(a) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall adopt standards as referenced in the State Building Code concerning the installation, operation, maintenance and use of inclined stairway chairlifts, vertical wheelchair or incline lifts and limited use, limited access elevators. The State Building Inspector and said committee may adopt, by reference, standards concerning inclined stairway chairlifts, vertical wheelchair or incline lifts and limited use, limited access elevators, as set forth by the American National Standards Institute.

(b) Any person, agent of the state, municipality or any other political subdivision of the state may apply to the State Building Inspector to vary or set aside standards adopted under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Any variation of or exemption from any provision of such standards shall be permitted only when approved by the State Building Inspector, who shall, within thirty days of receipt, review the application and render a decision to accept or reject the application in whole or in part. The State Building Inspector may approve a variation of or exemption from any such standard or specification when the State Building Inspector determines that such standard or specification would not be feasible or would unreasonably complicate the construction, alteration or repair in question. Such determination shall be in writing.

(c) Such lifts and elevators may be installed (1) in existing buildings principally used for meeting, gathering or assembling by any civic, religious, fraternal or charitable organization, (2) in residential buildings designed to be occupied by one or two families, (3) in new buildings for which a building permit application has been filed on or after October 1, 2004, in accordance with the State Building Code, and (4) in other existing buildings and structures only if the State Building Inspector approves such installation. An application for the installation of such lift or elevator in other buildings and structures under subdivision (4) of this subsection shall be submitted to the State Building Inspector who shall, within thirty days of receipt, review the application, and render a decision to accept or reject the application in whole or in part. Such decision shall be published electronically by the State Building Inspector on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services.

(d) Any person aggrieved by any such decision of the State Building Inspector may appeal to the Codes and Standards Committee within thirty days after such decision has been rendered.

(e) Any person aggrieved by any ruling of the Codes and Standards Committee may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court in accordance with section 4-183.

(P.A. 84-152, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-205, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-144, S. 11; P.A. 91-206; P.A. 97-118, S. 2; P.A. 04-237, S. 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 17-96, S. 23.)

History: P.A. 85-205 expanded the types of buildings in which lifts may be installed to include one or two family residential buildings and other approved buildings; P.A. 89-144 substituted the office of protection and advocacy for persons with disabilities for the office of protection and advocacy for handicapped and developmentally disabled persons; P.A. 91-206 divided the Sec. into Subsecs. adding new provisions in Subsec. (a) requiring that state building inspector and codes and standards committee, with the approval of commissioner, adopt regulations, and adding Subsec. (b) concerning procedure re application for variations or exemptions from standards in regulations, Subsec. (c) concerning procedure re application for lift installation in other buildings and structures under Subdiv. (3), and Subsecs. (d) and (e) concerning provisions for appeal; P.A. 97-118 amended Subsec. (a) to add limited use, limited access elevators to types of lifts for which regulations shall be adopted and Subsec. (c) to add such elevators to provisions governing installation of and application for lifts in certain types of buildings; P.A. 04-237 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate references to adopting regulations, to add provisions re standards as referenced in the State Building Code and to make technical changes, amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate references to regulations and to add reference to standards, and amended Subsec. (c) to limit purview of Subdiv. (1) to “existing” buildings, to insert new Subdiv. (3) authorizing installation of lifts and elevators in new buildings for which a building permit application has been filed on or after October 1, 2004, in accordance with the code, and to renumber existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4) and limit purview of said Subdiv. to “existing” buildings and structures, and to make a technical change; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-96 deleted references to Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re decision to be published electronically on Internet web site of Department of Administrative Services, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017.