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Council hears first reading on building-code provisions adding corridor smoke-detector standard
Summary
City planning and fire officials presented a first reading of a municipal-code amendment to adopt a missing general-provisions section and to add fire-code language requiring additional smoke detectors in long corridors of multifamily residential buildings; the matter will return for a second reading in August.
The City of Olivet on Aug. 12 received a first reading of Bill 30‑50, which adds a ‘‘general provisions’’ article to the municipal building regulations and includes new amendments to the 2021 International Fire Code addressing smoke detectors in long residential corridors.
Carlos Trejo, director of planning and community development, said the city adopted the 2021 building codes in June but inadvertently omitted a ‘‘general provisions’’…
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