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ORR #2002-042
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
CONSTRUCTION CODE
Filed with the Secretary of State on October 15, 2002.
This rule takes effect on October 31, 2002.
(By authority conferred on the director of the department of consumer and industry services by section 4 of 1972 P.A. 230, MCL 125.1504, and Executive Reorganization Order No. 1996-2, MCL 445.2001)
R 408.30401 to R 408.30499 of the Michigan Administrative Code are amended by adding R 408.30429a as follows:
PART 4. BUILDING CODE
R 408.30429a Compliance.
Rule 429a. The code is amended by adding sections 3409.1 and 3409.2 as follows:
3409.1 Compliance. The provisions of this section are intended to maintain or increase the current degree of public safety, health, and general welfare in existing buildings while permitting repair, alteration, addition, and change of occupancy without requiring full compliance with chapters 2 through 33 of the code, or sections
3401.3 through 3406, except where compliance with other provisions of the code is specifically required in this section.
Exception: Buildings made to comply with the provisions of the Michigan rehabilitation code for existing buildings, R 408.30551 to R 408.30577, shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of the code.
3409.2 Applicability. Structures existing before November 6, 1974, in which work involving additions, alterations, or changes of occupancy shall be made to conform to the requirements of this section or the provisions of sections 3402 through 3406 of the code.
The provisions in sections 3409.2.1 through 3409.2.5 of the code shall apply to existing occupancies that will continue to be, or are proposed to be, in groups A, B, E, F, M, R, S, and U. These provisions shall not apply to buildings that have occupancies in group H or I.
