Sec. 29-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-395p). Design of units and facilities in state-assisted housing for the physically disabled.
Sec. 29-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-395p). Design of units and facilities in state-assisted housing for the physically disabled. Any state-assisted rental housing or rental
housing project constructed or substantially rehabilitated under a building permit application filed on or after January 1, 1976, and prior to October 1, 2004, that contains ten
or more housing units shall have at least ten per cent of the units and all common use
areas and facilities designed to promote safe and accessible means of entrance and egress
and ease of access and use of facilities for the physically disabled, as defined in subsection (b) of section 1-1f, unless a waiver of such requirement is obtained from the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development as provided in this section. Any
state-assisted rental housing or rental housing project constructed or substantially rehabilitated under a building permit application filed on or after October 1, 2004, that
contains four or more dwelling units shall have the dwelling units and all common use
areas and facilities designed in accordance with the State Building Code to promote the
safe and accessible use of facilities for the physically disabled, as defined in subsection
(b) of section 1-1f, unless such waiver is obtained. Said commissioner may, with the
concurrence of the director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with
Disabilities and the State Building Inspector, waive the requirement for such units for
any state-financed rental housing project awarded state assistance under sections 8-214a and 8-216b, provided all requirements concerning the provision of housing units
accessible to the physically disabled promulgated by the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development have been met. Physically disabled persons and families shall receive priority in placement in no less than ten per cent of the housing units
constructed or substantially rehabilitated after January 1, 1976.
(P.A. 75-147, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-79; P.A. 87-378, S. 8; P.A. 88-280, S. 11; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 62, 121; P.A. 04-237, S. 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 196; P.A. 07-6, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 81-79 provided for the waiver of handicapped unit requirement in some cases where two or fewer such
units are required; Sec. 19-395p transferred to Sec. 29-271 in 1983; P.A. 87-378 changed "housing or housing project" to
"rental housing or rental housing project", extended section requirements to all common use areas and facilities in applicable
housing, and made waiver provisions applicable to rental housing awarded assistance under Sec. 8-213 to Sec. 8-214a
where federal requirements have been met; P.A. 88-280 made technical change, substituting reference to Secs. 8-214a
and 8-216b for reference to Secs. 8-213 to 8-214a, inclusive; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and
Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 98-1 changed reference from "advocacy for the handicapped and the developmentally disabled" to "advocacy for
persons with disabilities", effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 04-237 provided that 10% requirement re state-assisted rental
housing or rental housing project applies to those constructed or substantially rehabilitated under building permit application
filed on or after January 1, 1976, and prior to October 1, 2004, added requirement that any state-assisted rental housing or
rental housing project constructed or substantially rehabilitated under building permit application filed on or after October
1, 2004, which contains four or more dwelling units shall have the dwelling units and all common use areas and facilities
designed in accordance with code, and required concurrence of State Building Inspector for commissioner to waive such
requirement; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 07-6 replaced reference to Sec. 8-124a
with reference to Sec. 8-214a.