These shall include any building in which sleeping accommodation is provided for normal residential purposes with or without cooking or dining or both facilities, except any building classified under Group C.
Buildings and structures under Group A shall be further subdivided as follows:
Subdivision A-1 Lodging and rooming houses
Subdivision A-2 One or two family private dwellings
Subdivision A-3 Dormitories
Subdivision A-4 Apartment houses
Subdivision A-5 Hotels
Subdivision A-6 Starred hotels
a) Subdivision A-1 Lodging and rooming houses — These shall include any building or group of buildings under the same management, in which separate sleeping accommodation on transient or permanent basis, with or without dining facilities but without cooking facilities for individuals is provided. This includes inns, clubs, motels and guest houses.
NOTE — A lodging or rooming house shall be classified as a dwelling in Subdivision A-2, if no room in any of its private dwelling units is rented to more than three persons.
b) Subdivision A-2 One or two family private dwellings — These shall include any private dwelling, which is occupied by members of one or two families and has a total sleeping accommodation for not more than 20 persons.
If rooms in a private dwelling are rented to outsiders, these shall be for accommodating not more than three persons per room.
If sleeping accommodation for more than 20 persons is provided in any one residential building, it shall be classified as a building in Subdivision A-1 or Subdivision A-4 as the case may be.
c) Subdivision A-3 Dormitories — These shall include any building in which group sleeping accommodation is provided, with or without dining facilities for persons who are not members of the same family, in one room or a series of closely associated rooms under joint occupancy and single management, for example, school and college dormitories, students, and other hostels and military barracks.
d) Subdivision A-4 Apartment houses — These shall include any building or structure in which living quarters are provided for three or more families, living independently of each other and with independent cooking facilities, for example, apartment houses, mansions and Chawls.
e) Subdivision A-5 Hotels — These shall include any building or group of buildings under single management, in which sleeping accommodation is provided, with or without dining facilities for hotels classified up to Four Star Category.
f) Subdivision A-6 Starred hotels — These shall include the hotels duly approved by the concerned authorities as Five Star and above hotels.