Due to the specialized purpose or emergency nature for which family fallout shelters are designed, any such shelter which complies with the provisions of this chapter is hereby exempt from the provisions of the building code, except as otherwise provided herein.
(Code 1986 § 9-661)
For the purpose of this article, a "family fallout shelter" is a structure designed and constructed for emergency use only, to afford minimum protection from nuclear radiation, commonly known as fallout, resulting from a nuclear incident which recently has been or is likely to be of catastrophic proportions.
(Code 1986 § 9-662)
A family fallout shelter shall be of a design conforming to that recommended or accepted by the Federal Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense.
(Code 1986 § 9-663)
A family fallout shelter shall, in all matters relating to construction and structural stability, comply with not less than the equivalent of the provisions relating to design loads and general building requirements specified in the Uniform Building Code.
(Code 1986 § 9-664)