This group includes buildings and
structures occupied by > five persons of any age who receive custodial care
for fewer than 24 hours per day by persons other than parents or guardians,
relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption, and in a place other than the home
of the person receiving care. This group shall include but not be limited to
the following:
308.5.1
Classification as Group E. Day care and day services uses shall be
classified as Group E occupancies subject to sections 308.5.1.1 through
308.5.1.3.
308.5.1.1
Adult day services
centers serving only persons capable of self-preservation. Adult day
services centers serving only persons who, without assistance, are capable of
self-preservation under emergency conditions shall be classified as Group
E.
308.5.1.2
Adult day
services centers serving both persons capable and persons not capable of
self-preservation. Adult day services centers shall be classified as
Group E where all of the following conditions apply:
a. At least one person served but not more
than 50 percent of persons served require assistance with self-preservation
under emergency conditions.
b. The
rooms in which the adults are cared for are located on the level of exit
discharge serving such rooms, with all exits discharging directly to grade
without intervening stairs. Each exit discharge shall provide an accessible
route, without stairs, to the public way or safe dispersal area in accordance
with the exception to Section 1028.5.
c. The day services center is protected with
an automatic fire alarm system consisting of automatic smoke detection in all
corridors and at the top of all stairways, and automatic detection in boiler
and furnace rooms, kitchens, storage rooms, custodial closets, laundry and
soiled linen rooms, and other hazardous areas.
308.5.1.3
Child day care. A
child day care facility shall be classified as Group E where all of the
following conditions apply:
a. The facility
provides care for > five but not > 100 children 2-1/2 years or less
of age.
b. The rooms in which the
children are cared for are located on the level of exit discharge serving such
rooms.
c. Each room providing day
care has an exit door directly to the exterior.
(Subsections 308.5.2 and 308.5.3 remain unchanged.)
308.5.4
Five or fewer persons receiving care in a dwelling unit. Adult day
services or child day care within a dwelling unit and having five or fewer
persons receiving custodial care shall be classified as a Group R-3 occupancy.
Where the adult day services or child day care is located in a one- or
two-family dwelling or townhouse, the dwelling:
(1) shall be constructed in accordance with
either this chapter or Minnesota Rules, chapter 1309, the Minnesota Residential
Code; and
(2) shall be equipped
with an automatic sprinkler system when required by Section 903.2.8.
