Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 780 CMR - STATE BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS › Chapter 1 - Scope and Administration › Part 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT › Section 110 - INSPECTIONS › Subsection 110.7 - Periodic Inspections

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The
building official
shall inspect
					 periodically existing buildings and structures and parts thereof in accordance
					 with Table 110 entitled Schedule for Periodic Inspections of Existing
					 Buildings. Such buildings shall not be occupied or continue to be occupied
					 without a valid Certificate of Inspection. Periodic inspections required by
					 this section do not apply to residences operated or licensed by the
					 Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services and subject to 780 CMR One-
					 and Two-family Dwellings.
Table 110 Schedule for Periodic Inspection of
					 Existing Buildings
(
See
Chapters 3:
Use and Occupancy
					 Classification
and 4:
Special Detailed Requirements Based on
					 Use
and Occupancy
for complete descriptions of use
					 groups.)
Use Group
Use Group
Use Group Description
Minimum Inspections
Maximum
Certification
Period
A-1
Movie theaters or theaters for performing acts
								  (stage and scenery)
> 400 occupant load
<= 400 occupant load
Semi - annual
Semi - annual
One year
One year
A-2
Restaurants, Night Clubs or similar uses
> 400 occupant
								  load1
<= 400 occupant
								  load1
Semi -annual1
Annual1
One year
One year
A-3
Lecture halls, dance halls, churches and places
								  of religious worship, recreational centers, terminals,
etc
.
> 400 occupant load
<= 400 occupant load
Semi -annual Annual
One year
One year
A-4
Low density recreation and similar uses.
see
note 3.
Five years
A
Special amusement buildings or portions
								  thereof.
see
note 3.
One year
E
Educational, day care
see
note 3.
One year
I-1
Group home
see
note 3.
One year
I-2
Residents incapable of self preseration -
								  hospitals, nursing home, mental hospitals, certain day care facilities.
see
note 3.
Two years2
I-3
Residents restrained - prisons, jails, detention
								  centers,
etc
.
see
note 3.
Two years
I-4
Adult and/or child day care facilities.
see
note 3.
One year
R-1
Hotels, motels, boarding houses,
etc
.
see
note 3.
One year
R-1
Detoxification facilities
see
note 3.
Two years
R-2
Multi-family
see
note 3.
Five years
R-2
Dormitories and R-2 Congregate Living
see
note 3
One year
R-2
Summer Camps for children.
Annual
One year
R-3
Residential facilities licensed by DDS or
								  DMH
Annual
One year
R-4
Residential care/assisted living facilities
								  (<= 16 persons)
Annual
One year
Any
Facilities licensed by the Alcohol Beverage
								  Control Commission where alcoholic beverages are served and consumed.
Annual4 as per M.G.L.
								  c. 10, § 74
One year as per M.G.L. c. 10, § 74
Any
House museums (
see
Chapter 34:
Existing Structures
for definition)
Annual
One year
Any
Fire escapes,
etc
. per Chapter
								  10:
Means of Egress
Five years
Five years
Notes
:
1. When appropriate for A-2 uses, the
				  inspection for the Certificate of Inspection should include and be timed to
				  satisfy the requirements of M.G.L. c. 10, § 74.
2. One year for facilities licensed or
				  operated by the Department of Mental Health (DMH).
3. Prior to issuance of new
				  certificate.
4. Certificates of
				  inspection for establishments intending to sell alcoholic beverages to be
				  consumed on the premises shall be governed by M.G.L. c. 10, § 74 and the
				  inspection schedule in section 110.7. The
building official
may issue a temporary inspection certificate, once co-signed by the
building official
and by the head of the fire department,
				  effective to a date certain for the establishment.
General Note: It is the responsibility of building "owner",
					 as defined in Chapter 2:
Definitions
, to meet the inspection
					 requirements in this table for continued use and occupancy. The maximum
					 certification period specified in the table is intended to provide
					 administrative flexibility. For uses allowing more than one year maximum
					 certification period, the
permit
may determine the certificate
					 validity term. For example, an R-2 building could be certified for one, two,
					 three, four or five years.