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SECTION 10.2.14.2
EXIT DETAILS
A. General
1. All exit facilities shall be in accordance with Section 10.2.5.10 of this IRR
and this Division. However, only types of exits specified in Subsection b
on types of exits may be used as required exit facilities in any business
occupancy with access thereto and ways of travel therefrom in
accordance with Section 10.2.5.2 of this IRR.
2. If, owing to differences in grade level, any street floor exits are at points
above or below the street or ground level, such exits shall comply with
the provisions for exits from upper floors or floors below the street floor.
3. Stairs and ramps serving two (2) or more floors below a street floor
occupied for business use shall be permitted in accordance with para
(4) and (5) below.
4. Where two (2) or more upper floors below the street floor are occupied
for business use, the same stairs or ramps shall be permitted to serve
each.
5. An inside open stairway or inside open ramp shall be permitted to
serve as a required egress facility from not more than one (1) floor level
below the street floor.
6. Floor levels below that are below the street floor; are used only for
storage, heating, and other service equipment; and are not subject to
business occupancy shall have means of egress in accordance with
Division 16 (Storage Occupancies) of this IRR.
B. Types of Exits
1. Exits shall be restricted to the following permissible types:
a. Doors.
b. Stairs and smoke proof enclosures.
c. Horizontal exits.
d. Ramps.
e. Exit Passageways
f.
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