Collective dwelling

Status: This was the departmental standard from September 24, 2021 to June 08, 2026.

Definition

Collective dwelling refers to a dwelling of a commercial, institutional, or communal nature in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. It must provide care or services or have certain common facilities, such as a kitchen or bathroom, which are shared by the occupants. Examples include lodging or rooming houses, hotels, motels, tourist establishments, nursing homes, residences for senior citizens, hospitals, staff residences, military bases, work camps, correctional facilities and group homes.

Relation to previous version

• Collective dwelling June 09, 2026 to current

  The definition of "collective dwelling" has been modified but the meaning is unchanged.

• Collective dwelling September 24, 2021 to June 08, 2026

  This was the departmental standard from September 24, 2021 to June 08, 2026.

• Collective dwelling March 20, 2017 to September 23, 2021

  This was the recommended standard from March 20, 2017 to September 23, 2021.