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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 54.26 - Intercommunicating stairways

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
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 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 54.31 - 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 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 54.41 - 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. Interior finishes for classrooms,
				  auditoriums, gymnasiums, cafeterias, libraries and similar areas 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 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 54.61 - 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 1,500 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.
(6) Locker rooms.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 54.71 - 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 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 54.72 - Automatic sprinkler systems

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Automatic sprinkler systems required by this chapter shall
					 comply with §
										50.72 (relating to automatic
					 sprinkler systems).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 54 - GROUP B EDUCATIONAL › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 54.81 - 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. All 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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 55.1 - Division C-2 occupancies

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This Division shall apply to a building, or part thereof,
					 where the occupants are in group habitation and are not included under Division
					 C-1, C-3, C-4 or C-5. Hotels, apartment buildings, multiple dwellings,
					 dormitories, lodging houses, orphanages, children's residential institutions,
					 large personal care homes, group homes, group foster homes and the like shall
					 be in this classification.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 55.2 - Separation and mixed occupancy

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When a C-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.
Structures with multiple occupancies which are not separated shall be
				  considered mixed occupancies and shall be governed by the most restrictive of
				  the various limitations of the occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 55.3 - Hazards

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D-H, hazardous occupancies shall not be permitted in the
					 same structure housing a Group C-2 occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 55.11 - Story height

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(a) C-2
				  occupancy 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
3 Stories*
Ordinary
3 Stories*
Wood Frame
2 Stories*
(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 two stories when 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.
(d) Apartment units shall be separated from
				  each other and all other portions of the building by a minimum of 1-hour rated
				  construction.
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 55.21 - 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, 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 used only for storage or mechanical equipment without any
				  permanent occupancy of less than 1,000 square feet.
(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.
(d) An individual
				  apartment which occupies more than one floor level shall only be required to
				  have an exit from one floor level.
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

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(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.
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 55.23 - Means of egress capacity

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 55.24 - 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) except that exit and exit discharge doors which serve nine
					 or less rooms or four or less apartments shall not be required to have panic
					 hardware or fire exit hardware, and exit discharge doors serving one apartment
					 need not swing with exit travel.
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 55.25 - 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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 55.26 - 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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 55.27 - Ramps

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Ramps shall comply with §
										50.27 (relating to
					 ramps).
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 55.28 - Horizontal exits

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Horizontal exits shall comply with §
										50.28 (relating to horizontal
					 exits).
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 55.29 - Escalators

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Escalators shall be permitted for communication from one
					 story to another but shall not be counted as exits.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 55.31 - Vertical openings

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 55.41 - Interior finishes

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(a)
				  Interior finishes for exits and exit corridors 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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 55.51 - Manual systems

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Manual fire alarm systems shall be provided as
					 follows:
(1) Facilities more than two
				  stories in height shall have a manual fire alarm system.
(2) Buildings with more than 10,000 square
				  feet of gross building area, exterior dimensions, shall have a manual fire
				  alarm system. Areas of basements without permanent occupancy may not be
				  included in the gross building calculation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 55.52 - Automatic systems

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(a) An automatic
				  fire alarm system shall be provided for C-2 occupancies, except for buildings
				  totally protected by an automatic sprinkler system. Smoke detectors shall be
				  located in the corridors, stairs and rooms of the building except as follows:
				  rooms of individual apartment units, hotel or motel sleeping rooms, or
				  dormitory rooms with sleeping accommodations for five or less persons. Heat
				  detectors may be used in kitchens, restrooms, boiler rooms, furnace rooms and
				  other special rooms as approved by the Department. Other detection devices may
				  be approved by the Department for special conditions. The automatic fire alarm
				  system shall comply with §
										50.52 (relating to automatic
				  system), except that buildings with 12 or less apartments may comply with the
				  following:
(1) Smoke detectors listed as
				  meeting U. L. 217, 1980 Edition, shall be provided in common areas, such as
				  halls, corridors, stair towers, basements or similar areas.
(2) Smoke detectors shall be interconnected
				  so that all devices shall sound an alarm conditioned upon activation of an
				  individual detector. The smoke detectors may be ceiling or sidewall mounted,
				  with a minimum of a 4-inch clearance from a ceiling to wall jointure, measured
				  from the jointure to the top of the detector. Sidewall mountings may not exceed
				  12 inches measured from the ceiling and sidewall jointure to the top of the
				  detector.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 55.53 - Automatic fire detection devices for the hearing-impaired

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(a) This section applies to hotels, motels,
				  lodging houses, boarding homes or similar facilities in which there are
				  overnight accommodations for hire for more than eight persons and which are
				  primarily, but not necessarily exclusively, used by transients who are lodged
				  with or without meals.
(b)
				  Operators of these facilities and businesses shall have automatic fire
				  detection devices for the hearing-impaired available for the use of these
				  guests upon request as follows:
(1) Each
				  hotel, motel, lodging house, boarding home or similar type of business shall
				  have a minimum of two automatic fire detection devices for the hearing-impaired
				  available. Additional devices are required as listed in the following table:
Number of Guest
								Rooms
Minimum Number of Devices
Up to 50
2
51 to 75
3
76 to 100
4
101 to 150
5
151 to 200
6
201 to 300
7
301 to 400
8
401 to 500
9
Over 500
10
(2)
				  Automatic fire detection devices for the hearing-impaired may be portable
				  devices that are available at the registration desk. Guest rooms with
				  permanently mounted automatic fire detection devices for the hearing-impaired,
				  or with visual or other signaling devices approved by the Department tied into
				  a building fire alarm system, may be provided instead of portable devices. The
				  number of guest rooms with permanently mounted devices shall be in accordance
				  with the table in paragraph (1).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 55.61 - General requirements

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Emergency lighting shall be required in buildings with more
					 than 10,000 square feet of floor area. Areas of basements without permanent
					 occupancy may not be included in the floor area.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 55.62 - More than two stories in height

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Emergency lighting shall be required for buildings more
					 than two stories in height.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 55.63 - Required areas

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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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 55.71 - Fire extinguishers

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(a)
				  Fire extinguishers with a minimum 2-A rating shall be provided as follows:
(1) Apartment units-one per unit.
(2) Other C-2 occupancies-one for each 3,000
				  square feet or fraction thereof.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 55.72 - Automatic sprinkler systems

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Automatic sprinkler systems required by this chapter shall
					 comply with §
										50.72 (relating to automatic
					 sprinkler systems).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 55.81 - Hazardous areas

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(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 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 55 - DIVISION C-2 HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ETC › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 55.82 - Large personal care homes

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(a) Large
				  personal care homes are approved and licensed by the Department of Public
				  Welfare of the Commonwealth.
(b)
				  Automatic fire alarm systems shall be required.
(1) Smoke detectors shall be required in all
				  corridors and rooms of the buildings except that heat detectors may be used in
				  kitchens, bathrooms, boiler rooms, furnace rooms and other special rooms as
				  approved by the Department. Other detection devices may be approved by the
				  Department for special conditions.
(2) All other provisions for automatic fire
				  alarm systems in §
											50.52 (relating to automatic
				  system) shall apply.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 56.1 - Division C-3 occupancy

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This division shall apply to a building which only has one
					 living unit where four through eight residents are in group habitation. Small
					 personal care homes, dormitories, lodging houses, orphanages, group homes,
					 group foster homes and the like with four through eight residents shall be in
					 this classification.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 56.2 - Separation and mixed occupancy

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
When a C-3 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 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 56.3 - Hazards

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D-H, hazardous occupancies may not be permitted in the same
					 structure housing a C-3 occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 56.11 - Story height

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Fireresistive, noncombustible, protected heavy timber,
					 ordinary or frame construction may be used.
(1) Residents of C-3 occupancies shall be
				  limited to floor levels not more than two stories above exit discharge except
				  that residents of small personal care homes shall be limited to floor levels
				  not more than one story above exit discharge.
(2) Owners or operators may occupy any
				  level.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.21 - Minimum exits

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(a) For
				  buildings with up to and including two stories, a minimum of one exit from each
				  floor kept free from obstructions shall be provided.
(b) For buildings, in excess of two stories
				  in height, a minimum of two exits from each floor kept free from obstructions
				  shall be required. At least 50% of required exits shall be exit discharge doors
				  to the outside, stair towers, or ramps.
(1)
				  Basements used only for storage or mechanical equipment without 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 permanent
				  occupancy.
(2) 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 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.23 - Means of egress capacity

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
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 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.24 - Exit doors

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Exit discharge doors leading to the outside shall comply
					 with §
										50.24(f) and (g)
					 (relating to exit doors and exit access doors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.25 - Stair towers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair
					 towers).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.26 - Intercommunicating stairways

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Intercommunicating stairways shall comply with §
										50.26 (relating to
					 intercommunicating stairways).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.27 - Ramps

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Ramps shall comply with §
										50.27 (relating to
					 ramps).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.28 - Horizontal exits

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Horizontal exits shall comply with §
										50.28 (relating to horizontal
					 exits).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 56.29 - Escalators

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Escalators shall be permitted for communication from one
					 story to another but shall not be counted as exits.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 56.31 - Vertical openings

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In buildings which require more than one means of egress,
					 at least one of the required means of egress shall be a stair tower of 1-hour
					 construction with C label fire door assemblies except that an exterior stair
					 may be used in lieu of a stair tower.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 56.51 - Not required

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Manual fire alarm systems are not required for C-3
					 occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 56.52 - Required

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An automatic fire alarm system shall be installed in all
					 facilities.
(1) Detection Devices
				  shall be listed as meeting U. L. 217, 1980 Edition. A minimum of one automatic
				  detection device shall be provided on each floor including basement. One
				  automatic detection device shall be located in a common area such as a hall,
				  corridor, or similar area. A detection device shall be located at the top or
				  bottom of each stair. This device may satisfy the requirement for a minimum of
				  one detection device on each floor. See Diagram A for suggested locations of
				  detection devices.
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DIAGRAM A
(2) The top of wall mounted detection devices
				  shall be 4 to 12 inches from the ceiling.
(3) Ceiling mounted detection devices shall
				  be located close to the center of the common area, but in no case closer than 6
				  inches from the wall.
(4) An
				  automatic detection device shall be located outside each sleeping room or area.
				  See Diagram B for suggested locations of detection devices.
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DIAGRAM B
(5) The automatic detection devices shall be
				  interconnected so all alarm devices sound if any is activated.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												49.2 (relating to jurisdiction and
						effective dates).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › EXTINGUISHERS › Section 56.71 - Fire extinguishers

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A minimum of one fire extinguisher with a minimum 2-A
					 rating shall be provided for each 3,000 square feet, but in no case shall there
					 be less than one fire extinguisher per floor including
					 basement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › EXTINGUISHERS › Section 56.72 - Cooking areas

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A fire extinguisher with a minimum 10-B rating shall be
					 provided in each kitchen or cooking area.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › EXTINGUISHERS › Section 56.73 - Combination

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A combination fire extinguisher unit which satisfies the
					 2-A and 10-B minimum requirements may be used in place of multiple
					 units.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 56.81 - Flammable liquids

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The storage of flammable liquids or the use of portable
					 devices for heating or light which use flammable liquids is prohibited. For
					 purposes of this section, flammable liquids is defined as gasoline, kerosene or
					 similar liquids.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 56 - DIVISION C-3 SMALL GROUP HABITATION › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 56.82 - Small personal care homes

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(a) Small
				  personal care homes are approved and licensed by the Department of Public
				  Welfare of the Commonwealth.
(b)
				  Fire drills and evacuation plans shall be required.
(1) Fire drills shall be conducted monthly. A
				  written log shall be kept listing the time and date of all fire
				  drills.
(2) Employes shall be
				  trained in the use of fire extinguishers and evacuation methods.
(3) Facilities shall have a evacuation plan,
				  and residents and employes shall be made aware of this plan by the
				  owner.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 57.2 - Separation and mixed occupancy

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When a C-4 occupancy shares a structure with one or more
					 occupancies, the structure shall be governed in one of the following
					 manners:
(1) C-4 occupancies shall be
				  separated from all A-1, A-2, B, C-1, C-3 and C-5 occupancies by fire walls.
				  Each portion thus separated shall be considered a separate building.
(2) C-4 occupancies may be separated from
				  A-3, C-2 and D-O occupancies by fire walls and considered separate buildings,
				  or C-4 occupancies may share a building with A-3, C-2 or D-O occupancies as a
				  mixed occupancy when all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The construction type complies with the
				  most restrictive limitations of all divisions occupying the building.
(ii) The building size limitations and story
				  height limitations do not exceed the C-4 requirements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 57.3 - Hazards

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D-H, hazardous occupancies, shall not be permitted in the
					 same structure housing a C-4 occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 57.11 - Story height

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(a) C-4
				  occupancies shall be governed by the story height and construction type
				  limitations as follows:
(1)
Fireresistive construction modified.
(i) This shall be limited to three stories in
				  height with a maximum of 3,000 square feet per story between exterior walls or
				  2-hour fire walls. Exit corridors and stair towers shall not be included in the
				  3,000 square feet.
(ii) All general
				  provisions for fireresistive construction shall apply except that:
(A) Roof framing and sheathing may be of
				  wood; however, the roofing material shall be Class A, B, or C.
(B) Floor construction shall be of
				  incombustible material with a 1-hour fire rating.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 57.21 - Minimum exits

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One means of egress shall be required. It shall be a stair
					 tower except that apartment units which exit directly to grade do not require
					 access to a stair tower. An individual apartment which occupies more than one
					 floor level shall only be required to have an exit from one floor
					 level.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 57.23 - 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 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 57.24 - 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 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 57.25 - Stair towers

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Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair
					 towers).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 57.26 - 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 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 57.27 - Ramps

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Ramps shall comply with §
										50.27 (relating to
					 ramps).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 57.31 - 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 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 57.41 - Interior finishes

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(a)
				  Interior finishes shall be Class A or Class 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 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 57.52 - Automatic alarms

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(a) An automatic
				  fire alarm system shall be provided for C-4 occupancies except for buildings
				  totally protected by an automatic sprinkler system. The automatic fire alarm
				  system shall comply with §
										50.52 (relating to automatic
				  system), except that buildings with 12 or less apartments may comply with
				  paragraph (4).
(b) Smoke detectors
				  shall be located in the corridors, stairs and rooms not located within an
				  individual apartment. This shall include unfinished basements. Heat detectors
				  or other detection devices may be approved by the Department for use in special
				  rooms such as boiler rooms, furnace rooms, incinerator rooms, and the like.
				  Detection devices required by this paragraph shall be interconnected with
				  required fire alarm systems.
(c) In
				  addition to the automatic fire alarm system required in paragraph (2), each
				  apartment shall have a minimum of one smoke detection device. This device may
				  be a single-station detection device which is not interconnected with the
				  automatic fire alarm system. Single-station detection devices shall be listed
				  as meeting U. L. 217, 1980 Edition.
(d) Smoke detectors listed as meeting U. L.
				  217, 1980 Edition, as multiple-station smoke detectors shall be provided in the
				  common areas, such as halls, corridors, stair towers, basements or similar
				  areas. These detectors shall be interconnected so that all devices sound an
				  alarm conditioned upon activation of an individual detector. The smoke
				  detectors may be ceiling or sidewall mounted, with a minimum of a 4-inch
				  clearance from a ceiling to wall jointure, measured from the jointure to the
				  top of the detector.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												49.2 (relating to jurisdiction and
						effective dates).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 57.62 - Areas to be provided

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Emergency lighting shall be provided in the following
					 areas:
(1) Exitways, corridors,
				  stairways, passageways, halls, landings of stairs, exit doors, including angles
				  and intersections, and other means of egress.
(2) Rooms in which emergency lighting
				  equipment is located.
(3) Exterior
				  light over required exit discharge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › EXTINGUISHERS › Section 57.71 - Fire extinguishers

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(a)
				  There shall be a minimum of one 2-A 10-B fire extinguisher per living
				  unit.
(b) There shall be a minimum
				  of one 2-A fire extinguisher for any basement area not used for living
				  units.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 57 - DIVISION C-4 SINGLE EXIT APARTMENTS › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 57.81 - 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 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 58.1 - Division D-O occupancies

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Buildings primarily used or designed for manufacturing,
					 assembling, warehousing, sale or storage of combustible but not highly
					 flammable products and materials and buildings used for offices and the like
					 shall be classified as Division D-O occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 58.2 - Separation and mixed occupancy

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When a D-O 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.
(3)
Enclosed shopping malls.
Enclosed shopping malls in which all
				  stores and spaces are totally sprinklered do not require any separation between
				  public malls and assembly occupancy groups as long as each assembly occupancy
				  has 50% of its required units of exit independent of the mall.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 58.11 - Story height

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(a) D-0
				  occupancies shall be governed by the story height limitations in the following
				  table:
Construction
								Type
Maximum Story Height
Fireresistive
No Limit
Noncombustible
4 Stories*
Protected Heavy Timber
4 Stories*
Ordinary
3 Stories*
Wood Frame
2 Stories*
(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 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.21 - Minimum exits

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(a) There shall
				  be a minimum of two exits reasonably remote from each other, except that one
				  story buildings 1,200 square feet or less may have one exit. At least 50% of
				  all 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 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 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.22 - 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.