Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Housing and Community Development
Board
Board of Housing and Community Development
Meeting:
Single Exit Stair Study Group Meeting

 
Meeting Details
Date / Time 6/24/2025  10:00 am
Type Physical Location Only 
Location Virginia Housing Center
4224 Cox Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060 
Board Website http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov 
Agenda document pdf Meeting Agenda 6/17/2025   (1166k)
Minutes document pdf Meeting minutes 7/25/2025   (163k)       DRAFT
Purpose of the meeting
As directed by HB368 and SB195 (2024), the Board of Housing and Community Development convened a Single-staircase Advisory Group to provide recommendations for allowing a single stair exit for Group R-2 buildings up to six stories in height. The final report of the Advisory Group included a recommendation to convene a special workgroup (DHCD Study Group) during the 2024 Code Development Cycle to continue discussing this topic. This is not a meeting of the Board of Housing and Community Development.
Meeting Scope
 
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
 
General business of the board
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Discuss particular regulations / chapters
The agency plans to discuss the following regulations at this meeting:
13 VAC 5-63 Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code

Contact Information
Name / Title: Code Development Team  / State Building Codes Office
Address: Main Street Centre
600 East Main Street, Suite 300
Richmond, 23219
Email Address: codedevelopment@dhcd.virginia.gov
Telephone: (804)371-7150    FAX: (804)371-7090    TDD: (804)371-7089   
Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, such as sign language interpreters and/or real-time captioning services, are available upon request. Please send accommodation requests to the meeting contact as early as possible but no later than seven business days before the date of the meeting.