Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code for Existing Buildings and Structures (450-RICR-00-00-9)

A.The Rhode Island Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code for Existing Buildings and Structures, previously adopted by the Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal & Review, and the Rhode Island Building Commission, is hereby re-adopted, in full, as Part 9 of this Subchapter (previously named FIRE SAFETY CODE SECTION 9) with the following amendment:

(Add) 101.1.4

Any existing building or structure, subject to the provisions of the rehabilitation building and fire code for existing buildings and structures, shall also comply with the existing occupancy provisions of the Rhode Island Life Safety Code (Part 8 of this Subchapter, previously named Section 8 of the Rhode Island Fire Safety Code) addressing the current or proposed occupancy.