In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. “Dormitory” means a building or space in a building that: is under joint occupancy and single management; and provides group sleeping accommodations: with or without meals, but without individual cooking facilities; for more than 16 individuals who are not members of the same family group; and in one room or in a series of closely associated rooms. “Dormitory” includes a school dormitory, fraternity house, and military barracks. “Dwelling unit” means a single unit that: provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more individuals; and contains permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. “Hotel” means a building or group of buildings that: is under the same management; contains more than 16 sleeping accommodations for hire; and is used primarily by transients who are lodged with or without meals. “Hotel” includes an inn, motel, club, and apartment hotel. “Lodging or rooming house” means a building: in which separate sleeping rooms are rented; and that provides sleeping accommodations: for 16 or fewer individuals; on either a transient or permanent basis; and with or without meals, but without individual cooking facilities. “Lodging or rooming house” includes an inn, club, and bed and breakfast establishment. “Multifamily residential dwelling” means a building or part of a building that: contains more than two dwelling units; and is not classified as a one or two family dwelling. “Multifamily residential dwelling” does not include a town house. “Public water system” means a system that: provides the public with piped water for human consumption; and has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals. “Public water system” includes: a collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facility that is under the control of the operator of the system and is used primarily in connection with the system; and a collection or pretreatment storage facility that is not under the control of the operator of the system and is used primarily in connection with the system. “Sprinkler system” means a device that: opens automatically by operation of a heat responsive releasing mechanism; discharges water in a specific pattern over a designated area to extinguish or control fire; and uses the same service water supply pipe to the dwelling unit that the public water system uses. “Town house” means a single family dwelling unit that is constructed in a horizontal series of attached units with property lines separating the units.