Code of Massachusetts Regulations
780 CMR - STATE BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
Chapter 1 - Scope and Administration
Part 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 110 - INSPECTIONS
Subsection 110.7 - Periodic Inspections
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
The building official shall inspect periodically existing buildings and structures and parts thereof in accordance with Table 110 entitled Schedule for Periodic Inspections of Existing Buildings. Such buildings shall not be occupied or continue to be occupied without a valid Certificate of Inspection. Periodic inspections required by this section do not apply to residences operated or licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services and subject to 780 CMR One- and Two-family Dwellings.
Table 110 Schedule for Periodic Inspection of Existing Buildings
(See Chapters 3: Use and Occupancy Classification and 4: Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use and Occupancy for complete descriptions of use groups.)
|
Use Group |
Use Group |
Use Group Description |
Minimum Inspections |
Maximum Certification Period |
|
A-1 |
Movie theaters or theaters for performing acts (stage and scenery) |
> 400 occupant load <= 400 occupant load |
Semi - annual Semi - annual |
One year One year |
|
A-2 |
Restaurants, Night Clubs or similar uses |
> 400 occupant load1 <= 400 occupant load1 |
Semi -annual1 Annual1 |
One year One year |
|
A-3 |
Lecture halls, dance halls, churches and places of religious worship, recreational centers, terminals, etc. |
> 400 occupant load <= 400 occupant load |
Semi -annual Annual |
One year One year |
|
A-4 |
Low density recreation and similar uses. |
see note 3. |
Five years |
|
|
A |
Special amusement buildings or portions thereof. |
see note 3. |
One year |
|
|
E |
Educational, day care |
see note 3. |
One year |
|
|
I-1 |
Group home |
see note 3. |
One year |
|
|
I-2 |
Residents incapable of self preseration - hospitals, nursing home, mental hospitals, certain day care facilities. |
see note 3. |
Two years2 |
|
|
I-3 |
Residents restrained - prisons, jails, detention centers, etc. |
see note 3. |
Two years |
|
|
I-4 |
Adult and/or child day care facilities. |
see note 3. |
One year |
|
|
R-1 |
Hotels, motels, boarding houses, etc. |
see note 3. |
One year |
|
|
R-1 |
Detoxification facilities |
see note 3. |
Two years |
|
|
R-2 |
Multi-family |
see note 3. |
Five years |
|
|
R-2 |
Dormitories and R-2 Congregate Living |
see note 3 |
One year |
|
|
R-2 |
Summer Camps for children. |
Annual |
One year |
|
|
R-3 |
Residential facilities licensed by DDS or DMH |
Annual |
One year |
|
|
R-4 |
Residential care/assisted living facilities (<= 16 persons) |
Annual |
One year |
|
|
Any |
Facilities licensed by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission where alcoholic beverages are served and consumed. |
Annual4 as per M.G.L. c. 10, § 74 |
One year as per M.G.L. c. 10, § 74 |
|
|
Any |
House museums (see Chapter 34: Existing Structures for definition) |
Annual |
One year |
|
|
Any |
Fire escapes, etc. per Chapter 10: Means of Egress |
Five years |
Five years |
|
Notes:
1. When appropriate for A-2 uses, the inspection for the Certificate of Inspection should include and be timed to satisfy the requirements of M.G.L. c. 10, § 74.
2. One year for facilities licensed or operated by the Department of Mental Health (DMH).
3. Prior to issuance of new certificate.
4. Certificates of inspection for establishments intending to sell alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises shall be governed by M.G.L. c. 10, § 74 and the inspection schedule in section 110.7. The building official may issue a temporary inspection certificate, once co-signed by the building official and by the head of the fire department, effective to a date certain for the establishment.
General Note: It is the responsibility of building "owner", as defined in Chapter 2: Definitions, to meet the inspection requirements in this table for continued use and occupancy. The maximum certification period specified in the table is intended to provide administrative flexibility. For uses allowing more than one year maximum certification period, the permit may determine the certificate validity term. For example, an R-2 building could be certified for one, two, three, four or five years.
