Sec. 352.115.  ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  In a gated community or multi-unit housing project that has one or more vehicular gates:
(1)  at least one vehicular gate must be wide enough for fire-fighting vehicles, fire-fighting equipment, emergency medical services vehicles, or law enforcement vehicles to enter; and
(2)  at least one driveway apron or entrance from the public right-of-way must be free of permanent obstacles that might impede entry by a vehicle or equipment listed in Subdivision (1).
(b)  The county fire marshal or other authority shall waive the vehicular gate width requirements of Subsection (a) for a multi-unit housing project completed before January 1, 2002, if the requirements cannot readily be met because of space limitations or excessive cost.  For purposes of this subsection, $6,000 per entrance based on the value of the dollar on January 1, 2000, is considered an excessive cost for expanding gate width and achieving an obstacle-free driveway apron or entrance.
(c)  A pedestrian gate in a gated community or multi-unit housing project must be located so as to provide firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other emergency personnel reasonable access to each building.
(d)  This section does not require a multi-unit housing project to have a vehicular gate or a pedestrian gate.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 111, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 681 (S.B. 200), Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2005.