Texas Local Government Code

§ 214.301 — PERMITTED REGULATION OF APARTMENT BUILDING STAIRWAY REQUIREMENTS

LG § 214.301Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES · Art. I. SINGLE STAIRWAY IN CERTAIN APARTMENT BUILDINGS

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(a)A municipality may exercise the authority under this section regardless of whether the municipality has adopted local amendments to the International Building Code under Section 214.216(c).

(b)A municipality may authorize an apartment building to have a single stairway only if the building:

(1)does not have more than six stories above grade plane and is not a high-rise as defined by the International Building Code, as adopted under Section 214.216;

(2)does not have more than four dwelling units on any floor;

(3)has automatic sprinkler locations in each interior exit stairway, regardless of the type of stairway construction, that comply with the requirements prescribed by National Fire Protection Association Standard 13 for combustible stairways;

(4)has:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 701 (S.B. 2835), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.