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Planning Commission amends 2024 technical building code to allow single-stair residential buildings with safeguards
Summary
The City of Austin Planning Commission approved a package of 2024 technical building-code amendments to permit single-stair (point-access) residential buildings with specified safeguards, including mandatory elevators above four stories, a 7,000-square-foot per-floor cap, and a six-story allowance with staff asked to study up to eight stories.
The City of Austin Planning Commission voted to advance a package of technical building-code amendments intended to permit “single-stair” (point-access) residential buildings in Austin with prescribed safeguards.
What was approved: The commission adopted the staff-recommended technical-code amendments as the base and approved multiple commissioner amendments. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting record include:
- Elevator requirement: Elevators will be required in point-access buildings greater than four stories. The commission approved an amendment to make elevator access mandatory for buildings above that height.
- Net floor-area limit: Commissioners replaced a proposed 4,000-square-foot per-floor limit for floors served by a single exit with a 7,000-square-foot per-floor cap. Commissioner Woods proposed the 7,000-square-foot figure and the commission approved it.
- Height allowance and study: The commission added an option to allow point-access buildings up to six…
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