TITLE 8 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

Section 2. Standards and Requirements for Construction, Alteration, Etc., of Buildings and Other Structures, 8-2-1 through 8-2-222.

ARTICLE 3 APPLICATION OF BUILDING AND FIRE RELATED CODES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS

8-2-207. Compliance alternatives for inadequate number of exits.

Compliance alternatives for an inadequate number of exits include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Provide connecting fire-exit balconies acceptable to the enforcement authority between buildings;
2. Provide alternate exit or egress facilities leading to safety outside the building or to a place of safe refuge in the building or an adjoining building as acceptable to the enforcement authority;
3. Provide an exterior fire escape or escapes as acceptable to the enforcement authority where the providing of enclosed interior or enclosed exterior stairs is not practical; or
4. Install early fire warning and fire suppression systems.

(Code 1981, §8-2-207, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1160, § 1.)