STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
AGENDA DATE: May 11, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Development Services
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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An ordinance amending Chapter 53, "Dallas Building Code," of the Dallas City Code by amending Sections 202, [F] 403.3.2, 406.5.2, 504.3, 504.4, 506.2.1, 506.2.3, 506.2.4, 507.3, 507.14, 508.4.4.1, 511.1.2, 602.1, 602.4, 718.2.1, 803.3, 803.13.3, [F] 903.2.8, 903.2.13, 1007.1.1, [BG] 1510.2.5, 1705.1.1, 2304.11; 2306.4, [P] 2902.1, 3103.1.2, 3109, 3313, 4005.2, 4005.3, and 4201.1; amending Tables 602, 903.2.13; (1) providing definitions, water supply to required fire pump requirements, requirements for screens on openings of motor-vehicle-related occupancies, updated cross references, sprinkler requirements for certain one-story buildings, area requirements, mass timber and heavy timber construction requirements, limitations on the fire areas of nonsprinklered buildings, fire-resistance rating requirements for exterior walls based on fire separation distance, an exception to the automatic sprinkler requirement for Group R-4 care facilities with five or fewer persons that are within a single-family dwelling, an exception to the fire wall requirement for membrane structures when authorized by the building official, nonsprinklered building fire area limits for Type IV construction, exit access doorway requirements, special inspection requirements, water closet and drinking fountain requirements, requiring permits for temporary structures, water safety for fire protection requirements, amended APA and ASTM standards, amended requirements for when the building official is required to call a meeting of the demolition review committee and amended unity agreement requirements; (2) adding a new Table 503, "Type IV A, B, & C Construction Allowable Heights, Stories and Areas"; (3) providing a new Section 509.4.1.1, "Type IV B and IV C Constru...
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