Depending on the roofing materials and the location the wall may have to
continue through the roof and form a parapet. Depending on the location to
truly be a townhouse the property lines may have to run along those walls
so that each is an SFD with zero clearance side-lot lines.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:31 AM, George Church <[email protected]>wrote:

> Essentially one family from slab to roof, open on two sides (usually front
> and back, doesn't have to be).
> I'm sure there's more than that.
>
>
> George L.  Church, Jr., CET
> Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc.
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 10:06 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: IBC - building separations
>
> If it meets the definition of townhouse, the IRC is the applicable code
> and will have a lower required rating.
>
> Roland
>
>
> On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:19 AM, Dewayne Martinez wrote:
>
> > Where is the spot in the IBC that defines what rating a wall must be
> > to divide a larger building into two smaller, separate ones?
> >
> > I remember talk about row housing in San Francisco where one large
> > building was subdivided into separate townhomes by use of firewalls.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Dewayne Martinez
> >
> > Design Build Fire Protection
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