business and personal services occupancy
means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the transaction of business or the provision of professional or personal services.
dwelling unit
means a suite operated as a housekeeping unit, used or intended to be used by one or more persons and usually containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping and sanitary facilities.
house
means a detached house, semi-detached house or row house containing not more than two dwelling units.
industrial occupancy
means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the assembling, fabricating, manufacturing, processing, repairing or storing of goods or materials.
major occupancy
means the principal occupancy for which a building or part of a building is used or intended to be used, and is deemed to include the subsidiary occupancies that are an integral part of the principal occupancy. The major occupancy classifications used in this Code are as follows: (a)Group A, Division 1 - Assembly occupancies intended for the production and viewing of the performing arts, (b)Group A, Division 2 - Assembly occupancies not elsewhere classified in Group A, (c)Group A, Division 3 - Assembly occupancies of the arena type, (d)Group A, Division 4 - Assembly occupancies in which occupants are gathered in the open air, (e)Group B, Division 1 - Detention occupancies, (f)Group B, Division 2 - Care and treatment occupancies, (g)Group B, Division 3 - Care occupancies, (h)Group C - Residential occupancies, (i)Group D - Business and personal services occupancies, (j)Group E - Mercantile occupancies, (k)Group F, Division 1 - High hazard industrial occupancies, (l)Group F, Division 2 - Medium hazard industrial occupancies, and (m)Group F, Division 3 - Low hazard industrial occupancies.
mercantile occupancy
means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the displaying or selling of retail goods, wares or merchandise.
occupancy
means the use or intended use of a building or part of a building for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.
residential occupancy
means an occupancy in which sleeping accommodation is provided to residents who are not harboured for the purpose of receiving special care or treatment and are not involuntarily detained and includes an occupancy in which sleeping accommodation is provided to residents of a retirement home.
storage garage
means a building or part of a building that is intended for the storage or parking of motor vehicles and that contains no provision for the repair or servicing of motor vehicles.
building
(a) a structure occupying an area greater than ten square metres consisting of a wall, roof and floor or any of them or a structural system serving the function thereof including all plumbing, works, fixtures and service systems appurtenant thereto,
(b) a structure occupying an area of ten square metres or less that contains plumbing, including the plumbing appurtenant thereto,
(c) plumbing not located in a structure,
(c.1) a sewage system, or
(d) structures designated in the building code; Act