In addition to meeting requirements for residential structures defined elsewhere in this Title, hotels containing single-room occupancy housing units must comply with the following:

1. A. The unit must have at least 100 square feet of floor area, except that any single-room occupancy housing unit constructed pursuant to permit or lawfully constructed prior to permit requirements will be deemed in compliance with respect to floor area provided it has at least 85 square feet of floor area. This exception does not apply where any occupancy has been changed or increased contrary to the provisions of this Title.
2. B. Either a community kitchen with facilities for cooking, refrigeration, and washing utensils must be provided on each floor, or each individual single-room occupancy housing unit must have facilities for cooking, refrigeration and washing utensils.  In addition, facilities for community garbage storage or disposal must be provided on each floor.
3. C. Where cooking units are provided in individual single-room occupancy housing units, they must conform to the requirements set forth below.
   1. 1. All appliances must be hard-wired and on separate circuits or have single dedicated connections;
   2. 2. All cooking appliances must be fixed and permanent;
   3. 3. The Mechanical Specialty Code, as adopted by Portland City Code Section 27.01.030, will be used for setting standards for cooking appliances. Cabinets over cooking surfaces must be 30 inches above the cooking surface, except that this distance may be reduced to 24 inches when a heat shield with one-inch airspace and extending at least six inches horizontally on either side of the cooking appliance is provided. Cooking appliances are limited to two cooking elements or burners and located with at least a six-inch clear space in all directions from the perimeter of the cooking element or burner. In lieu of two-burner cooking appliances, standard third-party tested and approved ranges with ovens are acceptable, provided that the units are fixed and hard-wired or have single dedicated connections;
   4. 4. All cooking appliances must be installed under permit from Portland Permitting & Development; and
   5. 5. All cooking appliances must be installed so as to provide a minimum clear workspace in front of the appliance of 24 inches.