R432-6-205. Common Areas

(1) The facility shall provide a common room or rooms for dining, sitting, visiting, recreation, worship, and other activities.

(a) If concurrent activities are planned in a common room, the room shall be arranged to promote and facilitate the activities to minimize disruption through the use of physical barriers for separation.

(b) Space shall be provided for storing recreational equipment and supplies.

(2) The facility shall provide the following minimum space for recreational activities:

(a) in large facilities, 20 square feet per bed;

(b) in small facilities, 20 square feet per bed, or a minimum of 160 square feet total area whichever is greater;

(c) in a limited capacity facility, a minimum of 120 square feet.

(3) If a facility adds 40 square feet per bed to a bedroom area square footage requirement, or adds 80 square feet of recreation space in a separate living room within the resident living unit, the square footage requirements for common recreational space may be reduced by 20 square feet per licensed bed in large and small facilities, not to exceed a reduction of 50 percent of the total common area square footage.

(4) The facility shall provide the following space for dining activities:

(a) in large and small facilities, a minimum of 15 square feet per licensed bed;

(b) in limited capacity facilities, a minimum of 100 square feet.

(5) If a kitchen and a minimum of 30 square feet of dining area space are provided in a resident unit in a large or small facility, then the common dining area may be reduced by 15 square feet per licensed bed. The maximum reduction shall be 50 percent of the total required dining area.

(6) A separate private living room for family or informal gatherings shall be provided in a large facility as part of the common area space. The private living room shall be a minimum of 110 square feet. If all resident living units include additional living space, the facility is not required to provide a separate private living room.

(7) Corridors and public reception space may not be included in the calculation for required square footage for dining or recreation space.

(8) The facility shall provide ten square feet per bed, or a minimum area of 100 square feet, whichever is greater, for outdoor recreation activities.