BSSTG
Gold Member
Greetings all,
Well, I have a unique question.
We have a very old 2 story house built about 80 years ago or so. At some time in the past 15 years the house was converted into a daycare. I don't know exactly when. The daycare was operated for at least a few years and then closed down. When I first came here 3 years ago the owner of the daycare wanted to reopen it as a daycare. Since it was a business they had to have another occupancy inspection as is policy here. There were issues with the setup and it flunked both my inspection and the health department. Then the owner decided not to do the repairs and it has remained closed all of this time. Now the owners daughter wants to move in and use it as a house again. As far as I'm concerned, the property should be brought up to current code standards as it is a change of occupancy. However, what is bothersome is that when the original usage was changed to a daycare, it was never issued a certificate of occupancy even though it had the fire marshall's blessing and back then the City did issue C/O's.
Bottom line is I don't think the old daycare was actually a legal occupancy as there is no record of a C/O being issued. If that is the case, should I still require the building be brought up to adopted Codes for a R3?
thanks as always
BS
Well, I have a unique question.
We have a very old 2 story house built about 80 years ago or so. At some time in the past 15 years the house was converted into a daycare. I don't know exactly when. The daycare was operated for at least a few years and then closed down. When I first came here 3 years ago the owner of the daycare wanted to reopen it as a daycare. Since it was a business they had to have another occupancy inspection as is policy here. There were issues with the setup and it flunked both my inspection and the health department. Then the owner decided not to do the repairs and it has remained closed all of this time. Now the owners daughter wants to move in and use it as a house again. As far as I'm concerned, the property should be brought up to current code standards as it is a change of occupancy. However, what is bothersome is that when the original usage was changed to a daycare, it was never issued a certificate of occupancy even though it had the fire marshall's blessing and back then the City did issue C/O's.
Bottom line is I don't think the old daycare was actually a legal occupancy as there is no record of a C/O being issued. If that is the case, should I still require the building be brought up to adopted Codes for a R3?
thanks as always
BS