11B-224 Transient Lodging Guest Rooms, Housing at a Place of Education and Social Service Center Establishments — 2025 California Building Code
California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California
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Cite as: 2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) § 11B-224 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
11B- 224.1 General. Hotels, motels, inns, resorts and similar transient lodging facilities , and housing at a place of education, shall provide guest rooms in accordance with Sections 11B-224.1 through 11B-224.6.
11B- 224.1.1 Alterations. Where guest rooms are altered or added, the requirements of Section 11B- 224 shall apply only to the guest rooms being altered or added until the number of guest rooms complies with the minimum number required for new construction.
11B- 224.1.2 Guest room doors and doorways. Entrances, doors and doorways providing user passage into and within guest rooms that are not required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B- 806.2 shall comply with Section 11B- 404.2.3. In transient lodging facilities, bathroom doors shall be either sliding or hung to swing in the direction of egress from the bathroom.
Exception: Shower and sauna doors in guest rooms that are not required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B- 806.2 shall not be required to comply with Section 11B- 404.2.3.
11B-224.1.3 Range of accommodations. Accessible guest rooms or suites shall be dispersed among the various classes of sleep- ing accommodations to provide a range of options applicable to room sizes, costs and amenities provided.
11B-224.1.4 Guest room toilet and bathing rooms. In transient lodging facilities where toilet and bathing rooms are provided in guest rooms that are not required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B-806.2, toilet and bathing fixtures shall only be required to comply with Section 11B-603.6.
11B- 224.2 Guest rooms with mobility features. In transient lodging facilities and housing at a place of education, guest rooms with mobility features complying with Section 11B- 806.2 shall be provided in accordance with Table 11B- 224.2. In transient lodging facili- ties, Table 11B-224.2 shall be applied as follows:
11B-224.2.1 Fifty or less guest room facilities. Facilities that are subject to the same permit application on a common site that each have fifty or fewer guest rooms may be combined for the purposes of determining the required number of accessible rooms and type of accessible bathing facility.
11B-224.2.2 More than fifty guest room facilities. Facilities with more than fifty guest rooms shall be treated separately for the purposes of determining the required number of accessible rooms and type of accessible bathing facility.
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TABLE 11B-224.2—GUEST ROOMS WITH MOBILITY FEATURES
| TOTAL NUMBER OF GUEST ROOMS PROVIDED |
MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED ROOMS WITHOUT ROLL-IN SHOWERS1 |
MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED ROOMS WITH ROLL- IN SHOWERS2 |
TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUIRED ROOMS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 to 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 to 50 | 2 | _ 1_ | 3 |
| 51 to 75 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 76 to 100 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 101 to 150 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 151 to 200 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 201 to 300 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 301 to 400 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 401 to 500 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 501 to 1000 | 2 percent of total | 1 percent of total | 3 percent of total |
| 1001 and over | 20, plus 1 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 |
10, plus 1 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 |
30, plus 2 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 |
| 1. Provide either a bathtub complying with Section 11B-607 or a transfer type shower complying with Section 11B-608.2.1. 2. Provide either a standard roll-in type shower complying with Section 11B-608.2.2 or an alternate type roll-in shower complying with Section 11B-608.2.3. |
11B- 224.3 Beds. In guest rooms having more than 25 beds, 5 percent minimum of the beds shall have clear floor space complying with Section 11B- 806.2.3.
11B- 224.4 Guest rooms with communication features. In transient lodging facilities, guest rooms with communication features complying with Section 11B- 806.3 shall be provided in accordance with Table 11B- 224.4.
TABLE 11B-224.4—GUEST ROOMS WITH COMMUNICATION FEATURES
| TOTAL NUMBER OF GUEST ROOMS PROVIDED | MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED GUEST ROOMS WITH COMMUNICATION FEATURES |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 to 25 | 2 |
| 26 to 50 | 4 |
| 51 to 75 | 7 |
| 76 to 100 | 9 |
| 101 to 150 | 12 |
| 151 to 200 | 14 |
| 201 to 300 | 17 |
| 301 to 400 | 20 |
| 401 to 500 | 22 |
| 501 to 1000 | 5 percent of total |
| 1001 and over | 50, plus 3 for each 100 over 1000 |
11B- 224.5 Dispersion. Guest rooms required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B- 806.2 and guest rooms required to provide communication features complying with Section 11B- 806.3 shall be dispersed among the various classes of guest rooms, and shall provide choices of types of guest rooms, number of beds and other amenities comparable to the choices provided to other guests. Where the minimum number of guest rooms required to comply with Section 11B- 806 is not sufficient to allow for complete dispersion, guest rooms shall be dispersed in the following priority: guest room type, number of beds and amenities. At least one guest room required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B- 806.2 shall also provide communication features complying with Section 11B- 806.3. Not more than 10 percent of guest rooms required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B- 806.2 shall be used to satisfy the minimum number of guest rooms required to provide communication features complying with Section 11B- 806.3.
11B-224.6 Storage. Fixed or built-in storage facilities within guest rooms required to provide mobility features shall comply with Section 11B-225.
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11B-224.7 Housing at a place of education. Housing at a place of education subject to this section shall comply with Sections 11B-224.1 through 11B-224.6 and 11B-806 for transient lodging guest rooms. For the purposes of the application of this section, the term “sleeping room” is interchangeable with “guest room” as used in the transient lodging standards.
Exception: Housing facilities that are provided by or on behalf of a place of education, with residential dwelling units leased on a year-round basis exclusively to graduate students or faculty, and that do not contain any public use or common use areas available for educational programming, are not subject to Section 11B-224 and shall comply with Section 11B-233.
11B-224.7.1 Multibedroom housing units with mobility features. Multibedroom housing units containing accessible sleeping rooms with mobility features shall have an accessible route throughout the unit in compliance with Section 11B-809.2. Kitchens, when provided, within housing units containing accessible sleeping rooms with mobility features shall comply with Section 11B-804.
11B-224.7.2 Accessible dwelling units with adaptable features. Accessible dwelling units with adaptable features shall be provided as required by Section 11B-233.3.1.2. The number of required accessible dwelling units with adaptable features shall be reduced by the number of units with mobility features required by Section 11B-224.2.
11B-224.8 Social service center establishments. Group homes, halfway houses, shelters or similar social service center establishments that provide either temporary sleeping accommodations or residential dwelling units subject to this section shall comply with Section 11B-233.3.
11B-224.8.1 More than 25-bed sleeping rooms. In sleeping rooms with more than 25 beds, a minimum of 5 percent of the beds shall have clear floor space complying with Section 11B-806.2.3.
11B-224.8.2 More than 50-bed facilities. Facilities with more than 50 beds that provide common use bathing facilities shall provide at least one roll-in shower with a seat that complies with Section 11B-608. When separate shower facilities are provided for men and women, at least one roll-in shower shall be provided for each group.
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