Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be deemed to have been abandoned six months after the date of filing, unless the application has been diligently prosecuted or a permit shall have been issued; except that for reasonable cause, the building official may gran…

(a) The building official shall examine or cause to be examined all applications for permits and amendments thereto within fifteen (15) days after filing. Before a permit is granted for the excavation or for the erection of any building or structure, a written statement shall be …

The building official shall give to the tax assessors of the municipality written notice of the granting of permits for the construction of any buildings, or for the removal or demolition or for any substantial alteration thereto. The notice shall be given within thirty (30) days…

Any permit issued shall become invalid unless the work authorized by it shall have been commenced within six (6) months after its issuance, or if the work authorized by the permit is suspended or abandoned, for a period of six (6) months after the time the work is commenced; prov…

Nothing in this code or the rules and regulations pursuant thereto shall affect any building permit lawfully issued, or construction on any building or structure lawfully begun in conformance with the permit, before July 1, 1977, in any city or town. Provided, that work under the…

Within three (3) months after the adoption of any amendment to this code, the owner or the owner’s agent shall notify the building official that the drawings and specifications for a project are based upon the provisions of the code in effect prior to the latest amendment. The bu…

The building official shall affix his or her signature to every permit.

The building official or state building commissioner shall stamp and endorse in writing the plans submitted in accordance with § 23-27.3-113.5; one set of the stamped and endorsed plans shall be retained and shall not leave from the department except in the sole discretion of the…

The building official may revoke any permit or approval issued under the provisions of this code in the event that the granting of the permit or approval was based upon statements which prove to be false or based on misrepresentations of fact. Any aggrieved party shall have the r…

When an application and all documents necessary for the issuance of a permit to erect or add to a building or other structure have been filed, as required in § 23-27.3-113.5, and prior to the issuance of the permit, the building official shall issue a special permit for the erect…

A copy of the building permit shall be kept in view and protected from the weather at the site of operations, and shall be open to public inspection during the entire time of prosecution of the work and until such time as the certificate of occupancy shall have been issued. The b…

At least twenty-four (24) hours notice prior to the start of work under a building permit shall be given to the building official.

The permit shall be a license to proceed with the work and shall not be constructed as authority to violate, cancel, or set aside any provisions of this code, except as specifically stipulated by modification or legally granted variation in accordance with §§ 23-27.3-127.1 — 23-2…

All work shall conform to the stamped or endorsed application and plans for which the permit has been issued and any approved amendments thereto.

All new work shall be located strictly in accordance with the approved plot plan.

No lot or plot shall be changed, increased, or diminished in area from that shown on the official plot plan, as specified in § 23-27.3-113.6, unless a revised plan, not inconsistent with zoning or other municipal ordinances, indicating the changes accompanied by the necessary aff…

Should an owner dismiss either a contractor or subcontractor for any reason: (1) Upon hiring a new contractor or subcontractor, the owner shall, at no additional fee, file an application for an amended permit which shall include the names, addresses and any licenses or registrati…

(a) Every municipality in the state, on or before July 1, 2023, shall adopt and implement electronic construction permitting. For purposes of this section, “electronic construction permitting” means use of computer-based tools and services that automate and streamline the buildin…

Before a building may be demolished, razed, shored, or removed, the owner or the owner’s agent shall notify all utilities or agencies having service connections within the building, including, but not limited to, water, electric, gas, sewer, and other connections. A permit to dem…

No buildings or structures shall hereafter be razed or demolished unless, and until, provisions are made for the rodent eradication of the buildings or structures.

The application for the permit, as delineated in § 23-27.3-116.1, shall comply with all the applicable requirements of §§ 23-27.3-113.0, 23-27.3-114.0, and 23-27.3-115.0, and shall clearly state the length, width, and height of the building and shall include the type of material …

No building shall be moved from one location to another and no permits shall be issued for its removal until the owner or owners of the buildings shall sign an agreement to make the building conform to the requirements of this code for new buildings in its new location.

During the course of moving, demolishing, or shoring, of any building or structure no electrical light, trolley, telephone, or telegraph wires or poles shall be removed, moved, or disturbed without the written consent of the municipal authority and no tree or shrub shall be cut o…

When a building is moved on or across a public street or highway, the work and labor of moving the building shall continue twenty-four (24) hours each day, including Sunday, without interruption, while the building is in or upon the street or highway, unless the person moving the…

Whenever and as long as a building or part of a building shall remain in or upon a public street or highway, the person moving the building, shall maintain a red light or lights burning at each end of the building during all periods of darkness, and at all times shall keep a watc…

Prior to the issuance of a permit to move or demolish a building, a certificate of insurance and a one hundred percent (100%) performance bond shall be filed with the local building official or, in the case of a state project, with the state building commissioner. The amount of p…

Every person desiring to shore up a building may be required by the building official to comply with all the pertinent requirements of moving and razing a building as provided in this code.

When a building or structure has been demolished or removed and no building operation has been projected or approved, the vacant lot shall be filled with nonorganic fill, graded and maintained in conformity with adjacent grades. The lot shall be maintained free from the accumulat…

No permit shall be issued for new construction, alteration, removal, demolition, or other building operation until the fees prescribed in accordance with § 23-27.3-119.0 shall have been paid to the city or town collector or other municipal agency authorized to collect the fees.

The payment of the fee for construction, alteration, removal, or demolition, and for all work done in connection with, or concurrently with, the work contemplated by a building permit, shall not relieve the applicant or holder of the permit from the payment of other fees that may…

(a) No municipality shall require that a fee be paid for the construction or repair of an access ramp for disabled persons to a residential R-4 use group. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any zoning ordinance to the contrary, ramps, lifts and other accommodation alternatives…

The building commissioner shall collect information on types and amounts of municipal fees set forth in §§ 23-27.3-118 and 23-27.3-118.1 and create a process or formula for establishing statewide permit fees. Said information and a description of the process or formula shall be p…

No building or structure hereafter erected shall be used or occupied in whole or in part until a certificate of use and occupancy shall have been issued by the building official. The certificate shall not be issued until all work has been completed in accordance with the provisio…

No building or structure subsequently enlarged, extended, or altered to change the use group classification, the fire-grading, the maximum live load capacity, or the occupancy load capacity, in whole or in part, shall be occupied or used until the certificate has been issued by t…

(a) Upon written request from the owner of an existing building, the building official shall issue a certificate of use and occupancy, provided there are no violations of law or orders of the building official or the fire official pending, and it is established after inspection a…

After a change of use has been made in a building or structure, the reestablishment of a prior use that would not have been legal in a new building of the same type of construction is prohibited unless the building complies with all applicable provisions of this code or the rehab…

Upon the request of the holder of a permit, the building official may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy for a building or structure, or part thereof, before the entire work covered by the permit shall have been completed; provided, that the portion or portions may be occ…

The certificate shall certify compliance with the provisions of this code and the purpose for which the building or structure may be used in its several parts, and shall be issued by the building official within ten (10) days after final inspection; provided, that the provisions …

A suitably designed placard approved by the committee shall be posted by the owner on all floors of every building and structure and part thereof designed for education, high hazard, storage mercantile, industrial, or business use (use groups, E, H, S, M, F, and B) as defined in …

A suitably designed placard approved by the committee shall be posted by the owner of every building and structure and part thereof designed for use as a place of public assembly or as an institutional building for harboring people for penal, correctional, educational, medical, o…