Sec. 29-254. (Formerly Sec. 19-395g). Amendments to code. Variations and exemptions.
Sec. 29-254. (Formerly Sec. 19-395g). Amendments to code. Variations and
exemptions. (a) Any town, city or borough or any interested person may propose amendments to the State Building Code, which proposed amendments may be either applicable
to all municipalities or, where it is alleged and established that conditions exist within
a municipality which are not generally found within other municipalities, any such
amendment may be restricted in application to such municipality. Each amendment to
the State Building Code shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(b) The State Building Inspector may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, the State Building Code where strict
compliance with the code would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, or
is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided that the intent of the law shall be observed
and public welfare and safety be assured. Any application for a variation or exemption
or equivalent or alternate compliance received by a local building official shall be forwarded to the State Building Inspector by first class mail within fifteen business days
of receipt by such local building official and shall be accompanied by a letter from such
local building official that shall include comments on the merits of the application. Any
such determination by the State Building Inspector shall be in writing. Any person
aggrieved by any decision of the State Building Inspector may appeal to the Codes and
Standards Committee within fourteen days after mailing of the decision. Any person
aggrieved by any ruling of the Codes and Standards Committee may appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein the premises concerned are located.
(1969, P.A. 443, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 497, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 18, 136; P.A. 82-432, S. 6, 19; P.A. 88-129; 88-359,
S. 11, 12; P.A. 99-163, S. 3; P.A. 02-72, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 77-614 made approval of amendment by building inspector and code standards committee further subject
to approval by commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 made approval of amendment subject
to approval by commissioner of administrative services for period between June 6, 1978 and January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-432 replaced state building code standards committee with codes and standards committee and added Subsec. (b) re grant
of variations or exemption and equivalent or alternate compliance; Sec. 19-395g transferred to Sec. 29-254 in 1983; P.A.
88-129 amended Subsec. (a) to require that each amendment to the state building code be adopted in accordance with
chapter 54 and to delete other procedural requirements concerning adoption of proposed amendments; P.A. 88-359 amended
Subsec. (b) to solely authorize state building inspector to grant variations or exemptions from the code thus eliminating
the authority of the codes and standards committee, to require that state building inspector's determination be in writing
and to provide an appeals procedure; P.A. 99-163 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting requirement that notifications re
decisions on modifications be sent by registered mail; P.A. 02-72 amended Subsec. (b) to specify procedure for forwarding
of application for variation or exemption or equivalent or alternate compliance received by local building officials to the
State Building Inspector, to delete reference to applications for a modification of the code and to make technical changes.
Annotation to former section 19-395:
Legal passage of a municipal ordinance will be presumed not only from lapse of time but also from the fact that its
legality was never challenged. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 69.