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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › RESTROOM EQUITY › Section 50.81 - Purpose

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The purpose of this section and §§
										50.82-50.86 is to implement the act of
					 December 17, 1990 (P. L. 742, No. 185) (35 P. S. §§
											5820.1-5820.6), known as the Restroom Equity
					 Act of 1990, the purpose of which is to mitigate the inequitable delays which
					 women face when they need to use restroom facilities in public
					 places.
The provisions of this §
												50.81 issued under section 4 of
						the Restroom Equity Act (35 P. S. §
													5820.4).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												50.82 (relating to jurisdiction
						and effective dates); 34 Pa. Code §
												50.84 (relating to enforcement and
						inspections); 34 Pa. Code §
												50.85 (relating to approval of
						plans); and 34 Pa. Code §
												50.86 (relating to
						variances).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › RESTROOM EQUITY › Section 50.82 - Jurisdiction and effective dates

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(a)
Application.
Section
				  50.81, this section and
				  §§
										50.83-50.86 apply to facilities where
				  the public congregates: sports and entertainment arenas, stadiums, community
				  and convention halls, specialty event centers, amusement facilities, ski
				  resorts, public middle schools and high schools and community and municipal
				  parks with a seating capacity of 500 or more persons. If a specialty event
				  center is located in a community or municipal park, it is subject to §
										50.81, this section and
				  §§
										50.83-50.86 if it has seating capacity
				  for 500 or more persons.
(b)
Exemptions.
Section
				  50.81, this section and
				  §§
										50.83-50.86 do not apply to the
				  following:
(1) Hotels. For purposes of §
											50.81, this section and
				  §§
											50.83-50.86, "hotel" means an
				  establishment in which there exists the relationship of guests and innkeeper
				  between the occupants and the owner or operator of the establishment. The
				  existence of some other legal relationship between the occupants and the owner
				  or operator shall be immaterial.
(2) Public eating or drinking places defined
				  in the act of May 23, 1945 (P. L. 926, No. 369), known as the Public Eating and
				  Drinking Place Law.
(3) Community
				  and municipal parks with seating capacity for less than 500 persons.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › RESTROOM EQUITY › Section 50.83 - Restroom requirements

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More water closets shall be provided for women than for men
					 by a minimum ratio of two water closets for women for each water closet for men
					 or for each single use urinal or 20 inches of trough urinal. The ratio shall be
					 applied separately to permanent water closets and temporary water closets.
					 Temporary water closets may not be provided in order to make up the difference
					 between permanent water closets provided for women and permanent water closets
					 provided for men.
The provisions of this §
												50.83 issued under section 4 of
						the Restroom Equity Act (35 P. S. §
													5820.4).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												50.81 (relating to purpose); 34
						Pa. Code §
												50.82 (relating to jurisidiction
						and effective dates); 34 Pa. Code §
												50.84 (relating to enforcement and
						inspections); 34 Pa. Code §
												50.85 (relating to approval of
						plans); and 34 Pa. Code § 50.86 (relating to
						variances).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › RESTROOM EQUITY › Section 50.84 - Enforcement and inspections

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(a) The
				  Department of Labor and Industry will be responsible for the enforcement of
				  §§
										50.81-50.83, this section and
				  §§
										50.85 and
				  50.86, except in cities of the
				  first class, second class and second class A, where the cities shall be
				  responsible for enforcement of §§
										50.81-50.83, this section and
				  §§
										50.85 and
				  50.86. The Department or other
				  enforcement agency will not issue a permit authorizing the use or occupancy of
				  a building until the provisions of §§
										50.81-50.83, this section and
				  §§ 50.85 and 50.86 are met.
(b) For the purpose of enforcing the
				  provisions of §§
										50.81-50.83, this section and
				  §§
										50.85 and
				  50.86, the Department and the
				  other enforcement agencies will:
(1) During
				  ordinary business hours, have access to, and require the production of books,
				  papers and documents pertinent to an inspection necessary to ascertain the
				  compliance or noncompliance with the act and this chapter.
(2) During ordinary business hours, enter a
				  building or structure governed under §§
											50.81-50.83, this section and
				  §§
											50.85 and
				  50.86 for the purpose of making an
				  inspection.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › RESTROOM EQUITY › Section 50.85 - Approval of plans

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It is the duty of the owner, or the owner's representative,
					 of every building or structure covered by §§
										50.81-50.84, this section and §
										50.86, to submit to the Department
					 or other enforcement agency, for approval, architectural drawings,
					 specifications or other data required by §
										49.3 (relating to submission of
					 plans) to show compliance with §§
										50.81-50.84, this section and §
										50.86, prior to the beginning of
					 construction, remodeling or alteration of a building or
					 structure.
The provisions of this §
												50.85 issued under section 4 of
						the Restroom Equity Act (35 P. S. §
													5820.4).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												50.81 (relating to purpose); 34
						Pa. Code §
												50.82 (relating to jurisidiction
						and effective dates); 34 Pa. Code §
												50.84 (relating to enforcement and
						inspections); and 34 Pa. Code §
												50.86 (relating to
						variances).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › RESTROOM EQUITY › Section 50.86 - Variances

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Requests for variances from the requirements of
					 §§
										50.81-50.85 and this section shall be
					 submitted to the Industrial Board of the Department of Labor and Industry in
					 accordance with §
										49.15 (relating to appeals to the
					 Board) or the appropriate variance board of enforcement agencies in first
					 class, second class and second class A cities.
The provisions of this §
												50.86 issued under section 4 of
						the Restroom Equity Act (35 P. S. §
													5820.4).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												50.81 (relating to purpose); 34
						Pa. Code §
												50.82 (relating to jurisidiction
						and effective dates); 34 Pa. Code §
												50.84 (relating to enforcement and
						inspections); and 34 Pa. Code §
												50.85 (relating to approval of
						plans).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 50.91 - High rise building

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(a) A high
				  rise building is a building that has an exterior face which exceeds 75 feet
				  when measured from ground level to five feet above the highest occupiable floor
				  level.
(b) High rise buildings
				  shall be totally protected with an automatic sprinkler system.
(c) Travel distance may be increased to the
				  following in buildings totally protected by an automatic sprinkler system
				  installed in accordance with NFPA-13, 1983 Edition:
(1) Two hundred feet from any point to an
				  exit.
(2) Three hundred feet
				  between exits.
(3) One hundred feet
				  from dead ends and areas with a single path of egress.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS-BUILDINGS › MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 50.92 - Historic building

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Chapters 49-59 is not mandatory for existing buildings or
					 structures identified and classified by the Historical and Museum Commission as
					 historic buildings, subject to the approval of the Board, when those buildings
					 are judged to be safe and in the interest of public health and
					 safety.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 51.1 - Division A-1 occupancies

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Buildings primarily used or designed for the purpose of
					 assembly of 501 or more persons for amusement, entertainment, worship,
					 transportation, recreation, sports, military drilling, dining or similar
					 purposes shall be classified as Division A-1 occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 51.2 - Separation and mixed occupancy

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When an A-1 occupancy shares a structure with one or more
					 occupancies, the structure shall be governed in one of the following
					 manners:
(1)
Separation.
When each occupancy is separated from all other occupancies by fire
				  walls, each portion thus separated shall be considered a separate building, and
				  limitations for separate buildings shall govern.
(2)
Mixed occupancy.
Buildings with multiple occupancies which are not separated shall be considered
				  mixed occupancies and shall be governed by the most restrictive limitations of
				  the various occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 51.3 - Hazards

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D-H, hazardous occupancies, may not be permitted in the
					 same structure housing an A-1 occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 51.11 - Story height

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(a) A-1
				  occupancies shall be governed by the story height limitations in the following
				  table:
Construction
								Type
Maximum Story Height
Fireresistive
No Limit
Noncombustible
1 Story
Protected Heavy Timber
1 Story
Ordinary
*Not Permitted
Wood Frame
*Not Permitted
(b)
				  *A single story shall be permitted in ordinary or wood frame construction when
				  the building is 1-hour rated construction or totally protected by an automatic
				  sprinkler system.
(c) An additional
				  story shall be permitted in noncombustible and protected heavy timber
				  construction when the building is 1-hour rated construction or totally
				  protected by an automatic sprinkler system. The maximum story height may be
				  increased by two stories.
(d)
				  Noncombustible, protected heavy timber, ordinary and wood frame construction
				  types shall be considered 1-hour rated construction when bearing walls,
				  columns, beams, other supporting members, ceiling/roof assemblies,
				  floor/ceiling assemblies, stairways, and other openings through floors are of
				  1-hour rated construction.
(e)
				  Basement areas shall be 1-hour rated construction up to and including the
				  floor/ceiling assembly between the basement and the first floor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 51.21 - Minimum exits

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(a) There shall
				  be a minimum of three exits reasonably remote from each other. No more than 50%
				  of the required exit capacity shall exit into the same unseparated corridor
				  network.
(b) Basements used only
				  for storage or mechanical equipment without any permanent occupancy shall have
				  a minimum of two exit access paths except that the Department may permit a
				  single exit access for basements of less than 1,000 square feet which are used
				  only for storage or mechanical equipment without any permanent
				  occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 51.22 - Travel distance to exits

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(a) Exits
				  shall be so arranged that the total length of travel from any point to reach an
				  exit will not exceed 150 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) 200 feet from any point to an
				  exit.
(2) 300 feet between
				  exits.
(3) 100 feet for dead ends
				  and areas with a single path of egress.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 51.23 - Means of egress capacity

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Units of width shall comply with §
										50.23 (relating to means of egress
					 capacity).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 51.24 - Exit doors

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Exit discharge doors leading to the outside shall comply
					 with §
										50.24 (relating to exit doors and
					 exit access doors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 51.25 - Stair towers

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Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair towers).
					 Only Class A stairs may be used as a required means of
					 egress.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 51.26 - Intercommunicating stairways

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Intercommunicating stairways may be used to communicate
					 from story to story; however, they shall not be counted as
					 exits.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 51.31 - Vertical openings

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Vertical openings shall comply with §§
										50.31 -50.34 (relating to vertical
					 openings).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 51.41 - Interior finishes

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(a)
				  Interior finishes shall be Class A for exits and exit corridors except that
				  carpet covering floors may be Class A or B. Other interior finishes shall be
				  Class A or Class B.
(b) Interior
				  finish requirements may be reduced by one class in buildings totally protected
				  by an automatic sprinkler system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 51.61 - General requirements

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Emergency lighting shall be provided as follows:
(1) Exitways, corridors, stairways,
				  passageways, halls, landings of stairs, exit doors, including angles and
				  intersections, and other means of egress.
(2) Rooms used for assembly purposes in
				  excess of 750 square feet.
(3) To
				  illuminate exit or directional exit signs.
(4) Rooms in which emergency lighting
				  equipment is located.
(5) Exterior
				  light over required exit discharge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 51.71 - Fire extinguishers

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(a) A
				  minimum of one fire extinguisher with a minimum 2-A rating shall be provided
				  for each 5,000 square feet or fraction thereof, but there shall be no less than
				  one fire extinguisher per floor including basement. Fire extinguishers shall be
				  located so that it shall not be necessary to travel more than 100 feet in any
				  direction to reach the nearest unit.
(b) A fire extinguisher with a minimum 10-B
				  rating shall be provided in each kitchen.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 51.72 - Automatic sprinkler systems

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(a)
				  Automatic sprinkler protection is required for A-1 occupancies in all storage
				  rooms over 100 square feet, maintenance rooms and boiler and heater rooms
				  except boiler and heater rooms with equipment totally operated by
				  electricity.
(b) Buildings or
				  structures meeting the definition of high rise buildings in §
										49.1 (relating to definitions)
				  shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 51 - A-1 ASSEMBLY › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 51.81 - Hazardous areas

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(a) Boiler or
				  furnace rooms, repair or maintenance rooms, trash rooms, and rooms or spaces
				  used for storage of combustible materials in quantities deemed hazardous by the
				  Department shall be separated from other areas of the building by 1-hour
				  partitions, floors, and ceilings. Openings shall be protected by C label door
				  assemblies. Combustion and ventilation air for boiler, incinerator or heater
				  rooms shall be taken directly from and discharged directly to the outside
				  air.
(b) American Gas Association
				  approved gas fire forced air furnaces and space heaters; U. L. approved
				  electrical resistive coil heating furnaces and U. L. approved oil fired forced
				  air furnaces and space heaters need not be enclosed.
(c) Aisles in auditoriums shall be provided
				  with general illumination of not less than 0.1 foot candles at the front row of
				  seats and not less than 0.2 foot candles at the last row of seats, and the
				  illumination shall be maintained throughout the showing of motion pictures or
				  other projections.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 52.1 - Division A-2 occupancies

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Buildings primarily used or designed for the purposes of
					 assembly of 101-500 persons for amusement, entertainment, worship,
					 transportation, recreation, sports, military drilling, dining or similar
					 purposes shall be classified as Division A-2 occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 52.2 - Separation and mixed occupancy

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When an A-2 occupancy shares a structure with one or more
					 occupancies, the structure shall be governed in one of the following
					 manners:
(1)
Separation.
When each occupancy is separated from other occupancies by fire
				  walls, each portion thus separated shall be considered a separate building, and
				  limitations for separate buildings shall govern.
(2)
Mixed occupancy.
Buildings with multiple occupancies which are not separated shall be considered
				  mixed occupancies and shall be governed by the most restrictive limitations of
				  the various occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 52.3 - Hazards

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D-H, hazardous occupancies shall not be permitted in the
					 same structure housing an A-2 occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 52.11 - Story height

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(a) A-2
				  occupancies shall be governed by the story height limitations in the following
				  table:
Construction
								Type
Maximum Story Height
Fireresistive
No Limit
Noncombustible
2 Stories*
Protected Heavy Timber
2 Stories*
Ordinary
2 Stories*
Wood Frame
1 Story*
(b)
				  *An additional story shall be permitted in ordinary or wood frame construction
				  when the building is 1-hour rated construction or totally protected by an
				  automatic sprinkler system. The maximum story height shall only be increased by
				  one story. An additional story shall be permitted in noncombustible or
				  protected heavy timber construction when the building is 1-hour rated
				  construction or totally protected by an automatic sprinkler system. The maximum
				  story height shall only be increased by two stories.
(c) Noncombustible, protected heavy timber,
				  ordinary and wood frame construction types shall be considered 1-hour rated
				  construction when bearing walls, columns, beams, other supporting members,
				  ceiling/roof assemblies, floor/ceiling assemblies, stairways, and other
				  openings through floors are of 1-hour rated construction.
(d) Basement areas shall be 1-hour rated
				  construction up to and including the floor/ceiling assembly between the
				  basement and the first floor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 52.21 - Minimum exits

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(a) There shall
				  be a minimum of two exits reasonably remote from each other.
(b) Basements used only for storage or
				  mechanical equipment without any permanent occupancy shall have a minimum of
				  two exit access paths except that the Department may permit a single exit
				  access for basements of less than 1,000 square feet which are used only for
				  storage or mechanical equipment without any permanent occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 52.22 - Travel distance to exits

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(a) Exits
				  shall be so arranged that the total length of travel from any point to reach an
				  exit shall not exceed 150 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) 200 feet from any point
				  to an exit.
(2) 300 feet between
				  exits.
(3) 100 feet for dead ends
				  and areas with a single path of egress.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 52.23 - Means of egress capacity

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Units of width shall comply with §
										50.23 (relating to means of egress
					 capacity).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 52.24 - Exit doors

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Exit discharge doors leading to the outside shall comply
					 with §
										50.24 (relating to exit doors and
					 exit access doors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 52.25 - Stair towers

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Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair towers).
					 Only Class A stairs may be used as a required means of
					 egress.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 52.26 - Intercommunicating stairways

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Intercommunicating stairways may be used to communicate
					 from story to story; however, they shall not be counted as
					 exits.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 52.31 - Vertical openings

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Vertical openings shall comply with §§
										50.31 -50.34 (relating to vertical
					 openings).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 52.41 - Interior finishes

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(a)
				  Interior finishes shall be Class A for exits and exit corridors except that
				  carpet covering floors may be Class A or B. Other interior finishes shall be
				  Class A or Class B.
(b) Interior
				  finish requirements may be reduced by one class in buildings totally protected
				  by an automatic sprinkler system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 52.51 - Not required

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Manual and automatic fire alarm systems are not required
					 for A-2 occupancy buildings.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 52.61 - General requirements

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Emergency lighting shall be provided as follows:
(1) Exitways, corridors, stairways,
				  passageways, halls, landings of stairs, exit doors, including angles and
				  intersections, and other means of egress.
(2) Rooms used for assembly purposes in
				  excess of 750 square feet.
(3) To
				  illuminate exit or directional exit signs.
(4) Rooms in which emergency lighting
				  equipment is located.
(5) Exterior
				  light over required exit discharge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 52.71 - Fire extinguishers

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(a) A
				  minimum of one fire extinguisher with a minimum 2-A rating shall be provided
				  for each 5,000 square feet or fraction thereof, but there shall be no less than
				  one fire extinguisher per floor including basement. Fire extinguishers shall be
				  located so that it shall not be necessary to travel more than 100 feet in any
				  direction to reach the nearest unit.
(b) A fire extinguisher with a minimum 10-B
				  rating shall be provided in each kitchen.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 52.72 - Automatic sprinkler systems

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(a)
				  Automatic sprinkler protection is required for A-2 occupancies in all storage
				  rooms over 100 square feet, maintenance rooms and boiler and heater rooms
				  except boiler and heater rooms with equipment totally operated by
				  electricity.
(b) Buildings or
				  structures meeting the definition of high rise buildings, in §
										49.1 (relating to definitions)
				  shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 52 - DIVISION A-2 ASSEMBLY › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 52.81 - Hazardous areas

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(a) Boiler or
				  furnace rooms, repair or maintenance rooms, trash rooms, and rooms or spaces
				  used for the storage of combustible materials in quantities deemed hazardous by
				  the Department shall be separated from other areas of the building by 1-hour
				  partitions, floors, and ceilings. Openings shall be protected by C label door
				  assemblies. Combustion and ventilation air for boiler, incinerator or heater
				  rooms shall be taken directly from and discharged directly to the outside
				  air.
(b) American Gas Association
				  approved gas fired forced air furnaces and space heaters; U. L. approved
				  electrical resistive coil heating furnaces and U. L. approved oil fired forced
				  air furnaces and space heaters need not be enclosed.
(c) Aisles in auditoriums shall be provided
				  with general illumination of not less than 0.1 foot candles at the front row of
				  seats and not less than 0.2 foot candles at the last row of seats, and the
				  illumination shall be maintained throughout the showing of motion pictures or
				  other projections.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 53.1 - Division A-3 occupancies

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Buildings primarily used or designed for the purpose of
					 4-100 persons for amusement, entertainment, worship, transportation,
					 recreation, sports, military drilling, dining or similar purposes shall be
					 classified as Division A-3 occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 53.2 - Separation and mixed occupancy

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When an A-3 occupancy shares a structure with one or more
					 occupancy divisions, the structure shall be governed in one of the following
					 manners:
(1)
Separation.
When each occupancy is separated from other occupancies by fire
				  walls, each portion thus separated shall be considered a separate building and
				  limitations for separate buildings shall govern.
(2)
Mixed occupancy.
Buildings with multiple occupancies which are not separated shall be considered
				  mixed occupancies and shall be governed by the most restrictive limitations of
				  the various occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 53.3 - Hazards

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D-H, hazardous occupancies shall not be permitted in the
					 same structure housing an A-3 occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 53.11 - Story height

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A-3 occupancies shall be governed by the story height
					 limitations in the following table:
Construction
								Type
Maximum Story Height
Fireresistive
No Limit
Noncombustible
3 Stories*
Protected Heavy Timber
2 Stories*
Ordinary
2 Stories*
Wood Frame
1 Story*
(b) *An
				  additional story shall be permitted in noncombustible, protected heavy timber,
				  ordinary or wood frame construction when the building is 1-hour rated
				  construction or totally protected by an automatic sprinkler system. The maximum
				  story height may be increased by two stories when both 1-hour rated
				  construction and total automatic sprinkler protection are provided.
(c) Noncombustible, protected heavy timber,
				  ordinary and wood frame construction types shall be considered 1-hour rated
				  construction when bearing walls, columns, beams, other supporting members,
				  ceiling/roof assemblies, floor/ceiling assemblies, stairways, and other
				  openings through floors are of 1-hour rated construction.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 53.21 - Minimum exits

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(a) There shall
				  be a minimum of two exits reasonably remote from each other. At least 50% of
				  required exits shall be exit discharge doors to the outside, stair towers or
				  ramps.
(b) Basements used only for
				  storage or mechanical equipment without any permanent occupancy shall have a
				  minimum of two exit access paths except that the Department may permit a single
				  exit access for basements of less than 1,000 square feet used only for storage
				  or mechanical equipment without any permanent occupancy.
(c) Mezzanine levels shall have a minimum of
				  two exit access paths except that the Department may permit a single exit
				  access from mezzanines less than 1,000 square feet or mezzanines used
				  exclusively for storage or mechanical equipment without a permanent
				  occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 53.22 - Travel distance to exits

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(a) Exits
				  shall be so arranged that the total length of travel from any point to reach an
				  exit shall not exceed 150 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.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 53.23 - Means of egress capacity

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Units of width shall comply with §
										50.23 (relating to means of egress
					 capacity).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 53.24 - Exit doors

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Exit discharge doors leading to the outside shall comply
					 with §
										50.24 (relating to exit doors and
					 exit access doors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 53.25 - Stair towers

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Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair towers).
					 Class A or Class B stairs may be used as a required means of
					 egress.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 53.26 - Intercommunicating stairways

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Intercommunicating stairways shall comply with §
										50.26 (relating to
					 intercommunicating stairway).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 53.31 - Vertical openings

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Vertical openings shall comply with §§
										50.31 -50.34 (relating to vertical
					 openings).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 53.41 - Interior finishes

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(a)
				  Interior finishes shall be Class A or B for exits and exit corridors.
(b) Interior finish requirements may be
				  reduced by one class in buildings totally protected by an automatic sprinkler
				  system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 53.51 - Not required

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Manual and automatic fire alarm systems are not required
					 for A-3 occupancy buildings.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 53.61 - General requirements

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Emergency lighting shall be provided as follows:
(1) Exitways, corridors, stairways,
				  passageways, halls, landings of stairs, exit doors, including angles and
				  intersections, and other means of egress.
(2) Rooms used for assembly purposes in
				  excess of 750 square feet.
(3) To
				  illuminate exit or directional exit signs.
(4) Rooms in which emergency lighting
				  equipment is located.
(5) Exterior
				  light over required exit discharge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 53.71 - Fire extinguishers

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(a) A
				  minimum of one fire extinguisher with a minimum 2-A rating shall be provided
				  for each 5,000 square feet or fraction thereof, but there shall be no less than
				  one fire extinguisher per floor including basement. Fire extinguishers shall be
				  located so that it shall not be necessary to travel more than 100 feet in any
				  direction to reach the nearest unit.
(b) A fire extinguisher with a minimum 10-B
				  rating shall be provided in each kitchen.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 53.72 - Automatic sprinkler systems

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Automatic sprinkler protection is not required in A-3
					 occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 53 - DIVISION A-3 ASSEMBLY › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 53.81 - Hazardous areas

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(a) Boiler or
				  furnace rooms, repair or maintenance rooms, trash rooms, and rooms or spaces
				  used for the storage of combustible materials in quantities deemed hazardous by
				  the Department shall be separated from other areas of the building by 1-hour
				  partitions, floors, and ceilings. Openings shall be protected by C label door
				  assemblies. Combustion and ventilation air for boiler, incinerator or heater
				  rooms shall be taken directly from and discharged directly to the outside
				  air.
(b) American Gas Association
				  approved gas fired forced air furnaces and space heaters; U. L. approved
				  electrical resistive coil heating furnaces and U. L. approved oil fired forced
				  air furnaces and space heaters need not be enclosed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 54.1 - Group B occupancies

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Buildings primarily used or designed for the purpose of
					 education or instruction or day care shall be classified as Group B
					 occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 54.2 - Classification

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Schools for business or vocational training shall be
					 classified in the same occupancies and conform to the same requirements as the
					 trade, vocation or business being taught.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 54.3 - Nursery schools, day care centers and the like

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Nursery schools, day care centers, group day care homes and
					 the like shall be classified as B occupancies. However, they may be housed in a
					 building which has an A, C-1 or C-2 occupancy permit without submission of
					 plans or approval as a B occupancy. Group day care homes and family day care
					 homes may use Chapter 56 (relating to Division C-3 small group habitation) for
					 occupancies of eight or less children without a B occupancy
					 approval.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 54.4 - Separation and mixed occupancy

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When a B occupancy shares a structure with one or more
					 occupancies, the structure shall be governed in one of the following
					 manners:
(1)
Separation.
When each occupancy is separated from all other occupancies by fire
				  walls, each portion thus separated shall be considered a separate building, and
				  limitations for separate buildings shall govern.
(2)
Mixed occupancy.
Structures with multiple occupancies which are not separated shall be
				  considered mixed occupancies and shall be governed by the most restrictive of
				  the limitations of the occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 54.6 - Assembly areas

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Auditoriums, gymnasiums, cafeterias and similar areas which
					 are part of an education building shall be classified as B
					 occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 54.11 - Story height

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(a) B
				  occupancies shall be governed by the story height limitations in the following
				  table:
Construction
								Type
Maximum Story Height
Fireresistive
No Limit
Noncombustible
2 Story*
Protected Heavy Timber
1 Story*
Ordinary
1 Story*
Wood Frame
1 Story*
(b)
				  *An additional story shall be permitted in noncombustible, protected heavy
				  timber, ordinary or wood frame construction when the building is 1-hour rated
				  construction totally protected by an automatic sprinkler system. The maximum
				  story height may only be increased by one story.
(c) Noncombustible, protected heavy timber,
				  ordinary and wood frame construction types shall be considered 1-hour rated
				  construction when bearing walls, columns, beams, other supporting members,
				  ceiling/roof assemblies, floor/ceiling assemblies, stairways, and other
				  openings through floors are of 1-hour rated construction.
(d) Basement areas shall be 1-hour rated
				  construction up to and including the floor/ceiling assembly between the
				  basement and the first floor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 54.21 - Minimum exits

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(a) There shall
				  be a minimum of two exits reasonably remote from each other. No more than 50%
				  of the required exit capacity of auditoriums, gymnasiums, cafeterias and
				  similar areas shall exit into the same unseparated corridor network.
(b) Basements used only for storage or
				  mechanical equipment without any permanent occupancy shall have a minimum of
				  two exit access paths except that the Department may permit a single exit
				  access for basements of less than 1,000 square feet used only for storage or
				  mechanical equipment without any permanent occupancy.
(c) Mezzanine levels shall have a minimum of
				  two exit access paths except the Department may permit a single exit access
				  from mezzanines less than 1,000 square feet or mezzanines used exclusively for
				  storage or mechanical equipment without a permanent occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 54.22 - Travel distance to exits

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(a) Exits
				  shall be so arranged that the total length of travel from any point to reach an
				  exit will not exceed 150 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.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 54.24 - Exit doors

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Exit discharge doors leading to the outside shall comply
					 with §
										50.24 (relating to exit doors and
					 exit access doors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 54.25 - Stair towers

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Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair towers).
					 Only Class A stairs may be used as a required means of
					 egress.