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The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Boarding home means a building used, in whole or in part, as a place for the boarding and care of five or more persons, excluding the following: a family group of a dwelling or home, family day care homes, licensed boarding homes for children, hospitals, intermediate care facilities and skilled nursing homes.
Roominghouses means any building which is used, in whole or in part, as a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for hire or other consideration, with or without board, for not more than 20 guests or employees of the management, or only ten or less sleeping rooms are maintained for such guests or employees. The term shall include all tourist homes, lodging homes, convents, monasteries and other nonprofit or charitable institutions which have accommodations, but shall not include private dwellings which accommodate not more than four habitational guests or employees, or apartment houses, hotels or convalescent homes, nursing home, home for the aged or boarding home.
(Code 1986, § 12-301)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, §§ 23-28.1-5(90), 23-28.13-1.