103A.43 - APPLICATION OF STATE HISTORIC BUILDING CODE AS ALTERNATIVE.
103A.43 APPLICATION OF STATE HISTORIC BUILDING CODE
AS ALTERNATIVE.
1. The state historic building code constitutes a lawful
alternative building code for application by state agencies and
governmental subdivisions as provided in subsections 2 and 3.
2. A state agency may apply the provisions of the state building
code or of the state historic building code, or any combination of
the two, in providing reasonable safety from fire and other hazards
for the occupants and other users while permitting repairs,
alterations and additions necessary for the preservation,
restoration, rehabilitation, relocation or continued use of qualified
historic buildings or structures.
3. A governmental subdivision may apply the provisions of its
regular local building standards and building regulations or of the
state historic building code, or any combination of the two, in
providing reasonable safety from fire and other hazards for the
occupants and other users while permitting repairs, alterations and
additions necessary for the preservation, restoration,
rehabilitation, relocation or continued use of qualified historic
buildings or structures.
4. The alternative building standards and building regulations of
the state historic building code shall be enforced in the same manner
and by the same governmental entities as the regular building
standards and building regulations of those governmental entities
respectively.
5. When the requirements of the state historic building code are
applied to repairs, alterations or additions to qualified historic
buildings or structures, the requirements of this chapter and chapter
104A which are in conflict with the state historic building code do
not apply to those repairs, alterations or additions. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1113, § 4
Referred to in § 103A.42