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

8-2-211. Compliance alternatives for lack of required protection of openings in exterior walls.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Compliance alternatives for a lack of required protection of openings in exterior walls where a fire exposure is a risk include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)
Improve fire resistance of existing openings and protect them with fire-rated windows or doors as appropriate;#
(2)
Seal the openings with fire-rated construction as approved by the enforcement authority; or#
(3)
Install an approved fire suppression system.#

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, § 8-2-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1160, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, “resistance” was substituted for “resistence” in paragraph (1).

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