New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 7 - BUILDING CODES GENERAL
Part 2 - 2021 NEW MEXICO COMMERCIAL BUILDING CODE
Section 14.7.2.14 - CHAPTER 6 - TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
See this chapter of the IBC except as provided below. Section 603 - Combustible Material in Types I and II Construction. See this section of the IBC except as provided below. Section 603.1 - Allowable materials. Add the following exceptions to subsection 2:Exception 28. Stairways within individual dwelling units and stairways serving a single tenant space are permitted to be of fire-retardant wood or heavy-timber construction. In other than Group R occupancies, such stairways shall not serve as a required means of egress. Exception 29. Stairways complying with section 510.2, item 4 permitted to be constructed of wood above the horizontal assembly are also permitted to be constructed of wood below the horizontal assembly.