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187~F3 Section 3. Section 8,026 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby renumbered 8.015 and amended to read: 8,015 Fire and. Life Safety Amendments to the Structural Spe- cialty Code. The State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code is hereby amended as follows: ~l~ Section 1202, Construction Height and Allowable Area, is amended to read: ~a~ General. Buildings or parts of buildings classified in Group R because of the use or character of the occupancy shall be limited to the types of con- struction set forth in Tables 5-C and 5-D, and shall not exceed, in area or height, the limit specified in Sections 505, 506, and 507. All attached dwelling units shall be separated from each other by a one-~haur, fire-resistive occupancy separation, ~b~ 5 ecial rovision. 1, Group R, Division l occupancies, except apartment houses, having more than 3,000 square feet of f loor area above the first floor shall be of not less than one-hour fire-resistive construc- tion throughout. In apartment houses, dwelling units shall be separated from each other by one- hour, fire-resistive occupancy separation. Exception: Dwelling units within an apart- ment house not over two stories in height may have non-bearing walls of unprotected construction, provided the units are separated from each other and from corridors by construction having a fire- resistive rating of not less than one hour. Open- ings in such corridors shall be equipped with doors conforming to section 3304 ~.h~ regardless of the occupancy load served. 2, Group R, Division 1 occupancies provid-- ing low-income elderly housing for 20 or more per- sons and funded wholly ar in part by state or .federal funds shall include a multi-service room required by aRS 456.?72. The multi-service room shall be sized by the occupany load of one person for each bedroom in the low-income elderly hous- ing see Table 3.3-A}, As used in this section, "low-income elderly" means persons over age 60 whose household income as defined in ORS 310.630 is less than $5,000 per year. The multi-service room shall include adjacent toilet facilities for both sexes; a service area with a kitchen sink, counter top, and upper and lower cabinets and a storage room sized to store tables, chairs or benches, and janitorial supplies and tools. The multi--ser~rice room and accessory rooms shall be accessible to the handicapped in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 31. Ordinance -- 2