Room Use Codes & Definitions

unit (i.e., it contains bedroom(s), living room(s), kitchen, and toilet facilities). It is not intendedthat individual rooms be specifically identified within the apartment, but only that the totalinterior space be included. Includes apartments provided for faculty, staff, students, or visitingguests. Apartments need not be located in a residential building. A duplex unit should beclassified as an Apartment (950) because it is not a separate, freestanding structure.Limitations: Does not include single, freestanding structures (see 970) or any residential unitsthat do not contain private cooking facilities (see 910, 920).955 Apartment Service970 HouseDefinition: A room or area that directly serves an apartment or group of apartments as anextension of the activities in that facility.Description: Includes laundry rooms, mail rooms, linen closets, maintenance, housekeeping orsecurity rooms, trunk storage rooms, telephone rooms, and weight or exercise rooms thatserve apartment facilities. Apartment service facilities may be located in a separate buildingthat serves an apartment complex. Service rooms (laundry, storage, etc.) that are internal to anapartment unit are included in the Apartment (950) space.Limitations: Does not include service rooms (laundry, mail, trunk, etc.) that directly serve residentialfacilities which have no internal cooking facilities (see 910, 920, 935). This categoryalso excludes service rooms within a separate, freestanding residential unit (see 970).Definition: A complete living unit, with private cooking facilities, that is a separate structure.Should include fraternities and sorority houses only if owned or controlled by the institution(See Question 7 in Chapter 6).Description: This is the basic module or group of rooms designed as a complete housekeepingunit (i.e., it contains bedroom(s), living room(s), kitchen, and toilet facilities). It is not intendedthat individual rooms be specifically identified within the structure, but only that the totalinterior area be accounted for. Includes houses provided for faculty, staff, or students. Shouldinclude fraternities and sorority houses only if owned by the institution (see Question 7 inChapter 6).Limitations: Houses and other residential properties that are owned or controlled by an institutionas commercial investments, and that do not serve the institution's primary missions, areoften excluded from the formally coded facilities inventory. Does not include complete livingunits that are part of a larger structure (see 950). Houses used as office areas should beclassified with the Office Facilities (300 series) codes.84 CHAPTER 5