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Board deadlocks on Taft Middle School interim occupancy request; asks district for refuge square footage and emergency plan
Summary
The Building and Fire Code Board of Appeals on July 9 considered BOAB202500001, an appeal by Oklahoma City Public Schools seeking to allow students to use a new academic wing at Taft Middle School while the project’s ICC 500 storm shelter is completed in a later construction phase. The board initially split 3–3 on a motion to permit interim occupancy using the school’s existing ‘‘best available area of refuge’’ and then voted to continue the case pending additional documentation.
The Building and Fire Code Board of Appeals on July 9 considered BOAB202500001, an appeal by Oklahoma City Public Schools seeking to allow students to use a new academic wing at Taft Middle School while the project’s ICC 500 storm shelter is completed in a later construction phase. The board initially split 3–3 on a motion to permit interim occupancy using the school’s existing ‘‘best available area of refuge’’ and then voted to continue the case pending additional documentation.
Architect Evan Sack of Butser Architects described the bond-funded renovation and phasing plan, saying the district plans to open a new west academic wing in August 2026 and complete the ICC 500 shelter in phase 2 by August 2027. “The crux of what we're appealing and what we're asking today is that the board consider the interpretation of the language of the IEBC and IBC, for how we identify what that increase in…
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