Sec. 29-402. (Formerly Sec. 19-403c). Certificate of registration for demolition business: Application, fees, refusal or revocation. Definition of "registration". Exemptions.
Sec. 29-402. (Formerly Sec. 19-403c). Certificate of registration for demolition
business: Application, fees, refusal or revocation. Definition of "registration". Exemptions. (a) No person shall engage in the business of demolition of buildings without
a certificate of registration obtained from the Department of Public Safety. An applicant
for initial registration shall file an application with the Department of Public Safety,
furnish evidence of expertise and financial responsibility and pay a fee of three hundred
fifty dollars for a class B certificate and seven hundred fifty dollars for a class A certificate. Each certificate shall be valid for twelve months from date of issuance and shall
be renewable on application of the registrant upon payment of an annual fee of two
hundred dollars for a class B certificate and six hundred dollars for a class A certificate.
The department may refuse to issue any such certificate for cause, and may revoke or
refuse to renew any such certificate for failure to carry out and conform to the provisions
of this part or to any regulations adopted hereunder, or for any violation of title 22a. No
person shall be refused a certificate or a renewal thereof, and no certificate shall be
revoked, without an opportunity for a hearing conducted by the Department of Public
Safety.
(b) As used in this part, the term "registration" includes the whole or part of any
permit which the Department of Public Safety issues under authority of the general
statutes and which (1) requires persons to place their names on a list maintained by the
department before they can engage in the business of demolition of buildings, (2) does
not require a person to demonstrate competence by examination or other means, and
(3) may be revoked or suspended by the department for cause.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) a person who is engaged in
the disassembling, transportation and reconstruction of historic buildings for historical
purposes or in the demolition of farm buildings or in the renovation, alteration or reconstruction of a single-family residence, (2) the removal of underground petroleum storage
tanks, (3) the burning of a building or structure as part of an organized fire department
training exercise, or (4) the demolition of a single-family residence or outbuilding by
an owner of such structure if it does not exceed a height of thirty feet, provided (A) the
owner shall be present on site while such demolition work is in progress and shall be
held personally liable for any injury to individuals or damage to public or private property
caused by such demolition, and (B) such demolition shall be permitted only with respect
to buildings which have clearance from other structures, roads or highways equal to or
greater than the height of the structure subject to demolition. The local building official
may require additional clearance when deemed necessary for safety.
(February, 1965, P.A. 551, S. 3; P.A. 73-491; P.A. 77-177, S. 1; P.A. 78-288, S. 1; P.A. 80-297, S. 4, 20; P.A. 82-451,
S. 3, 9; P.A. 87-263, S. 1; P.A. 92-249, S. 6; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 68, 117; P.A. 04-150, S. 6; P.A. 05-288, S. 197;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 153.)
History: P.A. 73-491 required application for license to be filed with commission on demolition and set fees for Class
A and B licenses; P.A. 77-177 exempted persons engaged in disassembling, transportation and reassembly of historical
building for historical purposes from provisions; P.A. 78-288 exempted persons engaged in farm building demolition or
in renovation, alteration or reconstruction of single-family residences; P.A. 80-297 increased fee for Class A license from
$300 to $500 and for Class B license from $100 to $200; P.A. 82-451 transferred powers of state commission on demolition
to department of public safety, changed "license" to "certificate of registration" and defined "registration" in new Subsec.
(b); Sec. 19-403c transferred to Sec. 29-402 in 1983; P.A. 87-263 amended Subsec. (a) to require applicants for initial
registration to furnish evidence of expertise and financial responsibility, and to delete the exemption, and added Subsec.
(c), restating and expanding the exemption formerly in Subsec. (a); P.A. 92-249 added violations of title 22a as grounds
for revocation of certificates under this section; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fee for class
B certificate from $200 to $300 and from $100 to $200 for a renewal and for class A certificate from $500 to $750 and
from $300 to $600 for a renewal; P.A. 04-150 amended Subsec. (c) to add new Subdivs. (2) and (3) exempting the removal
of underground petroleum storage tanks and the burning of a building or structure as part of an organized fire department
training exercise and to redesignate existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (4); P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec.
(c), effective July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 increased fee for class B certificate from $300 to $350 in Subsec. (a)
and made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2007.