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Prescott council opens review of road-width and secondary-access rules after wildfire and evacuation concerns
Summary
Fire and planning staff outlined how fire code, land development code and engineering standards interact; staff recommended code updates and a risk-based approach to road widths and secondary access and will bring proposals during the land-development code update.
City fire, planning and public-works staff briefed the Prescott City Council on Feb. 25 on how ingress and egress requirements are set and asked for direction as part of a broader land-development-code update.
Chief Holger and planning staff described a system of overlapping rules: the international fire code sets minimum fire-apparatus access widths (commonly 20 feet, up to 26 feet where hydrants or aerial apparatus are required), the land development code governs new subdivision layout and connectivity, and the city's general engineering standards prescribe street cross-sections (for example, a typical local roadway section was described as 28 feet of pavement within a 50-foot right-of-way).
Staff said the fire code is oriented to getting apparatus to a structure…
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