Sec. 29-274. (Formerly Sec. 19-396c). Exemptions from State Building Code standards.
Sec. 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.