California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 1 - General Physical Conditions and Structures › Article 2 - Standard Specifications › Section 3222 - Arrangement and Distance to Exits

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Arrangement of Exits. If only two exits
						are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to not less than
						one-half the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the building
						or area to be served measured in a straight line between exits.
EXCEPTION: Where exit enclosures are provided as the
						  required means of egress and are interconnected by a corridor conforming to the
						  requirements of Section
						  3326, exit separations may be
						  measured in a direct line of travel within the exit corridor. Enclosure walls
						  shall be not less than 30 feet apart at any point in a direct line of
						  measurement. Where three or more exits are required, they shall be arranged a
						  reasonable distance apart so that if one becomes blocked the others will be
						  available. (Title 24, Part 2, Section
						  3302(c).)
(b) Distance to Exits. The maximum distance
						of travel from any point to an exterior exit door, horizontal exit, exit
						passageway or an enclosed stairway in a building not equipped with an automatic
						sprinkler system throughout shall not exceed 150 feet or 200 feet in a building
						equipped with an automatic sprinkler system throughout. These distances may be
						increased 100 feet when the last 150 feet is within a corridor complying with
						Section 3226.
EXCEPTION: Every area used mainly for the storage of
						  materials liable to burn, with extreme rapidity or from which poisonous fumes
						  or explosions will result upon exposure to fire, shall have an exit within 75
						  feet of any point in the area where employees may be present. Where automatic
						  sprinkler protection is provided, distances may be increased to 100 feet.
						  (Title 24, Part 2, Section
						  2-3302(d)
						  Exception 1.)
In a one-story Group B, Division 4 Occupancy classified
						  as a factory or warehouse and in one-story airplane hangers, the exit travel
						  distances may be increased to 400 feet if the building is equipped with an
						  automatic sprinkler system throughout and provided with smoke and heat
						  ventilation as specified in Section
						  3206 of the 1979 Uniform Building
						  Code.
In an open parking garage, the exit travel distance may
						  be increased to 250 feet.
(Title 24, Part 2, Section
						  3302(d).)
1. New
						  section filed 6-20-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
						  25).
2. Amendment filed 7-16-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 76, No. 29).
3. Amendment filed 5-25-83; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 22). Approved by State Building
						  Standards Commission 1-24-83.
4. Change without regulatory effect
						  amending subsection (b) filed 3-4-92 pursuant to section
						  100, title 1, California Code of
						  Regulations (Register 92, No. 12).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code; and Section
							 18943(c),
							 Health and Safety Code.