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3.8.2.3.(2)
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Application
Application 1: 
Washrooms located within a suite of residential occupancy.
Application 2: 
This also applies to washrooms on floor areas where other barrier-free washrooms are provided on the same floor area within 45 m.
Application 3: 
This also applies to washrooms located in an individual suite used for a business and personal services occupancy, mercantile occupancy or industrial occupancy that:
  • has an area of less than 500 m2, and
  • is completely separated from the remainder of the building and has no access to the remainder of the building.
This applies to buildings described in Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A.
Exceptions: 
except as stated in Sentence 3.8.1.1.(1), which applies to:
  • houses, including semi-detached houses, duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, row houses and boarding houses,
  • buildings of Group F, Division 1 major occupancy, and
  • buildings that are not intended to be occupied on a daily or full-time basis, including automatic telephone exchanges, pumphouses and substations.
Application 4: 
This also applies to buildings to which Part 9 applies [see Sentence 1.3.3.3.(1) of Division A for application of Part 9], as stated in Sentence 9.5.2.1.(1).
Exceptions: 
except as stated in Article 9.5.2.3., which applies to apartment buildings.
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To exempt washrooms from the requirements of Sentence 3.8.2.3.(1) [and referenced in Articles 3.8.3.8. to 3.8.3.12.] to be barrier-free, if they are located:
  • within a suite of residential occupancy,
  • on floor areas where other barrier-free washrooms are provided on the same floor area within 45 m, or
  • in an individual suite used for a business and personal services occupancy, mercantile occupancy or industrial occupancy that has an area of less than 500 m2 and is completely separated from the remainder of the building and has no access to the remainder of the building.
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