Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 791.023
Additional Fire Escapes for Certain Warehouses and Mills

(a)

This section applies to a warehouse, storehouse, or mill building.

(b)

Each facility subject to this section and Section 791.002 (Fire Escape Required) that has a lot area greater than 8,000 square feet shall provide, in addition to the fire escape required by Section 791.002 (Fire Escape Required), one additional fire escape for:

(1)

each 8,000 square feet of area in excess of the initial 8,000 square feet; and

(2)

the area in excess of the largest multiple of 8,000 square feet contained in the facility’s lot area if that excess is more than 3,500 square feet.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 791.023 — Additional Fire Escapes for Certain Warehouses and Mills, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­791.­htm#791.­023 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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