§ 4-141. General Building Heights and Areas; Section 506 Building Area Modifications.  


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  • (a)

    Section 506.3.4 Minimum Accessible Perimeter. All buildings and structures must have at least twenty-five (25) percent of the building perimeter fronting on a street or other unoccupied space not less than thirty (30) feet in width which is accessible from a road or a posted fire lane not less than twenty (22) feet in width. The access road or fire lane and the unoccupied space must be capable of providing fire apparatus access under all weather conditions to within one hundred (100) feet of the building or structure.

    Exceptions: (1) Buildings which are fully sprinklered in accordance with Section 903, and (2) Structures and buildings in Use Group U and U-PU.

    (b)

    Section 506.3.5m Arrangement of Access. Access shall be in accordance with the 2012 NFPA 1141, Standard for Fire Protection Infrastructure for Land Development in Wildland, Rural and Suburban Area, except as otherwise provided for in this Subtitle.

(CB-87-1979; CB-121-1985; CB-97-1989; CB-98-1991; CB-63-1995; CB-54-2002; CB-13-2009; CB-45-2012; CB-90-2015)