Section 408.30429a. Compliance.

Rule 429a.  Sections 3412.1 and 3412.2 of the code are amended to read as follows:

                               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 to 33 of the code, or sections 3401.3 to 3407, 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.

                            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 to 3406 of the code.

The provisions in sections 3412.2.1 to 3412.2.5 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.

History: 2002 AACS; 2004 AACS; 2010 AACS; 2014 AACS.