I would have to say that that is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen.
I think when people don't agree with a particular code section, they should change it on the national level, not just amend the hell out of it so that no two states have similiar requirements.
The whole reason the ICC was formed was so a designer living in New York could design a building in LA and not have to worry about knowing some stupid local rule like this one.
Of course, California is also the only state dumb enough to adopt the NFPA 5000, so what do you do?
