(a) The State Building Code, including any amendment to said code adopted by the State Building Inspector and Codes and Standards Committee, shall be the building code for all towns, cities and boroughs.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent any town, city or borough from adopting an ordinance governing the demolition of buildings deemed to be unsafe. As used in this subsection, “unsafe building” means a building that constitutes a fire hazard or is otherwise dangerous to human life or the public welfare.
(1969, P.A. 443, S. 3; P.A. 82-269, S. 1, 2; 82-432, S. 4, 19; 82-451, S. 7, 9; P.A. 83-187, S. 2; P.A. 97-320, S. 10, 11.)
History: P.A. 82-269 added Subsec. (b) permitting adoption of ordinance re demolition of hazardous buildings; P.A. 82-432 changed committee's name; P.A. 82-451 added Subsec. (c) which allows a municipality to adopt an ordinance imposing a waiting period prior to demolition; Sec. 19-395e transferred to Sec. 29-253 in 1983; P.A. 83-187 deleted Subsec. (c) concerning waiting periods prior to demolition; P.A. 97-320 amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference from hazardous buildings to buildings deemed to be unsafe and by defining “unsafe building”, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited. 192 C. 207; 225 C. 575.
Cited. 13 CA 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
9
cases, 1984–2020 · leading case:
Dukes v. Durante, 471 A.2d 1368 (Conn. 1984).
Dukes v. Durante, 471 A.2d 1368 (Conn. 1984).
· cites it 2× “In 1969, the session before the enactment of the URAA, the legislature amended this code to provide: “The state building code .”
Gelinas v. Town of West Hartford, 626 A.2d 259 (Conn. 1993).
· cites it 2× “” The state building code is the building code for the town pursuant to General Statutes § 29-253. See Regs., Conn.”
Gelinas v. Town of West Hartford, 782 A.2d 679 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
· cites it 2× “The state building code is the building code for the town pursuant to General Statutes § 29-253. See Regs., Conn.”
Tsombanidis v. City of West Haven, Connecticut, 129 F. Supp. 2d 136 (D. Conn. 2001).
· cites it 2× “The State Building Code is applicable to municipalities pursuant to Conn.Gen.Stat. § 29-253(a). It is based upon the BOCA National Building Code/1990 and parts of the 1992 Accumulative Supplement for the BOCA National Properly Maintenance Code/1990 and other relevant BOCA…”
Tsombanidis v. City of West Haven, 180 F. Supp. 2d 262 (D. Conn. 2001).
· cites it 2× “It is applicable to all towns, cities, and boroughs in the State, pursuant to Conn. Gen.Stat. § 29-253(a). 2 . The Property Maintenance Code of the City of WesJ: Haven adopts the BOCA [Building Officials & Code Administrators International, Inc.”
Edwards v. Code Enf't Comm., 534 A.2d 617 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 29-253. This code is administered locally by building officials appointed by the chief executive officer.”
Edgewood Street Garden Apts., LLC v. Hartford (Conn. App. Ct. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Such work shall include that required, in the building official’s sole opinion, to make the premises temporarily safe, up to and including demolition.”
Dickau v. Mingrone, 196 Conn. App. 59 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020).
· cites it 2× “4 General Statutes § 29-253 (a) provides: ‘‘The State Building Code, includ- ing any amendment to said code adopted by the State Building Inspector and Codes and Standards committee, shall be the building code for all towns, cities and boroughs.”
Brown v. Hartford (Conn. App. Ct. 2015).
· cites it 2× “4 of the state code was adopted by the city pursuant to General Statutes § 29-253. Section 116.4 of the state code provides that when an unsafe condition exists, the building official may employ the labor necessary to render the premises safe ‘‘up to and including demolition.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-253(a): 2 cases
Tsombanidis v. City of West Haven, Connecticut, 129 F. Supp. 2d 136 (D. Conn. 2001).
“The State Building Code is applicable to municipalities pursuant to Conn.Gen.Stat. § 29-253(a). It is based upon the BOCA National Building Code/1990 and parts of the 1992 Accumulative Supplement for the BOCA National Properly Maintenance Code/1990 and other relevant BOCA…”
Tsombanidis v. City of West Haven, 180 F. Supp. 2d 262 (D. Conn. 2001).
“It is applicable to all towns, cities, and boroughs in the State, pursuant to Conn. Gen.Stat. § 29-253(a). 2 . The Property Maintenance Code of the City of WesJ: Haven adopts the BOCA [Building Officials & Code Administrators International, Inc.”
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