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Technical advisory group narrows single‑exit appendix, ties use to professional fire departments
Summary
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.
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.
The appendix will be presented to the State Building Code Council (SBCC) for inclusion in the rulemaking (CR‑102) process, with public review and listening sessions to follow. The TAG said the appendix should be available statewide only for jurisdictions that meet the appendix's definition of a "professional fire department" and related section 101.1 requirements; the committee tasked drafters to add a clarifying user note explaining that condition.
Why it matters: the appendix would permit single-exit solutions in constrained multifamily projects while setting compensating safety measures. Members…
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