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Building Code Council tag advances single-exit appendix, defers detailed economic study
Summary
The Building Code Council tag approved technical language for a proposed single-exit appendix and sent it to the BFRW committee for public comment, while deferring a detailed contractor-based economic-impact analysis for follow-up.
The Building Code Council’s single-exit/multiplex housing tag voted Jan. 13 to forward technical language for a proposed single-exit appendix to the Building, Fire & RW (BFRW) committee, while asking BFRW and the economic work group to gather more precise cost data before finalizing the economic‑impact statement.
Chair Roger Haringa opened the tag’s discussion of two user‑note drafts for the single‑exit proposal and asked staff to read the long‑standing text that would allow a single exit stair in certain multifamily R‑2 buildings. Dustin, staff to the tag, read the appendix language describing the alternative single‑exit design and the conditions that would limit its statewide application to jurisdictions served by a…
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