Advisory group split over ventilation and basements; quorum loss leaves 'above grade' question unresolved
Members argued over whether to keep a corridor ventilation exception pulled from mechanical code and whether to remove 'above grade plane' from the three‑story limit; the ventilation provision was removed by 5–3 vote, but debate over basements and daylight basements was deferred after the meeting lost quorum.
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A central point of contention at the Feb. 3 Building Code Council ad hoc meeting was whether technical language drawn from the mechanical code should remain in the IRC‑based multiplex appendix and how the appendix should treat basements and "stories above grade plane."
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