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SECTION 10.2.13.2
EXIT DETAILS
A. General
1. All exit facilities shall be in accordance with Division 5 of this Chapter
and this Division. Only types of exits specified in this Section shall be
used as required exit facilities in any mercantile occupancy.
2. Where a stairway, escalator, outside stair, or ramp serves two (2) or
more upper floors, the same stairway or other exit required to serve
anyone (1) upper floor may also serve other upper floors.
Exception: No inside open stairway, escalator, or ramp may serve as
required egress facility from more than one (1) floor.
3. Where there are two (2) or more floors below the street floor, the same
stairway or other exit may serve all floors, but all required exits from
such areas shall be independent of any open stairways between street
and the floor below it.
4. Where a level outside exit from upper floors is possible owing to hills,
such outside exits may serve instead of horizontal exits. If, however,
such outside exits from the upper floor also serve as an entrance from
a principal street, the upper floor shall be classified as a street, and is
subject to the requirements of this Section for street floors.
B. Types of Exits
1. Exits shall be restricted to the following permissible types:
a. Doors;
b. Stairs and Smokeproof Enclosures;
c. Horizontal exits; and
d. Ramps.
2. In existing interior stair or fire escape not complying with Section
10.2.5.4 or Section 10.2.5.10 of this IRR may be continued in use, subject
to the approval of the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction.
C. Capacity of Means of Egress
1. The capacity of means of egress shall be in accordance with Section
10.2.5.2 of this IRR.
2. In Class A and Class B mercantile occupancies, street floor exits shall
be sufficient for the occupant load of the street floor plus the required
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