Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 510 - Building Code Commission › Chapter 00 - N/A › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - RISBC-13 Standards for Existing Schools › Section 510-RICR-00-00-13.4 - Procedures

Current through June 14, 2024
13.4.1
GENERAL
In accordance with the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws
								§
										16-21-3,
								it shall be the responsibility of the local building official to notify each
								public or private nursery, elementary and secondary school of the requirement
								to inspect each school annually prior to August 1st. Reports for said
								inspections shall be submitted to the superintendent of schools or the private
								school official prior to said date. Reports on schools on state property shall
								be submitted to the Commissioner of Education Office.
13.4.2
INSPECTIONS
Although the reports are not required to be filed until
								August 1, the local building official should make all required inspections as
								close to the end of the school year in May or June. The facility is in full
								operation and it is easier to schedule said inspections. Also this would
								provide the reports to the proper authorities earlier than the August 1 date,
								thereby allowing more time for any corrections, if necessary.
13.4.3
SCHOOL ALTERATIONS DURING THE
							YEAR
In all cases the local school department or the private
								school system shall file for permits for all alterations, extension of existing
								systems, additions as required in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-27.3-102.0 entitled, Ordinary Repairs, of the State Building Code. As one can see by this
								section of the Code, many items of work required the normal review, inspection
								and approval of the local inspector. Whether the municipality charges their own
								schools for permits, is their own matter.
13.4.4
ORDINARY REPAIRS
R.I. Gen. Laws §
											23-27.3-102.0"Ordinary repairs to build structures may be made without application or notice
								to the building official, but such repairs shall not include the installation
								of any siding, the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the
								removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of
								a structure affecting the exit way requirements; nor shall ordinary repairs
								include addition to, alteration of, replacement or relocation of any standard
								pipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or
								similar piping, electrical wiring, mechanical or other work affecting public
								health, safety, and welfare shall comply with the rules and regulations or
								ordinances of the municipality as to the procurement of a permit for the
								aforementioned repairs".
13.4.5
REPAIR LOG
It shall be the responsibility of the public school and
								private school officials to maintain a log of all repairs done to their
								respective school facilities during this year. This log of repair work which
								does not require a permit will be available to the local building official to
								review during normal business hours to assure that the work done is safe and
								meets code requirements when applicable. The main concern is with the
								replacement of broken safety glazing. The Code requires that this glazing be
								replaced to meet the new requirements or otherwise severe penalties and
								liabilities could result from an accident.
13.4.6
STATE BUILDING CODE'S
							CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR THE ANNUAL APPROVAL OF EXISTING SCHOOLS
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