Technical advisory group narrows single‑exit appendix, ties use to professional fire departments
The advisory group refined a statewide appendix allowing single-exit designs for certain R‑2 multifamily buildings, agreeing to keep the appendix in the state building code (not duplicate in the IFC) and to require conditions such as a local 'professional fire department,' full NFPA 13 sprinklers, upgraded alarms and limits on occupied roof decks and building size.
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The Single Exit/Multiplex Housing Technical Advisory Group on Dec. 2 refined language for a statewide appendix that would allow single-exit designs in limited multifamily (Group R‑2) buildings, and agreed the appendix should be retained in the state building code rather than duplicated in the International Fire Code.
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