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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Mendonca, Shekarchi, Azzinaro, Filippi, and McEntee

     Date Introduced: May 04, 2018

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 23-27.3 of the General Laws entitled "State Building Code" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     23-27.3-702. Short-term rentals -- Code exemptions.

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     Unless a building or structure has a use and occupancy classification established by the

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International Building Code of 2012, as amended, of R-2, R-4 or I any single family residence,

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two (2) family residence, or three (3) family residence containing eight (8) sleeping units or less

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and which provides sleeping accommodations for less than thirty (30) consecutive days such

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building or structure shall have the same use and classification under the International Building

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Code of 2012, as amended, as such building or structure would have been considered by such

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code, as if its use and occupancy were primarily permanent in nature, and shall not be classified

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as group R-1, as provided by the terms and provisions of the code.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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     This act would require any building, with a use and occupancy classification established

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by the International Building Code of 2012, of R-2, R-4 or I; and with single, two (2), or three (3)

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family residences, containing eight (8) sleeping units or less and which provides sleeping

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accommodations for less than thirty (30) consecutive days, shall be considered, as if it's use and

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occupancy were primarily permanent in nature and shall not be classified as R-1, under the code.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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