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1.NOT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE NUMBER AND MINIMUM WIDTH OR REQUIRED CAPACITY OF INTERIOR EXIT E m
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STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS IS PERMITTED TO EGRESS THROUGH AREAS ON THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE PROVIDED ALL OF L � ,� Lo w .Q
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1.1.DISCHARGE OF INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A FREE AND .Q
UNOBSTRUCTED PATH OF TRAVEL TO AN EXTERIOR EXIT DOOR AND SUCH EXIT IS READILY VISIBLE AND
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1.2.THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE IS SEPARATED FROM AREAS BELOW BY CONSTRUCTION z O
CONFORMING TO THE FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING FOR THE ENCLOSURE, O
1.3.THE EGRESS PATH FROM THE INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY AND RAMP ON THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE IS
PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM.PORTIONS OF THE LEVEL OF EXIT
DISCHARGE WITH ACCESS TO THE EGRESS PATH SHALL BE EITHER EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT WITH AN AUTOMATIC �QP 01 �Zy
SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 903.3.1.1 OR 903.3.1.2.OR SEPARATED FROM THE no-0O� p (WOtad
EGRESS PATH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENCLOSURE OF INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAYS f I ICOM) N Q
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1.4.WHERE A REQUIRED INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY OR RAMP AND AN EXIT ACCESS STAIRWAY OR RAMP SERVE THE
SAME FLOOR LEVEL AND TERMINATE AT THE SAME LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE,THE TERMINATION OF THE EXIT 0
ACCESS STAIRWAY OR RAMP AND THE EXIT DISCHARGE DOOR OF THE INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY OR RAMP SHALL
BE SEPARATED BY A DISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN 30 FEET(9144 MM)OR NOT LESS THAN ONE-FOURTH THE
LENGTH OF THE MAXIMUM OVERALL DIAGONAL DIMENSION OF THE BUILDING,WHICHEVER IS LESS,THE DISTANCE
SHALL BE MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE EXIT DISCHARGE DOOR FROM THE INTERIOR EXIT O
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STAIRWAY OR RAMP AND THE LAST TREAD OF THE EXIT ACCESS STAIRWAY OR TERMINATION OF SLOPE OFTHE
EXIT ACCESS RAMP.
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2.NOT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE NUMBER AND MINIMUM WIDTH OR REQUIRED CAPACITY OF THE INTERIOR EXIT B re n t Brent A.Wood
STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS IS PERMITTED TO EGRESS THROUGH A VESTIBULE PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING w DN:cn=Brent A.Wood,
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2.2,THE DEPTH FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS NOT GREATER THAN 10 FEET(3048 MM)AND THE LENGTH Date:2021.05.08
IS NOT GREATER THAN 30 FEET(9144 MM). C Q) 16:05:53-04'00'
2.3.THE AREA IS SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE BY A FIRE PARTITION m
CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 708.
EXCEPTION:THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTED TEMPERATURE RISE IS NOT REQUIRED, U3 V--I
2.4.THE AREA IS USED ONLY FOR MEANS OF EGRESS AND EXITS DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE. ~ W
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3,HORIZONTAL EXITS COMPLYING WITH SECTION 1026 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE
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chi 1028.2 EXIT DISCHARGE WIDTH OR CAPACITY. � rr�}� �i Lq�
THE MINIMUM WIDTH OR REQUIRED CAPACITY OF THE EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WIDTH `./ L
OR REQUIRED CAPACITY OF THE EXITS BEING SERVED. CN
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EXIT DISCHARGE COMPONENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR SO AS TO MINIMIZE THE Clq
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1028.4 EGRESS COURTS.
EGRESS COURTS SERVING AS A PORTION OF THE EXIT DISCHARGE IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS SYSTEM SHALL COMPLY W Q O N
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 10284,1 AND 1028.4.2, Q „/ F-
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1028.4.1 WIDTH OR CAPACITY. Q m d
THE REQUIRED CAPACITY OF EGRESS COURTS SHALL BE DETERMINED AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 1005.1,BUTTHE
MINIMUM WIDTH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 44 INCHES (1118 MM),EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED HEREIN. EGRESS COURTS
SERVING GROUP R-3 AND U OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 36 INCHES (914 MM)IN WIDTH.THE REQUIRED
CAPACITY AND WIDTH OF EGRESS COURTS SHALL BE UNOBSTRUCTED TO A HEIGHT OF 7 FEET(2134 MM).
EXCEPTION:ENCROACHMENTS COMPLYING WITH SECTION 1005.7,
THE WIDTH OF THE EGRESS COURT SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE REQUIRED CAPACITY.
1028.4.2 CONSTRUCTION AND OPENINGS.
WHERE AN EGRESS COURT SERVING A BUILD ING OR PORTION THEREOF IS LESS THAN 10 FEET(3048 MM)IN WIDTH,
THE EGRESS COURT WALLS SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN 1-HOUR FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED CONSTRUCTION FORA
DISTANCE OF 10 FEET(3048 MM)ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE EGRESS COURT.OPENINGS WITHIN SUCH WALLS SHALL BE
PROTECTED BY OPENING PROTECTIVES HAVING A FIRE PROTECTION RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 3/4 HOUR.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.EGRESS COURTS SERVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF LESS THAN 10. Q
2,EGRESS COURTS SERVING GROUP R-3.
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1028.5 ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WAY. 0
THE EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL PROVIDE A DIRECT AND UNOBSTRUCTED ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WAY.
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EXCEPTION:WHERE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WAY CANNOT BE PROVIDED,A SAFE DISPERSAL AREA SHALL BE O
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1.THE AREA SHALL BE OF A SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE NOT LESS THAN 5 SQUARE FEET(0.46 M2)FOR EACH PERSON. m ce)
2.THE AREA SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE SAME LOT NOT LESS THAN 50 FEET(15 240 MM)AWAY FROM THE U i _j
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3.THE AREA SHALL BE PERMANENTLY MAINTAINED AND IDENTIFIED AS A SAFE DISPERSAL AREA. .�
4.THE AREA SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A SAFE AND UNOBSTRUCTED PATH OF TRAVEL FROM THE BUILDING. ' ' S d
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