Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC
MEANS OF EGRESS
Section 55.22 - Travel distance to exits
Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 55.22
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) Exits shall be arranged so that the total length of travel from any point to reach an exit shall not exceed 200 feet. Exits shall be so arranged that one exit is not more than 200 feet from another exit. Dead ends and occupancy areas with a single path of egress travel should be eliminated where possible, but in no case shall any of these occupancy areas be more than 75 feet from an exit.
(b) Travel distance may be increased to the following in buildings totally protected by an automatic sprinkler system.
(1) Two hundred feet from
any point to an exit.
(2) Three
hundred feet between exits.
(3) One
hundred feet for dead ends and areas with a single path of
egress.
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