North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation › Subchapter J - JAILS, LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES › Section .1700 - MUNICIPAL LOCKUPS › Section 14J .1702 - APPLICABILITY CONSTRUCTION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) New
				  Municipal Lockups - The construction standards established in this Section
				  shall apply to all municipal lockup construction for which the final working
				  drawings are approved by the Branch after the effective date of this
				  Rule.
(b) Existing Municipal
				  Lockups - Existing municipal lockups shall continue to be governed by the
				  existing construction standards which are now in Section.1500 of this
				  Subchapter and the same standards shall apply to new municipal lockups which
				  have had final working drawings approved by the Section prior to the effective
				  date of this Rule. Existing municipal lockups or new municipal lockups which
				  have had final drawings approved by the Section prior to the effective date of
				  this Rule may choose to comply with any of the new construction standards in
				  Section.1200 as a substitute for existing standards on the same subject in
				  Section .1500.
(c) Additions - The
				  construction standards established in this Section shall apply to any
				  construction that adds square footage to the building and for which the final
				  working drawings are approved after the effective date of this Rule.
(d) Alterations or Repairs - When alterations
				  or repairs are made to an existing municipal lockup building which affect its
				  structural strength, exits, fire hazards, electrical systems, mechanical
				  systems, or sanitary conditions, such alterations or repairs shall comply with
				  the standards for new construction established in this Section. Unaltered
				  portions of the building shall be required to comply with the new construction
				  standards indicated in this Section only under the circumstances specified in
				  Paragraphs (e) - (g) of this Rule.
(e) Extensive Annual Alterations or Repairs -
				  If, within any 12 month period, alterations or repairs costing in excess of 50
				  percent of the then physical value of the building are made to an existing
				  municipal lockup, the entire municipal lockup shall conform to the construction
				  standards for new municipal lockups established in this Section.
(f) Reconstruction After Damage - If an
				  existing municipal lockup is damaged by fire or otherwise in excess of 50
				  percent of the then physical value of the building at the time of damage, the
				  municipal lockup shall be reconstructed in conformance with the construction
				  standards for new municipal lockups established in this Section.
(g) Physical Value - For the purpose of this
				  Rule, the physical value of the municipal lockup building shall be determined
				  by the local building inspection department.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 153A-221;
Eff. June 1,
					 1990;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 5,
					 2016.