Caledon By-law 2024-048, s. 1 — All designated fire routes shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with all of the following requirements

All designated fire routes shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with all of the following requirements:

• 1) Be connected to a public thoroughfare; 2) Have a clear driving width of not less than six (6) metres, if the building is designated as a Part 3 building under the Ontario Building Code; 3) Be constructed of a hard surface material, such as asphalt, concrete or compacted granular material, that will provide accessibility in all climatic conditions and is capable of supporting a load of not less than 25,500 kg 56,217
• lbs) gross vehicle weight; 4) Have a change in gradient of not more than 1 in 12.5 over a minimum distance of fifteen (15) metres; 5) Be located not less than three (3) metres and not more than fifteen(15) metres, measured horizontally and at right angles from the face of the building; 6) Have an overhead clearance of not less than five (5) metres; 7) Have a centre line radius of not less than twelve (12) metres with respect to any change in direction of the fire route; 8) Have turn around facilities for any dead end portion of the fire route exceeding ninety (90) metres; such turn around facilities shall be either a twenty seven(27) metre cul-de-sac or a thirty five(35) metres x six(6) metre hammerhead; 9) Be designed to provide access to the building face which contains the principal entrance when one only building face is required to be accessible by the Ontario Building Code; and 10) be located not more than forty five (45) metres measured horizontally from an entrance to each portion of a building which is completely cut off from the remainder of the building which is served by the fire route.