O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 8-2-211 (2019)
Compliance alternatives for lack of required protection of openings in exterior walls
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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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.
History
Code 1981, § 8-2-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1160, § 1.
Annotations
Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in
1985, “resistance” was substituted for “resistence” in paragraph (1).