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Title	Rhode Island Rehabilitation Code
Highlights	There was recognition that strict building codes discouraged the rehabilitation of housing.   Rhode Island created a rehabilitation code with varying code requirements depending on the level of work to be undertaken.                       There was recognition that strict building codes discouraged the rehabilitation of housing.   Rhode Island created a rehabilitation code with varying code requirements depending on the level of work to be undertaken.
Description	This website contains information on Rhode Island’s Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code for Existing Buildings and Structures. The site contains a brief description of the Code, the entire text of the Code, a schedule of meetings of the state code board and a list of the board’s decisions. Rhode Island adopted the Code in January 2002. According to the statute, the purpose of the code is to permit repairs, renovations, alterations, reconstructions, additions, and/or changes of occupancy that maintain or improve the health, safety and welfare in existing buildings, without requiring full compliance with the construction requirements of the various state construction codes. All rehabilitation work is classified into one of six categories: repair, renovation, alteration, reconstruction, addition, and change of occupancy. According to this Code, requirements are proportional to the amount of work to be undertaken. The Code applies only to buildings at least ten years old prior to the permit application. Additionally, the code does not apply to rehabilitation of several types of uses and buildings, including one, two, and three family homes.
Publication Date	2002
Organization	Joint Committee on the Rhode Island Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code
Web Location	http://www.rbfc.state.ri.us/

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