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Building Confidence, Building Community.
429.5 Fire Apparatus Access Roads. Approved fire apparatus access roads complying with the requirements of
IFCA Section 503 shall extend to within 150 feet of all portions of any sleeping unit and all portions of the exterior
walls of the sleeping units, as measured by a DFD approved route around the exterior of the sleeping units.
To apply the provisions of IFCA Table 503.2.1 Minimum Clear Widths for Existing Emergency Fire Apparatus Access
Roads, Group R-X occupancies shall be considered single-family detached buildings without alleys or driveways
that extend to the road.
The in stallation of a security gate across a fire apparatus access road must be approved by the fire code official.
429.6 Individual Sleeping Unit Address. Individual sleeping units shall be provided with approved address
identification in accordance with Section 502. A permanent weatherproof sitemap identifying the address numbers
of the sleeping units shall be provided at the entrance into a campus of sleeping units.
4297 Sleeping unit exterior stairway illumination. The exterior stairway of a sleeping unit shall be provided with a
light source located at the top of the stairway.
429.8 Fire Hydrants. All portions of any sleeping unit must be located no more than 600 feet from a fire hydrant.
Hydrants must provide a fire-flow as defined in the table below at a minimum residual pressure of 20 psi.
Table 429.7 Required Number of Hydrants and Fire-Flow
Aggregate floor area of buildings
on the site (square feet)
Minimum Number of
Hydrants Required
Hydrant Fire-Flow
(gpm)
Flow Duration
(hours)
0 - 3,600
1
1,500
1
3,601 – 4,800
1
1,750
1
4.801 – 6,200
2
2,000
2
6,201-7,700
2
2,250
2
429.9 Fire protection. Smoke alarms shall be provided in in accordance with Section 907.2.10. To apply the
provisions of Section 907.2.10 the Group R-X sleeping units shall be considered a Group R-1 occupancy.
429.10 Accessibility. Where there are four or more sleeping units on a site at least one sleeping unit shall be a Type
B unit. Accessibility shall be designed in accordance with Chapter 11. In Group R-X occupancies with 20 or more
sleeping units on one site, at least 5 percent but not less than one of the sleeping units shall be a Type B unit.
429.11 Plumbing facilities. The sleeping units shall be provided with minimum plumbing facilities as specified
by Chapter 29, for a residential dormitory classification, except that a single bathtub or shower is permitted to
serve up to 10 sleeping units. Where a group of sleeping units includes a Type B unit, the plumbing fixtures shall
be accessible. The path of travel to these facilities shall not exceed 200 feet from any sleeping unit or from the
community building.
Only potable water shall be supplied to plumbing fixtures that provide water for drinking, bathing or cooking
purposes. A potable water supply system shall be designed, installed and maintained in such a manner to prevent
contamination from non-potable liquids, solids or gases being introduced into the potable water supply through
cross connections or any other piping connections to the system.
The community building shall provide a water dispenser that is manually controlled by the user for dispensing
potable drinking water into a receptacle such as a cup, glass or bottle. Such fixture shall be connected to the
potable water distribution system of the premises. This definition includes a free-standing apparatus for the same
purpose that is not connected to the potable water distribution system and that is supplied with potable water from
a container, bottle or reservoir.
The community building shall be provided with a kitchen area and every kitchen area shall be provided with a sink.
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