New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 25 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Part 5 - FIRE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC OCCUPANCY
Section 10.25.5.2 - SCOPE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. This rule establishes the state's minimum requirements that apply to structures, processes, premises and safeguards regarding:
B. This rule does not apply to detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures not more than three stories above grade in height built to the New Mexico Residential Building Code except for those being used as commercial properties.
C. Other state agencies have adopted rules that may or may not apply and that may or may not affect this rule.
D. AHJs, defined below, may adopt fire protection requirements that are more stringent than 10.25.5 NMAC, provided such requirements do not conflict with this rule. The authority for administration and interpretation of construction-related sections of the NMFC, defined below, that apply to construction projects requiring a building permit is the responsibility of the chief building official or the AHJ. The FM, defined below, shall have the authority for the administration and interpretation of fire protection systems and the chief building official of an AHJ shall have the authority for the administration and interpretation of building codes other than fire protections systems.