Ordinance would make storm shelters optional in new schools, create alternative path for "middle‑scale" housing
First‑reading ordinances would align local code with the state on storm‑shelter requirements for educational buildings and add an optional appendix to allow alternative compliance for small multifamily (3–24 units) to lower construction costs.
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Shelby County staff introduced two joint ordinances on Oct. 1 to amend the 2021 Memphis and Shelby County building code: one changes storm‑shelter requirements for educational buildings and the other adds an Appendix M for optional “middle‑scale” housing construction requirements.
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