Thedollhousetearoom
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Is there something akin to the Home Bakery Exemption in Oregon:
https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/em9192.pdf
If there is something like this in Texas where you can basically make a mini-boutique bakery establishment where you sell certain bakery items and sell them from your home. Don't get too caught up in the details of the Home Bakery exemption in Oregon. Is there something similar to this in Texas where the space is incidental and accessory to that of the main dwelling where. In cases like this, a home literally does not require the type of changes as a restaurant (with it's commercial grade kitchen requirements). This is something I am not familiar with in Texas.
I'll take a look at this. I don't think there's anything quite like this in the Texas code. My basic impression is that Texas code doesn't add much beyond the IRC/IFC/IBC so there are provisions for live/work mixed-use spaces and that's about the best I've found. While we got the 13D accommodation, it's been a HECK of a hard time finding someone to do the install. In theory 13D means easier, cheaper, etc. but it's a bit of a gap in the market. Most commercial installers don't want to mess with 13D systems because the job is too small (I keep hearing "oh we're too busy to do that kind of a project" which I take to mean that the 13 and 13R systems are more profitable) and the plumbers that serve the residential fire sprinkler system niche are few and far between. I THINK I may have just found one in San Antonio that'll consider the job. At first they thought I was describing a commercial job and they told me that they don't do those, but I clarified that it was a residential job and they're going to consider it. Fingers crossed! The code part of this seems to be going quicker than the vendor evaluation at this point. The AHJ has been really accommodating and this will be the first Neighborhood Commercial zoned building with a 13D install. He already has an idea for what's going to be required to inspect it, so I think we're in good shape there. Just have to get this company interested/invested enough to see the design through!