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SCOPE
The following inforaation has been
cornpiled to assint ‘the. horeowner
and guthoritiea i: «ssuring there
is an acceptable level:of fire and
life safety in a hone providing hed
and breakfast acconmodstion.

For the purposea of thia guideline,
a bed and breakfast operation is
considered to be a private ‘hone
which provides. not*.more i than twa:
rooms, for the accommodation of
tranalent paying guesta on a short
tern basis. The rooms are for
aleeping purposes only
cooking ia peraitzed.

NOTE: ' Seetion 512(3) of the
Municipal Act allows that "A
licence la not required for the
businesa of jetting or renting
‘rooaa where not fore than 2 roosa
are. available ~ for letting or
renting.” This infers a use
conpatible with a Single family
hore and therefore not. required to

be controlled by licencing.
OCCUPANT LOAD

It is important that. the use of
these prenisea remains primarily
that of a single family residence,
To thia end, it ia recommended the
maximum nuaber of people sleeping
in the dwelling be. limited | to 10.

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At ‘lesat ‘one. multi-purpose ' fie

cextinguisher with - a Binimua 2A SBC
reting» ahould “be provided odin a
‘convenient —lecation ‘auch as the
hallway cutaide the bedroana. It
da alao deairable to have a ainilar
fextinguisher in) the kitchen. All
lextinguishers should carry the ULC
iabel.

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SHOKE_ALARMS

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furiGMoke.+Slarm should be: dnatelied
between each sleeping. area:-(bedroor

OF , group: of bedrooma) and the
remainder of the house. More than
one unit may be needed to meet this
atandard and where this ia the
case,the units should be
interconnected so that when one is
triggered all the unita will aound
@imultaneoualy. All houses built
aince mid-1979 should already be a0
equipped because these requirements
have been in the Building Code
Ginge that time. Additional amoke
alarag are recommended dn each
aleeping room, living and
recreation rooma and at least one
on each atorey. Although “hard
wired" AC amoke alarns are
preferred, the battery powered type
are acceptable. All unita should
be ULC labelled.

MEANS OF EGRESS

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Most detached single fanily hones

are only required to have one
@xit. It ahould not be necessary
to travel up or down more than one
atorey to reach a floor aerved by
an exterior door leading to a safe
open area, auch as a yard with
access to a atreet or lane. It is
acceptable to descend nore than one
atorey if the top floor has access
to a balcony or openable window not
nore than 7 metres above grade

which would allow for emergency |

reacue. Doora in a means of egress
Ruat not require keys or

. Specialized knowledge to be opened

from the inaide.

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