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> The Fire Marshalls noted that the street would be 19 feet wide and the fire code called for 20 foot streets and, enforcing the law, they said the project need
by gpm 2y ago
> The Fire Marshalls noted that the street would be 19 feet wide and the fire code called for 20 foot streets and, enforcing the law, they said the project needed to be paused until an exemption was granted.
This is missing the forest for one particular tree. The fire code calling for 20 foot streets is because that's what the fire departments asked for. It's not a requirement that came out of nowhere, or that they aren't (morally) responsible for.