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Council debates elevator language in bill 5156 and its interaction with single-exit policy
Summary
Members debated whether language in bill 5156 — which asks for elevator provisions for buildings up to six stories and 24 units and a recurring review tag for hoistway protections and two-way visual emergency communications — belongs in the base code or a single-exit appendix and questioned whether the legislature should mandate a new tag.
At the Feb. 19 meeting of the State Building Code Council legislative committee members spent substantial time debating elevator provisions in a bill cited in the transcript as 5156 and how that language interacts with existing 'single-exit' code pathways.
Todd Behruder framed two related policy paths: the emergency-shelter path (temporary life-safety provisions in existing buildings) and a permanent small-unit path (for example, "sleeping cabins" or small permanent units), and said the council should move quickly to clarify standards for the permanent-path units. He said the bill's text…
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