LEGISLATIVE DRAFT
HBMC CHAPTER 17.56
Chapter 17.56
17.56.120 CFC Section 503.1.1 Buildings and facilities, Amended Approved fire apparatus access roads shall be provided for every building, facility or portion of a building hereafter constructed or moved into or within the jurisdiction. The fire apparatus access road shall comply with the requirements of this section and current signed City Specification 401, Minimum Standards for Fire Apparatus Access, and shall extend to within 150 feet (45,720 mm) of all portions of the facility and all portions of the exterior walls of the first story of the building as measured by an approved route around the exterior of the building or facility.
Exceptions:
1. The fire code official is authorized to increase the dimension of 150 feet (45,720 mm) up to 200 feet (60 960 mm) where all of the following conditions occur:
1.1. The building is equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.1.1, 903.1.2 or 903.1.3.
1.2. A fire command center for Fire Department operations shall be provided and shall comply with Sections 508.1.1 through 508.1.7.
1.3. Smoke detection shall comply with Section 907.2.10.7.
Additional Class I standpipe hose connections in an approved location.
A fire hydrant shall be located within 25 feet of all Fire Department connections.
1.6. The automatic sprinkler system shall be designed to one hazard occupancy higher than the minimum hazard occupancy defined in NFPA 13.
1.7. Structures four or more stories above grade plan shall be provided with two stairways to the roof.
1.2. Fire apparatus access roads cannot be installed because of location on property, topography, waterways, nonnegotiable grades or other similar conditions, and an approved alternative means of fire protection is provided.
1.3. There are not more than two Group R-3 or Group U occupancies.