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Leland staff propose fire code clarifications; council discusses open-burning limits and costs
Summary
Building and fire officials proposed clarifying amendments to the town's fire-prevention provisions, including changing fire-lane markings from yellow to red and making emergency radio coverage requirements explicit. Council also discussed broader open-burning bans and the cost of townwide vegetative pickup as an alternative.
Town of Leland staff on Tuesday presented proposed amendments to the town's fire prevention rules and answered council questions about open burning and enforcement.
Daniel Knox, the town's chief building official, described targeted changes to the town's Fire Prevention Ordinance intended to align local language with the updated state and model fire code. The draft amendments would revise wording in several sections, clarify what constitutes a hazardous condition, make the town's existing policy explicit that buildings failing emergency responder radio coverage tests must install a system before any certificate of occupancy is issued, and change the marking color for required fire lanes from yellow to red to improve visibility.
Knox said the radio-coverage language is meant to avoid requests for temporary occupancy when life-safety systems have not been validated. "This clarification is really... we've had some…
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