constitutes

(a)  a rooming house or an outfitter offering no lodgings when the building has no more than 9 rooms;

(b)  a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a bed and breakfast service in which no more than 5 bedrooms are available;

(c)  a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a school accommodating no more than 15 students at any one time;

(d)  a monastery, a convent or novices’ quarters owned by a religious corporation incorporated under a special Act of Québec or the Religious Corporations Act (chapter C-71), where that building or part of the building divided by a firewall is occupied by no more than 30 persons and where the building height does not exceed 3 storeys;

(e)  a shelter used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(f)  a building used as a dwelling unit that

i.  has a building height of no more than 2 storeys; or

ii.  has no more than 8 dwelling units;

(4)  a business and personal services occupancy having a building height of no more than 2 storeys;

(5)  a mercantile occupancy having a total floor area of no more than 300 m2;

(6)  a childcare centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(7)  a subway station;

(8)  an agricultural building;

(9)  an industrial occupancy;

(10)  a building left vacant for the purposes of construction, demolition or renovation work.

Despite the exemption provided for in the first paragraph and in section 341, the requirements respecting water cooling towers provided for in Division VII apply to the water cooling tower of every building.

O.C. 1263-2012, s. 1; O.C. 232-2013, s. 1.

2013-03-18

340. Any building, other than a private seniors’ residence, for which the sole occupancy is one of the occupancies in the National Building Code listed below is exempted from the application of this Chapter:

(1)  an assembly occupancy not covered by paragraph 6 that accommodates no more than 9 persons;

(2)  a health care or detention occupancy that constitutes

(a)  a prison;

(b)  a supervised education centre with or without detention facilities used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons; or

(c)  a convalescence home, a care occupancy or assistance occupancy or a rehabilitation centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(3)  a residential occupancy that constitutes

(a)  a rooming house or an outfitter offering no lodgings when the building has no more than 9 rooms;

(b)  a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a bed and breakfast service in which no more than 5 bedrooms are available;

(c)  a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a school accommodating no more than 15 students at any one time;

(d)  a monastery, a convent or novices’ quarters owned by a religious corporation incorporated under a special Act of Québec or the Religious Corporations Act (chapter C-71), where that building or part of the building divided by a firewall is occupied by no more than 30 persons and where the building height does not exceed 3 storeys;

(e)  a shelter used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(f)  a building used as a dwelling unit that

i.  has a building height of no more than 2 storeys; or

ii.  has no more than 8 dwelling units;

(4)  a business and personal services occupancy having a building height of no more than 2 storeys;

(5)  a mercantile occupancy having a total floor area of no more than 300 m2;

(6)  a childcare centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;

(7)  a subway station;

(8)  an agricultural building;

(9)  an industrial occupancy;

(10)  a building left vacant for the purposes of construction, demolition or renovation work.

O.C. 1263-2012, s. 1.