Section AO103.3 is hereby added to the International Residential Control and shall read as follows:

AO103.3.6 Emergency Operation. The installation of vehicular gates across a fire apparatus access road shall be approved by the fire code official and shall have an approved means of emergency operation. The gates and emergency operation shall be maintained operational and shall comply with the following:

1. Where electrically or mechanically controlled, gates shall be capable of being operated to the full open position by emergency responders under normal power and during a loss of power to the operating mechanism.

2. Electrical or mechanical operated gates shall be capable of being unlocked or opened with an approved fire department “Knox” county keyed cylinder installed at an accessible location on the entry side of the gate. The operated switch shall bypass the release mechanism to allow the gate to be operated by emergency response personnel.

3. In addition to an approved key cylinder operation device, gates shall be equipped with audible release mechanism to operate with an emergency siren yelp tone.

4. Keypads or other entry devices installed on gates shall not interfere with the operation of either the approved key cylinder or emergency response audible release.