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Committee approves ‘smart‑stair’ housing bill with safety amendments to allow five‑story single‑stair apartments in larger jurisdictions
Summary
House Bill 12‑73, which would permit up to five‑story single‑stair apartment buildings in jurisdictions meeting population and fire‑service criteria, passed the committee with a package of fire‑safety and design amendments and advanced by a 12‑1 vote.
The House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee voted 12‑1 to advance House Bill 12‑73 after adopting a suite of safety and design amendments that sponsors said were negotiated with fire chiefs and building officials.
The bill would allow single‑stair, four‑ to five‑story multifamily residential buildings in Colorado jurisdictions with sufficient fire‑service capacity and other protections: sprinklers and modern alarm systems, defined fire ratings for stair enclosures and corridors, minimum stair width tied to floor plate size (a 48‑inch minimum with proportional increases up to 54 inches for larger floors), limits on units per floor, and prohibitions on storage in corridors. Sponsors described the proposal as a measured way to create…
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