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"Chapter 1721 Access Requirements for Fire Department Vehicles and Fire Department Apparatus. 1721.01 Access to Commercial, Industrial and MultiFamily Properties. Every new commercial, industrial or multifamily development shall be designed and constructed so as to be accessable to fire department vehicles and apparatus by way of an access roadway or roadways. Such roadway or roadways must be constructed of an allweather driving surface. 1721.02 No Obstruction of Required Roadways. (A) No access roadway required for fire department vehicle access shall be obstructed in any manner at any time, including by the parking of vehicles upon it. (B) Each owner of a commercial, industrial or multifamily property, as part of any new proposed development, shall be required to identify and mark fire lanes upon plans which receive the approval of the fire marshal. 1721.03 Location of Access Roadways. (A) Required access roadways shall be designed and constructed so that no portion of the exterior of the first story of any commercial, industrial or multifamily building is more than 150 feet from an access roadway. In the event that a development is proposed which has an insufficient access roadway, then the developer must obtain the approval of the fire marshal for a required alternate fire protection system. (B) Required access roadways shall be parallel to at least one entire side of industrial or multifamily building. In building is more than 100 feet in width then access roadways must be provided the building. designed so as to be a proposed commercial, the event that any such or 600 feet in length, along two dimensions of (C) No access roadway shall be located more than 25 feet away from the building it services. 1721.04 Dimensions for Access Roadways. (A) Required access roadways shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width, shall provide adequate turning radius for fire department