340. Any building, other than a private seniors’ residence, for which the sole occupancy is one of the occupancies in the National Building Code listed below is exempted from the application of this Chapter:(1) an assembly occupancy not covered by paragraph 6 that accommodates no more than 9 persons;
(2) a health care or detention occupancy that constitutes(a) a prison;
(b) a supervised education centre with or without detention facilities used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons; or
(c) a convalescence home, a care occupancy or assistance occupancy or a rehabilitation centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;
(3) a residential occupancy that constitutes(a) a rooming house or an outfitter offering no lodgings when the building has no more than 9 rooms;
(b) a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a bed and breakfast service in which no more than 5 bedrooms are available;
(c) a single-family dwelling used by a natural person who lives there to operate a school accommodating no more than 15 students at any one time;
(d) a monastery, a convent or novices’ quarters owned by a religious corporation incorporated under a special Act of Québec or the Religious Corporations Act (chapter C-71), where that building or part of the building divided by a firewall is occupied by no more than 30 persons and where the building height does not exceed 3 storeys;
(e) a shelter used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;
(f) a building used as a dwelling unit thati. has a building height of no more than 2 storeys; or
ii. has no more than 8 dwelling units;
(4) a business and personal services occupancy having a building height of no more than 2 storeys;
(5) a mercantile occupancy having a total floor area of no more than 300 m2;
(6) a childcare centre used to shelter or accommodate no more than 9 persons;
(7) a subway station;
(8) an agricultural building;
(9) an industrial occupancy;
(10) a building left vacant for the purposes of construction, demolition or renovation work.