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O.C.G.A. § 8-2-208 — Compliance alternatives for excessive travel distances to approved exit | Georgia Code
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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

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

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.

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

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