The ADU cannot exceed half of the existing home’s gross floor area or 900 square feet, whichever is smaller.

State building code now requires two staircases in buildings of a certain size. The new rule would drop it to one.

Fire codes have long required two staircases in mid-rise apartment buildings. But advocates worry that drives up construction costs. So the state will study doing away with one.

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