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2. Group R-3 and R-4 occupancies. Basements and sleeping rooms below the fourth story above grade plane shall have not fewer than one exterior emergency escape and rescue opening in accordance with this section. Where basements contain one or more sleeping rooms, emergency escape and rescue openings shall be required in each sleeping room, but shall not be required in adjoining areas of the basement. Such openings shall open directly into a public way or to a yard or court that opens to a public way. 3. Exceptions: Basements with a ceiling height of less than 80 inches (2032 mm) shall not be required to have emergency escape and rescue openings. Emergency escape and rescue openings are not required from basements or sleeping rooms that have an exit door or exit access door that opens directly into a public way or to a yard, court or exterior exit balcony that opens to a public way. Basements without habitable spaces and having not more than 200 square feet (18.6 m2) in floor area shall not be required to have emergency escape and rescue openings. Sec.15.04.100.- Section 1604.8.3 amended —Decks. Section 1604.8.3 of the 2018 International Building Code is amended to read as follows: 1604.8.3 Decks. Decks that are structurally supported from an existing structure shall be engineered by a structural engineer that is licensed with the State of Colorado. Where supported by attachment to an exterior wall, decks shall be positively anchored to the primary structure and designed for both vertical and lateral loads as applicable. Such attachment shall not be accomplished by the use of toenails or nails subject to withdrawal. Where positive connection to the primary building structure cannot be verified during inspection, decks shall be self-supporting. Connections of decks with cantilevered framing members to exterior walls or other framing members shall be designed for both of the following: 1. The reactions resulting from the dead load and live load specified in Table 1607.1, or the snow load specified in Section 1608, in accordance with Section 1605, acting on all portions of the deck. 2. The reactions resulting from the dead load and live load specified in Table 1607.1, or the snow load specified in Section 1608, in accordance with Section 1605, acting on the cantilevered portion of the deck, and no live load or snow load on the remaining portion of the deck. Sec. 15.04.110. - Section 1609.3.2 added —Wind loads. The following Section 1609.3.2 is added to the 2018 International Building Code: Ordinance No. 1764, Series 2018 Page 5 of 37