Indiana Administrative Code
Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION
Article 27 - INDIANA VISITABILITY RULE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES
Rule 1 - Indiana Visitability Rule
Section 1-7 - Maneuvering clearances at doorways without doors
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 22-13-2-2; IC 22-13-2-13; IC 22-13-4-7
Affected: IC 22-12; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 22-15; IC 36-7
Sec. 7.
(a) Doorways without doors that are less than thirty-six (36) inches (nine hundred fourteen (914) millimeters) wide shall have maneuvering clearances complying with TABLE V7.1 as follows:
TABLE V7.1 MANEUVERING CLEARANCES FOR DOORWAYS WITHOUT DOORS
APPROACH DIRECTION | MINIMUM CLEARANCES |
PERPENDICULAR TO DOORWAY1 | |
From front | 48 inches (1,219 mm) |
From side | 42 inches (1,067 mm) |
1Maneuvering space shall include full width of doorway.
(b) Where the plane of the doorway is recessed more than eight (8) inches (twenty and three-tenths (20.3) centimeters) from the plane of the wall, clearances for front approach shall be provided.
(c) Floor or ground surface within the maneuvering clearances shall have a slope not greater than 1:48 and shall comply with section 13 of this rule.