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This obscure rule is one reason San Francisco can’t build more housing
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this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2025
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Well here stairways also need to be usable in case of emergency, especially fire. Everything has fire codes that must be observed, we frigging don't call a stairway an emergency stairway just because it's legal. AFAIK even if you have 3, they ALL need to be according to safety protocols.
Also AFAIK we need to have at least 2 "emergency" stairways already above 2 floors.
thankfully 'murika let's there be aesthetic staircases that won't meet the same standards, like a big spiral staircase
Who says it can't be aesthetic and be within regulation?
AFAIK it's just generally more expensive.