Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-27.3 - State Building Code
Article 2 - New Buildings and Structures

Section 23-27.3-111.0. - New and altered building and structure — Inspections. - § 23-27.3-111.0. New and altered building and structure — Inspections....

Section 23-27.3-111.3.2. - Installation site inspection. - § 23-27.3-111.3.2. Installation site inspection. Inspection of all manufactured buildings,...

Section 23-27.3-111.4. - Existing buildings. - § 23-27.3-111.4. Existing buildings. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256,...

Section 23-27.3-111.4.1. - Periodic inspections. - § 23-27.3-111.4.1. Periodic inspections. The building official may develop plans...

Section 23-27.3-111.4.2. - Repealed. - § 23-27.3-111.4.2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256, §...

Section 23-27.3-111.5. - Final inspection. - § 23-27.3-111.5. Final inspection. The owner or his or her...

Section 23-27.3-111.6. - Inspection services. - § 23-27.3-111.6. Inspection services. The building official may accept the...

Section 23-27.3-111.7. - Coordination of inspections. - § 23-27.3-111.7. Coordination of inspections. Whenever in the enforcement of...

Section 23-27.3-112.0. - Right of entry. - § 23-27.3-112.0. Right of entry. The building official or his...

Section 23-27.3-112.1. - Official identification card. - § 23-27.3-112.1. Official identification card. The committee may adopt an...

Section 23-27.3-112.2. - Municipal cooperation. - § 23-27.3-112.2. Municipal cooperation. The assistance and cooperation of police,...

Section 23-27.3-113.0. - Application for permit. - § 23-27.3-113.0. Application for permit. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch....

Section 23-27.3-113.1. - When permit is required. - § 23-27.3-113.1. When permit is required. It shall be unlawful...

Section 23-27.3-113.1.1. - Issuance of permits for siding. - § 23-27.3-113.1.1. Issuance of permits for siding. A building official...

Section 23-27.3-113.2. - Form of application. - § 23-27.3-113.2. Form of application. The application for a permit...

Section 23-27.3-113.3. - By whom application is made. - § 23-27.3-113.3. By whom application is made. Application for a...

Section 23-27.3-113.3.1. - Applications for work requiring licensed workers. - § 23-27.3-113.3.1. Applications for work requiring licensed workers. (a) Prior...

Section 23-27.3-113.3.2. - Applications for work requiring registered workers. - § 23-27.3-113.3.2. Applications for work requiring registered workers. (a) Prior...

Section 23-27.3-113.4. - Description of work. - § 23-27.3-113.4. Description of work. The application shall contain a...

Section 23-27.3-113.5. - Plans and specifications. - § 23-27.3-113.5. Plans and specifications. The application for the permit...

Section 23-27.3-113.5.1. - Repealed. - § 23-27.3-113.5.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256, §...

Section 23-27.3-113.6. - Plot plan. - § 23-27.3-113.6. Plot plan. There shall also be filed a...

Section 23-27.3-113.6.1. - Approval of an individual sewage disposal system. - § 23-27.3-113.6.1. Approval of an individual sewage disposal system. No...

Section 23-27.3-113.7. - Engineering details. - § 23-27.3-113.7. Engineering details. The building official may require adequate...

Section 23-27.3-113.8. - Amendments to application. - § 23-27.3-113.8. Amendments to application. Subject to the limitations of...

Section 23-27.3-113.9. - Time limitation on application. - § 23-27.3-113.9. Time limitation on application. An application for a...

Section 23-27.3-114.0. - Permits. - § 23-27.3-114.0. Permits. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256, §...

Section 23-27.3-114.1. - Action on application. - § 23-27.3-114.1. Action on application. (a) The building official shall...

Section 23-27.3-114.1.1. - Reports to assessors. - § 23-27.3-114.1.1. Reports to assessors. The building official shall give...

Section 23-27.3-114.2. - Expiration of permit. - § 23-27.3-114.2. Expiration of permit. Any permit issued shall become...

Section 23-27.3-114.3. - Previous approvals. - § 23-27.3-114.3. Previous approvals. Nothing in this code or the...

Section 23-27.3-114.3.1. - Drawings and specifications. - § 23-27.3-114.3.1. Drawings and specifications. Within three (3) months after...

Section 23-27.3-114.4. - Building official to sign permit. - § 23-27.3-114.4. Building official to sign permit. The building official...

Section 23-27.3-114.5. - Approved plans. - § 23-27.3-114.5. Approved plans. The building official or state building...

Section 23-27.3-114.6. - Revocation of permits. - § 23-27.3-114.6. Revocation of permits. The building official may revoke...

Section 23-27.3-114.7. - Approval in part. - § 23-27.3-114.7. Approval in part. When an application and all...

Section 23-27.3-114.8. - Posting of permit. - § 23-27.3-114.8. Posting of permit. A copy of the building...

Section 23-27.3-114.9. - Notice of building start. - § 23-27.3-114.9. Notice of building start. At least twenty-four (24)...

Section 23-27.3-115.0. - Conditions of permit. - § 23-27.3-115.0. Conditions of permit. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch....

Section 23-27.3-115.1. - Compliance with code. - § 23-27.3-115.1. Compliance with code. The permit shall be a...

Section 23-27.3-115.2. - Compliance with permit. - § 23-27.3-115.2. Compliance with permit. All work shall conform to...

Section 23-27.3-115.3. - Compliance with plot plan. - § 23-27.3-115.3. Compliance with plot plan. All new work shall...

Section 23-27.3-115.4. - Change in plot plan. - § 23-27.3-115.4. Change in plot plan. No lot or plot...

Section 23-27.3-115.5. - Dismissal of contractor or subcontractor. - § 23-27.3-115.5. Dismissal of contractor or subcontractor. Should an owner...

Section 23-27.3-115.6. - Electronic construction permitting. - § 23-27.3-115.6. Electronic construction permitting. (a) Every municipality in the...

Section 23-27.3-116.0. - Moving, raising, shoring, or demolition of buildings. - § 23-27.3-116.0. Moving, raising, shoring, or demolition of buildings. History...

Section 23-27.3-116.1. - Service connections. - § 23-27.3-116.1. Service connections. Before a building may be demolished,...

Section 23-27.3-116.2. - Buildings to be rodent-eradicated prior to demolition. - § 23-27.3-116.2. Buildings to be rodent-eradicated prior to demolition. No...

Section 23-27.3-116.3. - Description and inspection of buildings — Travel route. - § 23-27.3-116.3. Description and inspection of buildings — Travel route....

Section 23-27.3-116.4. - Agreement condition to moving. - § 23-27.3-116.4. Agreement condition to moving. No building shall be...

Section 23-27.3-116.5. - Public utilities, wires, poles, trees, and shrubs. - § 23-27.3-116.5. Public utilities, wires, poles, trees, and shrubs. During...

Section 23-27.3-116.6. - Moving to be continuous. - § 23-27.3-116.6. Moving to be continuous. When a building is...

Section 23-27.3-116.7. - Watchperson and lights during moving. - § 23-27.3-116.7. Watchperson and lights during moving. Whenever and as...

Section 23-27.3-116.8. - Bonds and liability insurance. - § 23-27.3-116.8. Bonds and liability insurance. Prior to the issuance...

Section 23-27.3-116.9. - Shoring. - § 23-27.3-116.9. Shoring. Every person desiring to shore up a...

Section 23-27.3-117.0. - Removal of structures. - § 23-27.3-117.0. Removal of structures. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch....

Section 23-27.3-117.1. - Lot regulation. - § 23-27.3-117.1. Lot regulation. When a building or structure has...

Section 23-27.3-118.0. - Fees. - § 23-27.3-118.0. Fees. No permit shall be issued for new...

Section 23-27.3-118.1. - Special fees. - § 23-27.3-118.1. Special fees. The payment of the fee for...

Section 23-27.3-118.2. - Ramps for disabled persons. - § 23-27.3-118.2. Ramps for disabled persons. (a) No municipality shall...

Section 23-27.3-119.0. - Fee computation. - § 23-27.3-119.0. Fee computation. The building commissioner shall collect information...

Section 23-27.3-120.0. - Certificate of use and occupancy. - § 23-27.3-120.0. Certificate of use and occupancy. History of Section.P.L....

Section 23-27.3-120.1. - New buildings. - § 23-27.3-120.1. New buildings. No building or structure hereafter erected...

Section 23-27.3-120.2. - Buildings hereafter altered. - § 23-27.3-120.2. Buildings hereafter altered. No building or structure subsequently...

Section 23-27.3-120.3. - Existing buildings. - § 23-27.3-120.3. Existing buildings. (a) Upon written request from the...

Section 23-27.3-120.4. - Changes in use and occupancy. - § 23-27.3-120.4. Changes in use and occupancy. After a change...

Section 23-27.3-120.5. - Temporary occupancy. - § 23-27.3-120.5. Temporary occupancy. Upon the request of the holder...

Section 23-27.3-120.6. - Contents of certificate. - § 23-27.3-120.6. Contents of certificate. The certificate shall certify compliance...

Section 23-27.3-121.0. - Posting buildings. - § 23-27.3-121.0. Posting buildings. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256,...

Section 23-27.3-121.1. - Posted use and occupancy. - § 23-27.3-121.1. Posted use and occupancy. A suitably designed placard...

Section 23-27.3-121.2. - Posted occupancy load. - § 23-27.3-121.2. Posted occupancy load. A suitably designed placard approved...

Section 23-27.3-121.3. - Furnishing of posted signs. - § 23-27.3-121.3. Furnishing of posted signs. All posted signs shall...

Section 23-27.3-121.4. - Periodic inspection for posting. - § 23-27.3-121.4. Periodic inspection for posting. The building official may...

Section 23-27.3-122.0. - Violations. - § 23-27.3-122.0. Violations. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256, §...

Section 23-27.3-122.1. - Notice of violation. - § 23-27.3-122.1. Notice of violation. The building official shall serve...

Section 23-27.3-122.1.2. - Notice or orders — Service and content. - § 23-27.3-122.1.2. Notice or orders — Service and content. Every...

Section 23-27.3-122.2. - Prosecution of violation. - § 23-27.3-122.2. Prosecution of violation. If the notice of violation...

Section 23-27.3-122.3. - Penalties. - § 23-27.3-122.3. Penalties. Every person who shall violate any provision...

Section 23-27.3-122.4. - Abatement of violations. - § 23-27.3-122.4. Abatement of violations. The imposition of the penalties...

Section 23-27.3-123.0. - Stop-work order. - § 23-27.3-123.0. Stop-work order. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256,...

Section 23-27.3-123.1. - Notice to owner. - § 23-27.3-123.1. Notice to owner. Upon notice from the building...

Section 23-27.3-123.1.1. - Posting of order. - § 23-27.3-123.1.1. Posting of order. A stop-work notice shall be...

Section 23-27.3-123.2. - Unlawful continuance. - § 23-27.3-123.2. Unlawful continuance. Any person who shall continue any...

Section 23-27.3-124.0. - Unsafe structures — General provisions. - § 23-27.3-124.0. Unsafe structures — General provisions. All buildings, signs,...

Section 23-27.3-124.1. - Unsafe conditions. - § 23-27.3-124.1. Unsafe conditions. A building, sign, or structure shall...

Section 23-27.3-124.2. - Notice of unsafe condition. - § 23-27.3-124.2. Notice of unsafe condition. When the whole or...

Section 23-27.3-124.3. - Appeals. - § 23-27.3-124.3. Appeals. The owner shall either comply with the...

Section 23-27.3-124.4. - Restoration of unsafe buildings. - § 23-27.3-124.4. Restoration of unsafe buildings. A building, sign, or...

Section 23-27.3-124.4.1. - Compliance. - § 23-27.3-124.4.1. Compliance. The owner of an unsafe building, sign,...

Section 23-27.3-124.5. - Disregard of unsafe notice. - § 23-27.3-124.5. Disregard of unsafe notice. When an owner or...

Section 23-27.3-124.6. - Boarding. - § 23-27.3-124.6. Boarding. (a) Any building or structure which is...

Section 23-27.3-124.6.1. - Disconnection of utilities. - § 23-27.3-124.6.1. Disconnection of utilities. All gas, electric, water, and...

Section 23-27.3-124.6.2. - Removal of debris and rubbish. - § 23-27.3-124.6.2. Removal of debris and rubbish. Prior to boarding...

Section 23-27.3-125.0. - Emergency measures. - § 23-27.3-125.0. Emergency measures. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256,...

Section 23-27.3-125.1. - Vacating buildings. - § 23-27.3-125.1. Vacating buildings. (a) When, in the opinion of...

Section 23-27.3-125.2. - Temporary safeguards. - § 23-27.3-125.2. Temporary safeguards. When, in the opinion of the...

Section 23-27.3-125.3. - Closing streets. - § 23-27.3-125.3. Closing streets. When necessary for the public health,...

Section 23-27.3-125.4. - Emergency repairs. - § 23-27.3-125.4. Emergency repairs. For the purpose of §§ 23-27.3-124.5...

Section 23-27.3-125.5. - Hazardous buildings. - § 23-27.3-125.5. Hazardous buildings. Whenever a building is in such...

Section 23-27.3-125.6. - Costs of emergency repairs. - § 23-27.3-125.6. Costs of emergency repairs. Costs incurred in the...

Section 23-27.3-125.7. - Lien for emergency repairs. - § 23-27.3-125.7. Lien for emergency repairs. Whenever the owner fails...

Section 23-27.3-126.0. - Appeals from orders in regard to unsafe buildings. - § 23-27.3-126.0. Appeals from orders in regard to unsafe buildings....

Section 23-27.3-126.1. - Application for review. - § 23-27.3-126.1. Application for review. The owner of a building...

Section 23-27.3-126.2. - Procedure. - § 23-27.3-126.2. Procedure. The powers and duties of the board...

Section 23-27.3-126.3. - Findings. - § 23-27.3-126.3. Findings. (a) The board of appeals shall determine...

Section 23-27.3-127.0. - State and local boards of appeals. - § 23-27.3-127.0. State and local boards of appeals. History of...

Section 23-27.3-127.1. - Committee to serve as a board of standards and appeals. - § 23-27.3-127.1. Committee to serve as a board of standards...

Section 23-27.3-127.1.1. - Stay of proceedings. - § 23-27.3-127.1.1. Stay of proceedings. The filing of an appeal...

Section 23-27.3-127.1.2. - Granting variance. - § 23-27.3-127.1.2. Granting variance. The board of standards and appeals...

Section 23-27.3-127.1.3. - Additional powers. - § 23-27.3-127.1.3. Additional powers. The board may impose in any...

Section 23-27.3-127.1.4. - Procedures — Record of variances. - § 23-27.3-127.1.4. Procedures — Record of variances. (a) Upon receipt...

Section 23-27.3-127.2. - Local board of appeals. - § 23-27.3-127.2. Local board of appeals. (a) A board of...

Section 23-27.3-127.2.1. - Membership and local board. - § 23-27.3-127.2.1. Membership and local board. Any building code board...

Section 23-27.3-127.2.2. - Stay of proceedings. - § 23-27.3-127.2.2. Stay of proceedings. Entry of an appeal by...

Section 23-27.3-127.2.3. - Granting variance. - § 23-27.3-127.2.3. Granting variance. The local board of appeals may...

Section 23-27.3-127.2.4. - Additional powers. - § 23-27.3-127.2.4. Additional powers. The board may impose in any...

Section 23-27.3-127.2.5. - Procedures. - § 23-27.3-127.2.5. Procedures. (a) When the building official refuses to...

Section 23-27.3-127.2.6. - Local decision transmitted to state board. - § 23-27.3-127.2.6. Local decision transmitted to state board. A copy...

Section 23-27.3-128.0. - Design and construction procedures. - § 23-27.3-128.0. Design and construction procedures. History of Section.P.L. 1988,...

Section 23-27.3-128.1. - Scope. - § 23-27.3-128.1. Scope. (a) The provisions of this section shall...

Section 23-27.3-128.1.1. - Owner’s responsibilities. - § 23-27.3-128.1.1. Owner’s responsibilities. (a) The owner shall be responsible...

Section 23-27.3-128.1.2 - — 23-27.3-128.1.5. Repealed. - § 23-27.3-128.1.2 — 23-27.3-128.1.5. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch....

Section 23-27.3-128.2. - Repealed. - § 23-27.3-128.2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256, §...

Section 23-27.3-128.2.1. - Drawings and specifications. - § 23-27.3-128.2.1. Drawings and specifications. All drawings, specifications, and computations...

Section 23-27.3-128.2.2. - Responsibilities. - § 23-27.3-128.2.2. Responsibilities. A professional engineering or registered architect on...

Section 23-27.3-128.2.3. - Reporting. - § 23-27.3-128.2.3. Reporting. The professional engineer or registered architect shall...

Section 23-27.3-128.3. - Construction contractor responsibilities. - § 23-27.3-128.3. Construction contractor responsibilities. The actual construction of the...

Section 23-27.3-128.4. - Testing required. - § 23-27.3-128.4. Testing required. (a) The referenced standards listed in...

Section 23-27.3-128.5. - Building official’s responsibilities. - § 23-27.3-128.5. Building official’s responsibilities. The building official shall be...

Section 23-27.3-128.5.1. - Waiver of plan examination. - § 23-27.3-128.5.1. Waiver of plan examination. The examination of drawings...

Section 23-27.3-128.5.2. - Waiver of detailed field inspection. - § 23-27.3-128.5.2. Waiver of detailed field inspection. (a) The building...

Section 23-27.3-128.5.3. - Inspection waiver — Utilization. - § 23-27.3-128.5.3. Inspection waiver — Utilization. The building official may...

Section 23-27.3-128.5.4. - Building permit issuance or requirements. - § 23-27.3-128.5.4. Building permit issuance or requirements. The waiver of...

Section 23-27.3-128.6. - Special technical services. - § 23-27.3-128.6. Special technical services. (a) When applications for unusual...

Section 23-27.3-128.7. - Fees and costs. - § 23-27.3-128.7. Fees and costs. All fees and costs related...

Section 23-27.3-129.0, 23-27.3-129.1. - Repealed. - § 23-27.3-129.0, 23-27.3-129.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256,...

Section 23-27.3-129.2. - Repealed. - § 23-27.3-129.2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256, §...

Section 23-27.3-129.3. - Repealed. - § 23-27.3-129.3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 256, §...

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Rhode Island General Laws Chapter 23-27.3 - State Building Code Article 2 - New Buildings and Structures

Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-27.3 - State Building Code
Article 2 - New Buildings and Structures