2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures
Section 29-274 - (Formerly Sec. 19-396c). Exemptions from State Building Code standards.

(a) The provisions of section 29-269 shall not apply to detached one and two-family dwellings.

(b) The provisions of section 29-269 shall not apply to the renovations, additions or alterations to existing buildings above the street floor being converted to use group B, “Business Buildings”, as defined in the State Building Code, provided: (1) Each story above the street floor contains less than three thousand square feet of total gross area per floor; (2) the street floor is renovated or altered to comply with the provisions of section 29-269; and (3) the nonaccessible story above the street floor does not include the offices of health care providers, municipal or state agencies or passenger transportation facilities or offices located in airport terminals.

(c) Any building consisting of three stories or less, not otherwise exempted from the provisions of section 29-269 shall be exempt from said section if (1) each story above or below the street floor contains less than three thousand square feet of total gross area, (2) the street floor is designed, renovated or altered to comply with the provisions of section 29-269, and if applicable, section 29-273, and (3) the nonaccessible story above or below the street floor does not include the offices of health care providers, municipal or state agencies or passenger transportation facilities or offices located in airport terminals or mercantile facilities having five or more tenant spaces.

(P.A. 75-503, S. 2, 6; P.A. 78-331, S. 13, 58; P.A. 79-138, S. 4, 5; P.A. 87-123, S. 3; P.A. 88-315, S. 3; P.A. 90-300, S. 5, 8; P.A. 92-71, S. 2, 3; P.A. 04-237, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 78-331 deleted “this section and sections 19-395m and 19-395n” in Subsecs. (a) to (d), leaving Sec. 19-395a as only nonapplicable section; P.A. 79-138 replaced “two thousand five hundred square feet” with “five thousand square feet” and “usable area” with “total gross area” in Subsec. (b)(1), specified “any complex or building which is not part of a complex ... and second stories of buildings where street floor is in compliance” in Subsecs. (c) and (d) and deleted provisos requiring one unit accessible to handicapped for every 25 units in structures of 25 or more units and added Subsec. (e); Sec. 19-395l transferred to Sec. 19-396c in 1981; Sec. 19-396c transferred to Sec. 29-274 in 1983; P.A. 87-123 amended Subsecs. (a) to (d), inclusive, to delete obsolete use group designations and substitute current designations in lieu thereof; P.A. 88-315 amended Subsec. (e)(1) to substitute “three thousand square feet” for “five thousand square feet”; P.A. 90-300 amended Subsec. (a), Subdivs. (2) and (3) to insert new language “to the extent that ...” and Subdiv. (4) to substitute “R-4” for “R-3” and to add an exception re provisions of Sec. 29-269, and deleted Subsec. (d) in its entirety, relettering accordingly; P.A. 92-71 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to substitute “three thousand square feet” for “five thousand square feet”; P.A. 04-237 amended Subsec. (a) to replace provisions re use groups in State Building Code with provision re detached one and two-family dwellings, added Subsec. (b)(3) re nonaccessible story above street floor, deleted former Subsec. (c) and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as new Subsec. (c), adding therein Subdiv. (3) re nonaccessible story above or below the street floor.