Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
407.2.1
Spaces open to
the corridor. Spaces constructed as required for corridors shall be
permitted to be open to a corridor, only when all the following criteria are
met:
1. The spaces are not occupied as care
recipient sleeping rooms, treatment rooms, or incidental uses in accordance
with section 509 or hazardous uses.
2. The open space is protected by an
automatic fire detection system installed in accordance with section
907.
3. The corridors onto which
the spaces open, in the same smoke compartment, are protected by an automatic
fire detection system installed in accordance with section 907, or the smoke
compartment in which the spaces are located is equipped throughout with quick
response sprinklers in accordance with section 903.3.2.
4. The space is arranged so as not to
obstruct access to the required exits.
Subpart
1.
IBC section 407.2.1.
IBC section 407.2.1 is amended to read as follows:
407.2.1
Spaces
open to the corridor. Spaces constructed as required for corridors shall
be permitted to be open to a corridor, only when all the following criteria are
met:
1. the spaces are not occupied as care
recipient sleeping rooms, treatment rooms, or incidental uses in accordance
with Section 509 or hazardous uses;
2. the open space is protected by an
automatic smoke detection system installed in accordance with Section
907;
3. the corridors onto which
the spaces open, in the same smoke compartment, are protected by an automatic
smoke detection system installed in accordance with Section 907, or the smoke
compartment in which the spaces are located is equipped throughout with quick
response sprinklers in accordance with Section 903.3.2; and
4. the space is arranged so as not to
obstruct access to the required exits.
Subp.
2.
IBC section 407.4.4.5.1.
IBC section 407.4.4.5.1 is amended to read as follows:
407.4.4.5.1
Area.
Care suites containing sleeping rooms shall be not greater than 7,500 square
feet (696 m2) in area.
Exception: Care suites containing sleeping rooms
shall be permitted to be not greater than 10,000 square feet (929
m2) in area where both of the following criteria are
met:
1. an automatic smoke detection
system is provided throughout the care suite and is installed in accordance
with NFPA 72; and
2. the
arrangement of sleeping rooms within the care suite allows for continuous
visual supervision by care providers. Glass walls and cubical curtains shall be
permitted for visual supervision.
Subp. 3.
IBC section
407.4.4.5.2.
IBC section 407.4.4.5.2 is amended to read as follows:
407.4.4.5.2
Exit
access. Any sleeping room, or any care suite that contains sleeping
rooms, of more than 1,000 square feet (929 m2) shall
have not fewer than two exit access doors from the care suite located in
accordance with Section 1007.
407.4.4.5.2.1
Two means of egress. For suites requiring two means of egress, one
means of egress from the suite shall be directly into a corridor or
exit.
407.4.4.5.2.2
Travel
distance. Travel distance within a sleeping suite to an exit access door
shall not exceed 100 feet. Travel distance within a sleeping suite to an exit
shall not exceed 200 feet.
Subp.
4.
IBC section 407.4.4.6.1.
IBC section 407.4.4.6.1 is amended to read as follows:
407.4.4.6.1
Area.
Care suites of rooms, other than sleeping rooms, shall have an area not greater
than 10,000 square feet.
Subp. 5.
IBC section 407.4.4.6.2.
IBC section 407.4.4.6.2 is amended to read as follows:
407.4.4.6.2
Exit
access. Care suites, other than sleeping rooms, with an area of more
than 2,500 square feet (232 m2) shall have not fewer
than two exit access doors from the care suite located in accordance with
Section 1007. At least one exit access shall be directly to a corridor or exit.
407.4.4.6.2.1
Travel distance.
Travel distance within a non-sleeping suite to an exit access door shall not
exceed 100 feet. Travel distance shall not exceed 200 feet from any point in a
non-sleeping suite to an exit.
Subp.
6.
IBC section 407.5.1.
IBC section 407.5.1 is amended by deleting both
exceptions.
