Title 29 — Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-256a. Revision of State Building Code. Energy efficiency. Construction standards. Verification. (a) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall revise the State Building Code to require that commercial and residential buildings and building el…

Sec. 29-256b. Revision of code. Use of ungraded lumber. The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall, jointly, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, amend the State Building Code adopted under section 29-252 to allow the use…

Sec. 29-256c. Revision of code. Bed and breakfast establishments. Not later than January 1, 2000, the State Building Inspector and the State Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the Codes and Standards Committee, shall make amendments to the State Building Code and the Fire Safety C…

Sec. 29-256d. Revision of code. Path marking systems. Section 29-256d is repealed, effective July 1, 2022. (P.A. 06-162, S. 1; P.A. 11-8, S. 19; P.A. 22-118, S. 514.)

Sec. 29-256e. Revision of code. Diaper changing tables. The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall jointly, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services and in accordance with the provisions of section 29-252b, include in the next…

Sec. 29-256f. Amendments to State Building Code and Fire Safety Code re residential occupancies served by single exit stairway and three-unit and four-unit residential buildings. The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall, jointly, with the approval …

Sec. 29-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-395r). Scope of revision. Section 29-257 is repealed. (P.A. 77-512, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-172; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)

Sec. 29-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-395s). Educational program. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall conduct a comprehensive educational program for design professionals, construction industry representatives and local building officials for carrying out the purpose of se…

Sec. 29-259. (Formerly Sec. 19-395t). Exemption from code for urban homesteading property and historic structures. (a) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall revise the State Building Code to allow exemptions from the State Building Code for prop…

Sec. 29-260. (Formerly Sec. 19-396). Municipal building official to administer code. Appointment. Dismissal. (a) The chief executive officer of any town, city or borough, unless other means are already provided, shall appoint an officer to administer the code for a term of four y…

Sec. 29-261. (Formerly Sec. 19-397). Qualifications of building official and assistant building officials. Powers and duties. Return of building plans and specifications. (a) The building official, to be eligible for appointment, shall have had at least five years' experience in …

Sec. 29-262. (Formerly Sec. 19-397a). Licensure of building officials. Continuing educational programs. Suspension or revocation of license or certificate. Hearing. Appeal. Indemnification. (a) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee acting jointly, wit…

Sec. 29-262a. Uniform building permit application form. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a uniform building permit application form. (P.A. 93-131, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.) History: P.A. 93-131 effective July 1, 1994; pursuant to…

Sec. 29-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-398). Permit to construct or alter. Education fee. Building permit fee exemptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (h) of section 29-252a and the State Building Code adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-252, after October 1, 1970, n…

Sec. 29-263a. Working drawings to be accompanied by evidence of licensure by the state. In the event that working drawings are used for the installation, alteration or modification of a fire sprinkler system, no state, city, town or borough building official responsible for the e…

Sec. 29-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-398a). Approval of sets of building plans by State Building Inspector. Issuance of permits pursuant to such approval. The State Building Inspector may, upon application by a builder setting forth that a set of plans and specifications will be utiliz…

Sec. 29-265. (Formerly Sec. 19-400). Certificate of occupancy. (a) Except as provided in subsection (h) of section 29-252a, no building or structure erected or altered in any municipality after October 1, 1970, shall be occupied or used, in whole or in part, until a certificate o…

Sec. 29-265a. Permits for swimming pools. (a) As used in this section, “pool alarm” means a device which emits a sound of at least fifty decibels when a person or an object weighing fifteen pounds or more enters the water in a swimming pool. (b) No building permit shall be issued…

Sec. 29-265b. Rain sensor devices for automatic lawn sprinkler systems. (a) Any state agency or commercial enterprise that begins installation of an automatic lawn sprinkler system on or after October 1, 2003, shall equip such sprinkler system with a rain sensor device or switch …

Sec. 29-265c. Concrete foundations for new residential or commercial building. Written documentation of concrete supplier and installer. Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a new residential or commercial building for which a concrete foundation was installed …

Sec. 29-265d. Reassessment of residential building made with defective concrete. Written evaluation by professional engineer. Adjustment by assessor. Appeal. Notification of revaluation. Notification if foundation repaired or replaced. (a) Any owner of a residential building who …

Sec. 29-265e. Confidentiality of documentation re claims of faulty or failing concrete foundations in residential buildings. Any documentation provided to or obtained by an executive branch agency, including documentation provided or obtained prior to May 25, 2016, relating to cl…

Sec. 29-265f. Seller of concrete to provide purchaser with written notice re compliance with applicable pyrrhotite standard. If the federal Army Corps of Engineers, National Institute of Standards and Technology, ASTM International or other nationally recognized standards bureau …

Sec. 29-265g. Prohibition on reuse of recycled material known to contain pyrrhotite. Penalty. (a) On and after October 31, 2017, no person shall reuse any part of recycled material known to contain the mineral pyrrhotite to produce structural concrete for residential or commercia…

Sec. 29-266. (Formerly Sec. 19-402). Municipal board of appeals. Filing of appeals in absence of board of appeals. (a) A board of appeals shall be appointed by each municipality. Such board shall consist of five members, all of whom shall meet the qualifications set forth in the …

Sec. 29-267. (Formerly Sec. 19-398b). Tenement House Act provision re room size inapplicable to construction pursuant to Building Code. Section 19a-358 shall not apply to any building or structure erected or altered pursuant to the State Building Code. (1969, P.A. 443, S. 17; 197…

Sec. 29-268. (Formerly Sec. 19-398c). Two exits required for sleeping rooms. Section 29-268 is repealed. (P.A. 73-663; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)

Sec. 29-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-395a). Standards for construction of buildings to accommodate persons with physical disabilities. (a) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall revise the State Building Code to be in substantial compliance with the pr…

Sec. 29-269a. Report on proposed revisions to State Building Code re accessibility for disabled persons. Section 29-269a is repealed, effective July 1, 2017. (P.A. 90-300, S. 6, 8; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 17-96, S. 44.)

Sec. 29-269b. Symbol of access. Regulations. Not later than January 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall promulgate a policy and adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, designating the symbol of access to be used on signage indica…

Sec. 29-269c. Use of symbol of access. Beginning January 1, 2017, any reference to the international symbol of accessibility in the State Building Code shall be deemed to mean the symbol of access, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-253a. The symbol of access shall be use…

Sec. 29-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-395o). Posting of access symbols. Section 29-270 is repealed. (P.A. 75-234; P.A. 87-123, S. 4; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)

Sec. 29-270a. Automatic doors for persons with physical disabilities in certain shopping malls or retail businesses. The owner of any enclosed shopping mall or retail business with more than fifty thousand square feet of floor space, shall install, in at least one of the primary …

Sec. 29-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-395p). Design of units and facilities in state-assisted housing for persons with physical disabilities. Any state-assisted rental housing or rental housing project constructed or substantially rehabilitated under a building permit application filed …

Sec. 29-272. (Formerly Sec. 19-396a). Definitions. As used in this part: (a) “Complex” means any group of buildings located on a single parcel of land or on contiguous parcels of land or any building or group of buildings which are subdivided into separate occupancies and planned…

Sec. 29-273. (Formerly Sec. 19-396b). Accessibility or adaptability requirements for residential buildings and complexes. Each residential building or complex constructed, substantially renovated or established by change of use under a building permit application filed on or afte…

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…

Sec. 29-275. (Formerly Sec. 19-398d). Prohibition concerning obstructions which prevent entry or exit by handicapped persons. Section 29-275 is repealed. (P.A. 79-326; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)

Sec. 29-275a. Prohibition concerning obstructions which prevent entry or exit by handicapped persons. No fixed mounted poles or other obstructions which prevent the removal of shopping carts shall be used either inside or outside of any building constructed prior to 1988 unless t…

Sec. 29-276. (Formerly Sec. 19-399). Application for listing of new materials and modes of construction. Publication of bulletin. Regulations. Section 29-276 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4110; 1969, P.A. 443, S. 10; 1971, P.A. 802, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 499, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303,…

Sec. 29-276a. Moratorium on “lift-slab” construction. Regulations. (a) No person may use or cause to be used the “lift-slab” method in any construction project until the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section are effective. (b) The State Building Inspector…

Sec. 29-276b. “Threshold limit” defined. Requirements when structure or addition will exceed threshold limit. Standards for facilities which perform testing of construction materials. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “threshold limit” shall apply to any structure or…

Sec. 29-276c. Architect or engineer to seal plans and specifications, review implementation of design of certain buildings and issue statement of professional opinion re completed structure. Use groups. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 390, if a proposed structure or…

Sec. 29-277. Sale or installation of foamed-in-place insulating material. Certification of compliance. Penalty. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Urea-formaldehyde foamed-in-place insulation material” means a cellular plastic insulation material generated in a continuous stream b…

Secs. 29-278 to 29-281. (Formerly Secs. 19-399a to 19-399d). Safety glazing material; definitions. Labeling of lights. Safety glazing material requirement; liability; penalty. Statute supersedes local ordinance. Sections 29-278 to 29-281, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 73-182, S.…

Sec. 29-282. (Formerly Sec. 19-403). Public service company exceptions. This part shall not apply to structures, other than buildings, of public service companies subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. (1949 Rev., S. 4114; P.A. 75-486, S. 47, 69; P.A.…

Secs. 29-283 to 29-290. Reserved for future use. PART II* FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE HAZARDS.STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE.FIRE SAFETY CODE *Sec. 29-292 et seq. cited. 204 C. 410. State Fire Safety Code cited. 13 CA 1.

Sec. 29-291. (Formerly Sec. 29-39). Commissioner to appoint State Fire Marshal. Delegation of powers. For the purposes of this part and any other statute related to fire prevention and safety, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall appoint a person to serve as the Stat…

Sec. 29-291a. State Fire Prevention Code: Adoption and revision. Advisory committee. Official interpretation. (a) The State Fire Marshal, in coordination with the advisory committee established under subsection (b) of this section and in accordance with the provisions of section …

Sec. 29-291b. State Fire Prevention Code: Variations, exemptions, equivalent or alternate compliance. Section 29-291b is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 08-65, S. 5; P.A. 21-165, S. 15.)