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each occupant to not less than two exits by separate ways of travel.
3. Corridors shall provide exit access without passing through any
intervening rooms other than corridors, lobbies, and other spaces
permitted to be open to the corridor.
4. Remoteness shall be determined in accordance with the following:
a. When more than one exit is required from a building or portion
thereof, such exits shall be remotely located from each other and
shall be arranged and constructed to minimize the possibility that
more than one exit has the potential to be blocked by any fire or
other emergency condition.
b. When two (2) exits or exit access doors are required, they shall be
located at a distance from one another not less than one-half (1/2)
of the length of the maximum over-all diagonal dimension of the
building or area to be served, measured in a straight line between
the nearest edge of the exit doors or exit access doors, unless
otherwise provided in para (c) hereof.
c. In buildings protected throughout by an approved supervised
automatic sprinkler system, the minimum separation distance
between two exits or exit access doors measured in accordance
with para (b) hereof shall not be less than one-third (1/3) the length
of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the building or area
to be served.
d. Where exit enclosures are provided as the required exits specified
in para (b) and para (c) hereof and are interconnected by not less
than 1-hour fire resistance-rated corridor, exit separation shall be
measured along the line of travel within the corridor.
e. Where more than two exits or exit access doors are required, at
least two (2) of the required exits or exit access doors shall be
arranged to comply with the minimum separation distance
requirement.
5. Interlocking or scissor stairs shall be considered only as a single exit for
new buildings.
I.
Dead-End Limits
Means of egress shall be so arranged that there are no dead-end
pockets, hallways, corridors, passage ways or courts whose depth
exceeds the limits specified in individual occupancies by Divisions 8
through 17 of this Chapter.
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