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Under the 2006 IFC, Appendix D, if all dwellings in a development are equipped with automatic sprinkler systems, there need be only one "fire apparatus access road" (if there are more than 30 dwellings in a development), according to Exception #1.
The question is - if the development tags on to an existing development with only one entrance - and the existing development consists of entirely non-sprinklered dwellings - does the exception still apply? I guess I'm having more trouble understanding 'Exception #2'. To me, it's almost as if the wording from 'Exception #2' should be placed in the main paragraph of Section D107.1, so as to say, effectively, "....fire apparatus roads ...shall meet the requirements of Section D104.3, and the number of dwelling units on a single fire apparatus access road shall not be increased unless fire apparatus roads will connect with future development, as determined by the fire code official".
Otherwise, does it make sense that a development of a thousand homes would be allowed to be built with only one access road?
The question is - if the development tags on to an existing development with only one entrance - and the existing development consists of entirely non-sprinklered dwellings - does the exception still apply? I guess I'm having more trouble understanding 'Exception #2'. To me, it's almost as if the wording from 'Exception #2' should be placed in the main paragraph of Section D107.1, so as to say, effectively, "....fire apparatus roads ...shall meet the requirements of Section D104.3, and the number of dwelling units on a single fire apparatus access road shall not be increased unless fire apparatus roads will connect with future development, as determined by the fire code official".
Otherwise, does it make sense that a development of a thousand homes would be allowed to be built with only one access road?