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HB 1104 Building Code; application to farm buildings.

Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Uniform Statewide Building Code; application to certain farm buildings. Adds the definition of "farm building and structures" as a building or structure not used for residential purposes located on property where farming operations take place and used primarily for any of the following uses or combinations thereof: (i) storage, handling, production, display, sampling or sale of agricultural, horticultural, floricultural or silvicultural products produced on the farm; (ii) sheltering, raising, handling, processing or sale of agricultural animals or agricultural animal products; (iii) business or office uses relating to the farm operations where the area utilized for such office use has an occupancy load of less than 11 people; (iv) use of farm machinery or equipment or maintenance or storage of vehicles, machinery or equipment used on a farm; (v) storage or use of supplies and materials used on the farm; or (vi) implementation of best management practices associated with farm operations. The bill also provides that farm buildings and structures are exempt from the provisions of the Building Code, except those portions of farm buildings and structures that (i) have over 2,000 square feet used for retail trade purposes or for the sampling of agricultural products or (ii) are used by the general public for any type of public assembly purposes where 75 or more people are present at any one time. However, farm buildings and structures lying within a flood plain or in a mudslide-prone area shall be subject to flood-proofing regulations or mudslide regulations, as applicable. The bill provides that the term "retail trade" does not include the sale of live animals.


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