Are extended stay motel rooms required to meet "B" unit requirements>

[mtlogcabin]

A 115 unit extended stay hotel. The required number of accessible units are provided. All rooms meet the definition of a "Dwelling Unit". IBC Chapter 11 uses the term
"Intended To Be Occupied As A Residence" for "B Units" to be required.
The group that franchises they various extended stay hotel brands state on their website that staying over 30 days is the decision of the franchisee.

Would you require grab bar backing be installed as required for "B" type units? Or would you consider the "B" unit requirements to not be applicable for all the rooms in an R-1 that meet the definition of a dwelling unit?

[A]SLEEPING UNIT. A single unit that provides rooms or spaces for one or more persons, includes permanent provisions for sleeping and can include provisions for living, eating and either sanitation or kitchen facilities but not both. Such rooms and spaces that are also part of a dwelling unit are not sleeping units.

[A]DWELLING UNIT. A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

[BG]DWELLING UNIT, EFFICIENCY. A dwelling unit where all permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating and cooking are contained in a single room.

[BE] INTENDED TO BE OCCUPIED AS A RESIDENCE. This refers to a dwelling unit or sleeping unit that can or will be used all or part of the time as the occupant’s place of abode.

1107.7.3 Elevator service to the lowest story with units.
Where elevator service in the building provides an accessible route only to the lowest story containing dwelling units or sleeping units intended to be occupied as a residence, only the units on that story that are intended to be occupied as a residence are required to be Type B units.

abode​

noun​

1. a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
2. an extended stay in a place; sojourn.

 

[Yankee Chronicler]

From a practical perspective, the purpose of backing for grab bars in Type B dwelling units is to make it easier for future inhabitants to move in and to install grab bars if they need them, or fir current inhabitants to install grab bars if their physical condition changes and they find themselves needing grab bars. In an extended stay hotel, the guests aren't going to install grab bars in their bathrooms if they stay for more than 30 days, and the hotel isn't likely to start modifying a room based on a single guest. I'd say the requirement doesn't apply.

 

[steveray]

First you must ask yourself if it is R1 or R2 and then go from there to requirements in Ch. 11.....

 

[mtlogcabin]

Uncle Bob had been living in a hotel for over a year when he quit posting.
We currently have quite a few older hotels where people have been living for years.
The hospital and nursing homes are renting the entire floor of hotels to be able to provide housing for the traveling nurses and new employees to the area.

It is something that might need some tweaking in the code language for clarification.

 

[mtlogcabin]

First you must ask yourself if it is R1 or R2 and then go from there to requirements in Ch. 11.....

It can operate as either, or a mixed use that is the dilemma,
Under state law it is defined, licensed, and pay the bed taxes required for hotel/motels.
These extended stay designs (R-1) can overnight turn a single room into a R-2 use. We all know this has been going on for years

Should there be a requirement for a certain percentage of units to be constructed as B units when the hotel room meets the definition of a dwelling unit in its design and construction? Every room meets the requirements to be a dwelling unit

including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

 

[steveray]

It can operate as either, or a mixed use that is the dilemma,
Under state law it is defined, licensed, and pay the bed taxes required for hotel/motels.
These extended stay designs (R-1) can overnight turn a single room into a R-2 use. We all know this has been going on for years

Should there be a requirement for a certain percentage of units to be constructed as B units when the hotel room meets the definition of a dwelling unit in its design and construction? Every room meets the requirements to be a dwelling unit

including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

At some point it becomes a change of occupancy, and as long as it meets both...No Problem.....R1 is more safety, R2 is probably slightly more accessibility (by volume anyway)...