75-03-21.1-27. Safety codes.

1. Applicants shall meet the applicable life safety standards established by the local governing municipality's ordinances. If the local governing municipality has no ordinances establishing life safety standards, the residential service facilities shall meet, as determined by the department, the one-family and two-family dwellings chapter of the Life Safety Code of the national fire protection association, 2000 edition.

2. Upon written application, and good cause shown to the satisfaction of the department, the department may grant a variance from any specific requirement of the Life Safety Code, upon terms the department may prescribe, except no variance may permit or authorize a danger to the health or safety of the residents of the facility or violate the provisions of North Dakota Century Code chapter 50-11.