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- authorship/original
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/incomplete
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- topic/construction
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- type/encyclopedia
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title: Multifamily Dwellings
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# Multifamily Dwellings
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![[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Dwelling, Multifamily.]]
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## Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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> [!info] Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Terms
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> * hearing impaired (HI or H.I.)
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> * hearing impaired communication (HC or H.C.)
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> * mobility features (MF or M.F.)
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> * accessible (Acc.)
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> * usually refers to mobility features.
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### Are Hotels Multifamily Dwellings?
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> [!info]
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> This question also applies to student housing and similar occupancies,
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> sometimes generalized as "hospitality",
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> but this term is ambiguously understood.
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Whether hotel rooms are dwelling units
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and thus whether are hotels are multifamily dwellings per the NEC definition
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is contingent on the AHJ's interpretation
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of the requirement for permanent provisions for cooking.
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> [!cite] [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Dwelling Unit.| NEC Article 100]], emphasis added
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> ### Dwelling Unit.
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> A single unit, providing complete and independent living facilities for one or more persons,
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> including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, _cooking_, and sanitation.
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Anecdotal evidence from [reliable forums](https://forums.mikeholt.com/)
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suggests that a cord-and-plug connected microwave
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is generally not interpreted to meet the requirement,
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however I'm not separating these, at least for now.
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## Hotels
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### Hotel Units
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> [!info] Also Known As
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> * Guestrooms
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> * Keys
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> [!trivia]
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> The term "key" as a synonym of "hotel room" is a synecdoche,
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> referring to the unit's door key.
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> In the pre-digital days of hotel management,
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> one could count the rooms of a hotel
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> by the keys behind the front desk.
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## Residential
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> [!info] Also Known As
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> * Condos - resident-owned
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> * Apartments - resident-rented
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