Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 8. BUILDINGS AND HOUSING · Chapter 2. STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES · Article 3. APPLICATION OF BUILDING AND FIRE RELATED CODES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS

8-2-208. Compliance alternatives for excessive travel distances to approved exit.

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Compliance alternatives for excessive travel distances to an approved exit include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)
Install an approved smoke detection system throughout the building;#
(2)
Install an approved complete automatic fire suppression system;#
(3)
Subdivide the exit travel route with smoke-stop doors acceptable to the enforcement authority;#
(4)
Increase the fire resistance rating of corridor walls and doors; or#
(5)
Provide additional approved means of escape.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 8-2-208, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1160, § 1.

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