Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part IV - Existing Buildings/Occupancies › Section 29-292-21e - Connecticut Amendments

Current through July 10, 2024
The adopted National Fire Protection Association standard
				  NFPA 101® is amended to meet the needs of the State of Connecticut as
				  follows:
Note:
A section or subsection in the Connecticut Amendments
				  preceded by "Amd" indicates the substitution of this provision in the adopted
				  referenced standard, National Fire Protection Association Standard 101, Life
				  Safety Code®, 2003 edition.
A section or subsection in the Connecticut Amendments
				  preceded by "Del" indicates the deletion of this provision in the adopted
				  referenced standard.
A section or subsection in the Connecticut Amendments
				  preceded by "Add" indicates the addition of this provision in the adopted
				  referenced standard.
A section or subsection in the Connecticut Amendments
				  followed by an asterisk "*" indicates that explanatory material on the section
				  or subsection can be found in Appendix A of the adopted referenced
				  standard.
Chapter 1
*
Administration
(Del)
1.1.1
Delete section.
(Amd)
1.1.3 Egress Facilities.
The code
				  establishes minimum criteria for egress facilities so as to allow prompt escape
				  of occupants from buildings or, where desirable, into safe areas within
				  buildings.
(Del)
1.3.1*
Delete section.
(Del)
1.6
Delete section.
Chapter 2
Referenced Publications
(Del)
2.2 NFPA Publications.
Delete
				  section.
(Del)
2.3.4 ASME Publications.
Delete
				  section.
Chapter 3
Definitions
(Amd)
3.3.27* Building.
Any structure used or
				  intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. For application of
				  this code, each portion of a building which is completely separated from other
				  portions by fire walls which have been designed and constructed in accordance
				  with the State Building Code and have been approved by the building official
				  shall be considered separate buildings.
See the 2009 Amendment to the 2005 CT State Fire Safety
				  Code.
(Add)
3.3.152.12.1 Bed and Breakfast or Bed and
				  Breakfast Establishment.
A building:
(1) That provides sleeping accommodations to
				the public for a fee for no more than 16 persons with guest rooms limited to
				the first or second floor of the structure, and
(2) Where the owner occupies the facility or
				an adjacent property as his or her primary place of residence, and
(3) Where cooking or food warming of any type
				is not allowed in guest rooms, and
(4) That has a maximum of three stories in
				height and does not contain a mixed occupancy.
(Amd)
3.3.191* Self-Preservation (Day-Care
				  Occupancy).
The ability of a client to evacuate a day-care occupancy
				  without direct intervention by a staff member. Clients under the age of 3 years
				  shall be considered incapable of self-preservation.
Chapter 4
General
(Del)
4.5 Fundamental Requirements.
Delete
				  section.
(Del)
4.6.1.2
Delete section.
(Del)
4.6.1.3
Delete section.
(Del)
4.6.3*
Delete section.
(Del)
4.6.4*
Delete section.
(Amd)
4.6.8*
Existing life safety features that
				  do not meet the requirements for new buildings, but that exceed the
				  requirements for existing buildings, shall not be further diminished.
(Del)
4.6.11.2*
Delete section.
(Del)
4.7
Delete section.
(Del)
4.8
Delete section.
Chapter 5
Performance-Based Options
(Del)
Delete Chapter.
Chapter 6
Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of
				  Contents
(Add)
6.1.8.1.6 Definition - Bed and Breakfast or Bed
				  and Breakfast Establishment.
An existing building:
(1) That provides sleeping accommodations to
				the public for a fee for no more than 16 persons with guest rooms limited to
				the first or second floor of the structure;
(2) Where the owner occupies the facility or
				an adjacent property as his or her primary place of residence;
(3) Where cooking or food warming of any type
				is not allowed in guest rooms; and
(4) That has a maximum of three stories in
				height and does not contain a mixed occupancy.
See the 2009 Amendment to the 2005 CT State Fire Safety
				  Code.
Chapter 7
Means of Egress
(Amd)
7.1.3.2.1
Where this code requires an exit
				  to be separated from other parts of the building, the separating construction
				  shall meet the requirements of 8.2 and the following:
(1) * The separation shall have not less than
				a 1-hour fire resistance rating where the exit connects three stories or
				less.
(2) * The separation shall
				have not less than a 2-hour fire resistance rating where the exit connects four
				or more stories, unless one of the following conditions exists:
(a) In existing non-high-rise buildings,
				existing exit stair enclosures shall have not less than a 1-hour fire
				resistance rating.
(b) In existing
				buildings protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler
				system in accordance with 9.7, existing exit stair enclosures shall have not
				less than a 1-hour fire resistance rating.
(c) One-hour enclosures in accordance with
				29.2.2.1.2 and 31.2.2.1.2 shall be permitted as an alternative to the
				requirement of 7.1.3.2.1(2).