Regl. 9049, art. 107-903.3.1.3 dup3
or with Section P2904 of the Puerto Rico Residential Code.
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Cite as Reglamento Núm. 9049, Art. 107-903.3.1.3 dup3
[BG] Institutional Group I-2. Institutional Group I-2 occupancy shall include buildings and
structures used for medical care on a 24-hour basis for more than five persons who are not
capable of self-preservation. This group shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Foster care facilities
Detoxification facilities
Hospitals
Nursing homes
Psychiatric hospitals
[BG] Occupancy Conditions. Buildings of Group I-2 shall be classified as one of
the following occupancy conditions:
[BG] Condition 1. This occupancy condition shall include facilities that provide
nursing and medical care but do not provide emergency care, surgery, obstetrics, or
in-patient stabilization units for psychiatric or detoxification, including, but not limited
to, nursing homes and foster care facilities.
[BG] Condition 2. This occupancy condition shall include facilities that provide
nursing and medical care and could provide emergency care, surgery, obstetrics, or
inpatient stabilization units for psychiatric or detoxification, including, but not limited
to, hospitals.
[BG] Five or fewer persons receiving medical care. A facility with five or fewer
persons receiving medical care shall be classified as Group R-3 or shall comply
with the Puerto Rico Residential Code provided an automatic sprinkler system is
installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.3 or with Section P2904 of the Puerto
Rico Residential Code.
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[BG] Institutional Group I-3. Institutional Group I-3 occupancy shall include
buildings and structures which are due to security measures not under the occupants'
control. This group shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Correctional centers
Detention centers Jails
Prerelease centers
Prisons
Reformatories
Buildings of Group I-3 shall be classified as one of the following occupancy conditions:
[BG] Condition 1. This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement
is allowed from sleeping areas and other spaces where access or occupancy is permitted to
the exterior via means of egress without restraint. A Condition 1 facility is permitted to be
constructed as Group R.
[BG] Condition 2. This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement
is allowed from sleeping areas and any other occupied smoke compartment to one or more
other smoke compartments. Egress to the exterior is impeded by locked exits.
[BG] Condition 3. This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement
is allowed within individual smoke compartments, such as within a residential unit comprised
of individual sleeping units and group activity spaces, where egress is impeded by remotecontrolled release of means of egress from such smoke compartment to another smoke
compartment.
[BG] Condition 4. This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement
is restricted from an occupied space. Remote-controlled release is provided to permit
movement from sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas within the smoke
compartment to other smoke compartments.
[BG] Condition 5. This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement
is restricted from an occupied space. Staff-controlled manual release is provided to permit
movement from sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas within the smoke
compartment to other smoke compartments.
[BG] Institutional Group I-4, day care facilities. Institutional Group I-4 shall include
buildings and structures occupied by more than five persons of any age who receive custodial
care for less than 24 hours by persons other than parents or guardians, relatives by blood,
marriage, or adoption, and in a place other than the home of the person cared for. This group
shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Adult day care
Child day care
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[BG] Classification as Group E. A child day care facility that provides care for more than
five but not inhabited by more than five persons who are under more than 100 children 2¹/2
years or less of age, where restraint or security. A Group I-3 facility is occupied by persons
who are generally incapable of self-preservation the rooms in which the children are cared
for are located on a level of exit discharge serving such rooms and each of these child care
rooms has an exit door directly to the exterior, shall be classified as Group E.
[BG] Within a place of religious worship. Rooms and spaces within places of religious
worship providing such care during religious functions shall be classified as part of the primary
occupancy.
[BG] Five or fewer occupants receiving care. A facility having five or fewer persons
receiving custodial care shall be classified as part of the primary occupancy.
[BG] Five or fewer occupants receiving care in a dwelling unit.
A facility such as the above within a dwelling unit and having five or fewer persons receiving
custodial care shall be classified as a Group R-3 occupancy or shall comply with the Puerto
Rico Residential Code.
[BG] Mercantile Group M. Mercantile Group M occupancy includes, among others, the use
of a building or structure or a portion thereof, for the display and sale of merchandise, and
involves stocks of goods, wares or merchandise incidental to such purposes and accessible to
the public. Mercantile occupancies shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Department stores
Drug stores
Greenhouses with public access that maintain plants for display and sale
Markets
Motor fuel-dispensing facilities
Retail or wholesale stores
Sales rooms
[BG] Residential Group R. Residential Group R includes, among others, the use of a building
or structure, or a portion thereof, for sleeping purposes when not classified as an Institutional
Group I or when not regulated by the Puerto Rico Residential Code in accordance with Section
101.2 of the Puerto Rico Building Code.
[BG] Residential Group R-1. Residential Group R-1 occupancies containing sleeping units
where the occupants are primarily transient in nature, including:
Boarding houses (transient) with more than 10 occupants
Congregate living facilities (transient) with more than 10 occupants
Hotels (transient)
Motels (transient)
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[BG] Residential Group R-2. Residential Group R-2 occupancies containing sleeping units
or more than two dwelling units where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature,
including:
Apartment houses
Congregate living facilities (nontransient) with more than 16 occupants
Boarding houses (nontransient) Convents
Dormitories
Fraternities and sororities
Monasteries
Hotels (nontransient)
Live/work units
Motels (nontransient)
Vacation timeshare properties
[BG] Residential Group R-3. Residential Group R-3 occupancies where the occupants are
primarily permanent in nature and not classified as Group R-1, R-2, R-4 or I, including:
Buildings that do not contain more than two dwelling units
Care facilities that provide accommodations for five or fewer persons receiving care
Congregate living facilities (nontransient) with 16 or fewer occupants
Boarding houses (nontransient) Convents
Dormitories
Fraternities and sororities
Monasteries
Congregate living facilities (transient) with 10 or fewer occupants
Boarding houses (transient)
Lodging houses (transient) with five or fewer guestrooms and 10 or fewer occupants
[BG] Care facilities within a dwelling. Care facilities for five or fewer persons receiving
care that are within a single-family dwelling are permitted to comply with the Puerto Rico
Residential Code provided an automatic sprinkler system is installed in accordance with