1268.0.55.001 - Functional Classification of Buildings, 1999 (Revision 2011)
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1 Residential Buildings
For the purposes of this classification a dwelling is considered to be a suite of rooms contained within a building intended for long-term residential use possessing cooking and bathing/shower facilities as building fixtures. A house is considered to be a detached residential building containing a single dwelling. This division excludes buildings providing short term commercial accommodation and those providing communal accommodation or temporarily housing itinerant workers or students. (Examples include shearer or student accommodation which would be coded as agricultural or education buildings as appropriate.) Where significant non-residential functions are contained in a building, such as shops, hotel/motel rooms, or offices, the building should be coded to the appropriate non-residential class. This may, for example, occur where a dwelling is attached to, or enclosed within, a non-residential building. An exception is allowed for in the case of multi-storey, multi-purpose buildings with several floors devoted to apartments or flats. In these cases, the residential floors may be coded as “Flats, units or apartments in a four or more storey block”. 11 Separate, kit and transportable houses
112 Kit Houses 113 Transportable or relocatable houses
122 Two or more storeys
132 In a three storey block 133 In a four or more storey block 134 Attached to a house 11 Separate, kit and transportable house. A class covering separate dwellings that are free standing (separated from other houses and buildings by space to allow access on all sides – at least 500 millimetres). The class has three subclasses: 111 Separate house This sub-class includes houses which have an attached flat (eg. a granny flat). The attached flat will be included in the 'Flats, units or apartments' sub-class. This sub-class excludes those houses which are identified to meet the criteria to be coded as kit houses or transportable/relocatable houses. Examples are:
Bungalow Cabin (residential) Caretaker's lodge Cottage Dwelling (detached) Farm house Granny cabin Granny flat (detached) House (unless attached or semi-detached) Manse Presbytery (detached) Rectory (detached) Villa (detached) Excludes :
Kit and transportable houses 112 Kit house A type of separate house which structurally consists of predominantly prefabricated components, generally provided as a kit, and intended for assembly on site. Examples are:
Kit home Separate houses identified as kit, manufactured or prefabricated 113 Transportable/relocatable house A type of separate house specifically designed to be readily transportable or relocatable to another site. This sub-class includes caravans intended for long term residency where fixed on site. Short term caravan accommodation is excluded. Examples are:
Park home - residential Transportable house Excludes:
12 Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse This class covers dwellings with their own private grounds and no separate dwelling above or below. A key feature of these dwellings is that they are either attached in some structural way to one or more dwellings or are separated from neighbouring non-residential buildings by less than 500 millimetres. The class has two sub-classes distinguishing between single storey (121) and multi-storey dwellings (122). Examples are:
Dwelling units (attached) Duplex Flats (with attached carparks or private gardens, unless stacked) House (row, terrace, attached or semi-detached) Multi-dwelling kit or transportable building Townhouse (unless detached) Villa (attached) 13 Flats, units or apartments This class covers all dwellings in blocks of flats, units or apartments. These dwellings do not have their own private grounds and usually share a common entrance foyer or stairwell. This class has four sub-classes distinguishing between 1 or 2 storey (131), 3 storey (132), and four or more storey blocks (133), as well as flats attached to houses such as granny flats (134). Four or more storey apartment buildings may include the residential floors of certain multi-storey, multi-purpose urban buildings. Examples of blocks include:
Block of flats Dwelling units building Flat building Multi-purpose high-rise building (residential part) Stacked dwellings Examples of flats attached to houses are:
Bedsitter or sleepout (self contained) Dependent relative unit (attached) Family flat Flat attached to house Granny flat (attached) 191 Other residential buildings n.e.c. This class includes residential outbuildings not containing dwellings. For example residential garden sheds, detached garages, pool houses, green houses, aviaries and gazebos built to service residential dwellings. Buildings containing dwellings are not coded to this class.
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