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Residential-units that face two roads, such as on corner lots, minimum raised from 50 percent to 75 percent masonry exteriors; other residential units continue to have 50 percent minimum requirement.
Multi-Family-raised from 50 percent to 100 percent masonry.
Townhomes and Condominiums - raised from 50 percent to 75 percent masonry.
Institutional-minimum increased from present 50 percent masonry exterior to 100 percent.
Located in the Texas Hill Country just northwest of Austin, in fast-growing Williamson County, Cedar Park is the third-largest city in the Austin metropolitan area.
Mayor Bob Lemon cited safety, rather than aesthetics, as the primary reason for higher masonry requirements, noting the greater protection that masonry provides from fires and windstorms. Research has shown that masonry (brick, stone, concrete block) provides greater protection against fire- and windstorms, such as tornadoes and hurricanes than non-masonry siding products.
PROSOCO Hires Lattimer, Architectural Sales Specialist
PROSOCO has hired Joelle Lattimer P.E. as architectural sales specialist. PROSOCO manufactures the R-GUARD FastFlash line of waterproof, fluid-applied air barriers; and products that clean, protect and maintain concrete, brick and stone architecture. As the company's architectural sales specialist, Lattimer assists construction and design professionals throughout the nation with all issues relating to air and water barriers, and new construction and restoration.
Lattimer will support PROSOCO through product and marketing initiatives, training, spec-writing assistance, marketing initiatives and participation in industry trade organizations such as the Air Barrier Association of America, the U.S. Green Building Council, Passive House and the American Institute of Architects.
Before joining PROSOCO, Lattimer served as a consulting engineer for interior slab on ground building systems in the Overland Park, Kan., office of Structural Services Inc., Richardson, Texas.
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